How to Pay for a Nursing Home
Table of Content Pre-Planning and Nursing Home Care What is Medicare? Care Professionals Helping One Another Government Programs That Can Help You Provide Aging Parent Care How Can You Help an Aging Parent Who Lives in a Nursing Home That’s Running Out of Money? The programs cover services like hospital stays and outpatient services and preventive care. Medicare may cover short-term stays in a nursing home when a person needs skilled care. Part A encompasses different types of coverage for hospital visits. This might include inpatient treatment, skilled nursing support, and certain types of care at home. Some nursing homes suggest that funds be placed in a trust that the nursing home controls or that your Social Security checks be made payable directly to the nursing home. The law guarantees you the right to control your own financial affairs as long as you are willing and able to do so, or to assign that responsibility to a friend or family member. The nursing home may be giv...