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"Medicaid Estate Recovery" - The Mystery Revealed
- "Estate Recovery." These two words strike fear into the hearts of many senior West Virginians. But very few really understand what estate recovery is and, more importantly, how it will affect them. This article discusses the current state of estate recovery in West Virginia and the changes that might be in store for West Virginia. Written by Suzanne Messenger, attorney for the Regional Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, and published by West Virginia Senior Legal Aid.
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Other Medicaid
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A Resident’s Guide to Solving Problems in the Nursing Home
- Have concerns about your loved one's situation in a nursing home or other long-term care facility? Here are some suggestions that residents and families can use to address concerns, emphasizing a preventative approach. By Roy Herzbach, Director WV Long-term Care Ombudsman Program. Link to WV Senior Legal Aid's on-line newsletter for this article.
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Ombudsprograms/Consumer Assistance
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Estate Recovery - WVU Center on Aging
- The "Medicaid Estate Recovery Act" allows the State to recover reimbursement for Medicaid costs from the estate of a deceased Medicaid recipient who received long-term care services paid for by the Medicaid program. The law provides significant protection for certain family members who survive the Medicaid recipient. The law went into technical effect in June 1995. Learn more with this information from the WVU Center on Aging.
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Other Medicaid
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FAQs - WV DHHR - Medicaid Estate Recovery
- Frequently Asked Questions about the WV Medicaid Estate Recovery program, posted by the WV Department of Health & Human Resources.
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Other Medicaid
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Information about Alzheimer's Disease
- The Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia chapter, created this brochure about Alzheimer's Disease, the programs offered by the Association, and how to contact the Association.
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Mental Health Issues
Other Health
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LAWV Ombudsman Program Annual Report - FY 2007
- Annual report from the LAWV Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, summarizing the work of the Ombudsmen who assist residents of nursing homes and other long term care facilities. In pdf format.
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Ombudsprograms/Consumer Assistance
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Medicaid Estate Recovery - What Seniors Should Know
- When a person goes to a nursing home and Medicaid pays for the nursing home, what legal claims or liens does the state have? This booklet from the Office of the WV Attorney General explains the State's right to reimbursement, from the assets of the estate after the person in the nursing home dies. It also explains the limits on the State's right to seek reimbursement.
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Other Medicaid
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Regs - State - Medicaid Estate Recovery
- WV DHHR regulations concerning the Medicaid Estate Recovery program. Note that there are significant exceptions, exemptions, and protections in the regulations.
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Other Medicaid
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What About Me? The Impaired Nursing Home Resident's Right to Be Heard
- Many residents and families are using Medical Powers of Attorney and other "advance directives" to help assure that the resident's wishes about care are respected. But sometimes there is a tendency to quit asking the resident what she wants, if there is another person who has been authorized to make decisions under this kind of document. This article, by Suzanne Messenger, attorney with the Legal Aid of West Virginia Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, discusses how decision makers should continue to involve the resident in choices about their own care. Published in the West Virginia Senior Legal Aid newsletter.
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Quality of Care
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