My mother has been assessed & approved for LTC from a social worker & a nurse from our health dept, their paperwork has gone to the state. The health dept has called, concerned that mom may lose her bed if she should come up on wait list & she has no funding besides SS.
SS doesn’t return my calls! Frustrating! Anything else I can do to check on her status????
I don't know why ur calling SS. They have nothing to do with Medicaid. Medicaid will just require her SS and pension go to her care.
In my mom's case, She got into the NH under "Medicare pending" status because I got her application send to the state agency that handles Medicare (Masshealth in MA). The state assigned her application to a case worker, and that was who I could call to find out the status. It got approved in 6-8 weeks, but it was retroactive to the day that they got her application (If she had over $2000, it would be retroactive to the day that she qualified -- for example, if she had too much money, we might have to pay for her first month or so in the NH). With mom's Medicaid approval, her SS check still goes into her bank account, and I write a check to the NH each month, which takes most of that. It's well worth the effort, though: there's no way we could pay for NH on our own!
And yes, if you are POA, sign all papers in general with your parent's name, and then ,"by (Your Name), POA" or 'Attorney-in-fact',
Like this, " Jane Smith by John Smith, POA."
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