I am having a really hard time finding an answer online, and I am an attorney so am good at research! My dad has AD and has been in a memory care facility in Florida since 2022. They accepted Medicaid, which in Florida, pays for the medical portion of his memory care (it pays like 1400 or the 3150 bill). We just received a certified letter 5 days ago that they stopped taking Medicaid due to new ownership/management, and as a result, he has 45 days to vacate the premises, or convert to private pay. Now, I know memory care facilities are free to accept Medicaid or not, but is there any grandfathering or anything like that for people who were paying via Medicaid prior to the change in ownership? Isn't there a federal law that they can't evict someone who is on Medicaid?
takes Medicaid.
The current place may or may not be in the wrong for evicting him. An attorney specializes in elder law can best answer your question.
As difficult as this is, you need to find dad another facility that accepts medicaid. Otherwise, the new facility will do an ER dump, an eviction or something just as low that leaves you scrambling to get him moved at the last minute.
Remember, no matter what, a private business has the right to discontinue services for non payment. That's what will happen to your dad and you don't want an eviction on his record, no matter the reason it makes it hard in the future to secure housing with a previous eviction.
I should ask them. If they can't tell you they'll know who can.
https://justiceinaging.org/assisted-living-homes-are-rejecting-medicaid-and-evicting-seniors/
I would say, that if u don't move Dad, that the facility can then evict. You need to look at this as Dad lives in an apartment where he gets help with his ADLs. Its not a nursing facility. He is a tenant. If he needed skilled Nursing, he would not be in a MC.
I agree, use this time to find Dad another place that excepts Medicaid.