One question we often receive from clients and other attorneys is how to protect at least some of a person’s … Show More assets when the person must be admitted to a nursing home.Since Medicare does not cover long-term nursing home expenses, many families are concerned about how to pay for those expenses. The average cost for nursing home care in Missouri is over $5,000 a month. Paying for those costs out of pocket can exhaust a person’s savings; assets intended to leave to a family member can go to paying nursing home costs.There are ways to preserve at least some of a person’s assets if he or she must go into a nursing home or may need nursing home care in the future. This area of law is often …Read More »
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