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We’re asking these
two questions to find out if any of the elderly (65 or older), blind or
permanently disabled people in your home need help with paying for nursing
home care or home health care. Keep in mind that we’re only asking these
questions about the people who are elderly (65 or older), blind or permanently
disabled. Other people in your home will not be listed here.
To answer the first question, check the box for anyone who is living in
a nursing home or may need to move into a nursing home. By nursing home,
we mean a place where someone lives in order to get medical care. This
can be a skilled nursing facility, an intermediate care facility, or a
hospital. If someone in your home is living in an institution for mental
disease, you should only check the box if they are younger than 21 or
older than 64. Adults between the ages of 21 and 64 who are living in
an institution for mental disease are not usually able to get help with
the cost of this care.
Keep in mind that Medicaid does not help with the cost of assisted living,
so don’t check the box for anyone who is living in a place for assisted
living. The difference between a nursing home and an assisted living facility
is that a nursing home must be licensed by the state as a nursing home.
To answer the second question, check the box for anyone who receives or
may receive home care. By home care, we mean health care in your home,
as well as help with things like cleaning, shopping and cooking..
To answer the third question, check the box for someone who lives in a licensed boarding facility. By licensed boarding facility, we mean a community group home, training home, family care home, private boarding home, or other residential facility licensed by a State Department, which at a minimum provides lodging and meals to various groups of elderly, blind or disabled individuals.
Medicare
We’re asking this question to find out if anyone in your home could get help with paying for monthly Medicare fees. We will also look to see if you could get help with buying prescription drugs through Medicare Part D. Keep in mind that we’re only asking this question about the people who are elderly (65 or older), blind or permanently disabled. Other people in your home will not be listed here.