Answer:Gaureteed Governmental Income,just ask Rick Scott,and other Politicians who have their dirty little hands in the Adult After Care Industry. Our family had to deal with these crooks in Wisconsin a few years ago. It ain't pretty how the system is rigged to protect this industry. Privatized=shit.

mom died in sept
probate forms to be filled out.

one form was to establish if my mom was on medicaid or any program that entailed a state expenditure.

per my lawyer - here is wisconsin they are aggressive going after estates.

Thankfully my mom was quite independent until the end and we did not require such assistance.

it is strange--you need to ask who is funding this program or that when making those final decisions.

hospice one way covered by medicare
hospice another way seemed to be coming from the state hence out of her estate....

Although sh thought she was dirt poor so when everything was counted up, my Brother, Sister and I were shocked by what she had. All of us were buying her things and getting food, ect because we thought she was living on SS only. Lol. I wonder if many families have this situation. Sometimes elderly get that fear of not having money because they forget or really believe they don't have any money.

Sorry about your Mom. My Mom died a little over a year ago, and I am still finding things that my parents owned. It turns out that my parents left me a bit, but they have everything separated all over the place. I have been working on consolidating everything. There was nothing that told me where all of their stuff was. I'm waiting for something else to show up in a 1099 or something like that. But Medicare took care of Hospice.

A little over a year here too. It definitely sucks.

I almost choked writing that check, then I had to remind myself that if I didn't inherit it, I wouldn't owe the money. Didn't have to pay federal, but got hit with the State tax.

care. Here in MN if you have been on Medicaid the estate must first reimburse the Medicaid program.

I really do not see this as being totally bad. Medicare pays only up to 180 days in a nursing home. After that it is paid for by Medicaid if the patient has nothing else to pay with. Why shouldn't a person's wealth be used for their own care? Isn't that what most of us work for - to pay for our retirement?

As to guardianship I am upset by that. There is a real conflict there. They are taking care of her, determining the cost of care and have control of her money. At the very least it should be the county that provides an independent guardian. In the county I used to work for they have several non-county lawyers and organizations that can do this for a fee. That seems to work out pretty good when there is no family to do the job.

When my grandmother was in a nursing home in the early 2000s, personal assets (savings, liquidation of home/car/etc.) needed to be spent down before Medicare assistance took over the cost. Which is why my mom was so delighted to find the home she did for my grandmother - clean, competent staff, affordable under Medicare and within a 20-minute drive for my mom.

I have no issue with asking people (myself included) to spend down personal assets before the social safety net kicks in. I just want the safety net to still be there.

And, yeah, I have a big problem with the homes filing for guardianship in situations where it they are clearly trying to push guardians out of the picture, where the guardian is competent and working on behalf of the person.