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| Introduction |
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Chapter 1 An Overview of Medicaid |
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Home- and community-based living program |
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Medicaid care coordination |
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How Does Medicaid Work With Medicare? |
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Chapter 2 How to Qualify & Sign Up |
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Dealing with excess income |
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Medicaid hardship waivers |
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Chapter 3 Creative Ways to Qualify |
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Case Study: Julie Northcutt |
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Long-term life insurance and gifts |
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Generation skipping transfer tax |
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Children as Paid Caregivers |
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Limited family partnerships |
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Chapter 4 Asset Protection Strategies --- Safe Investments |
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Grantor irrevocable trust |
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Testamentary special needs trust |
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Irrevocable life insurance trust |
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Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT) |
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Trusts vs. outright gifts |
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Chapter 5 Asset Protection Strategies --- Wills, Deeds, & Your Home |
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102 | (5) |
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A Health Care Surrogate Designation |
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Joint owners with rights of survivorship |
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Lady Bird Deed or Enhanced Life Estate Deeds |
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Estate recovery trends in individual states |
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What to Do With Your Home |
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Keep it, sell it, or transfer to kids? |
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Add children's names to the deed |
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Transfer to children while keeping life estate |
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Purchase a joint interest in a child's home |
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Child moves into your home |
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Parent moves in to the home |
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125 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 Long-Term Care Options |
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127 | (26) |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (5) |
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Adult Day Healthcare Options |
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Taking Care of Your Parents or Elderly Relative |
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Chapter 7 Single vs. Married --- Resources |
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Determining Value of Assets |
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Case Study: Law Office of William J. Brisk |
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What Is Certification and Is It Important? |
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Preparing to Meet an Elder Lawyer |
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Case Study: The Karp Law Firm |
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170 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Alzheimer's Disease & Medicaid |
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Type of Long-Term Care of Alzheimer's Patients |
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| Appendix A Where to Contact the Agency in Your State |
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| Appendix B Medicaid News From State to State |
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| Bibliography |
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| Glossary |
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195 | (4) |
| Index |
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| About the Experts |
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