Medicaid Applications for Long-Term Care in Ohio

When a loved one suddenly needs nursing home care, families face a brutal math problem: care costs $80,000 to $100,000 a year, and Medicaid, the program that pays for most long-term care in America, has some of the most complicated eligibility rules in all of government. We handle the strategy and the application so you get it right the first time.

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Why Medicaid Applications Get Denied

Ohio Medicaid examines five years of financial history. Every gift, every transfer, every unexplained withdrawal can trigger questions, and improper transfers create penalty periods during which Medicaid will not pay, even though your loved one is otherwise eligible. Add strict income and asset limits, mountains of documentation, and unforgiving deadlines, and it’s no surprise that do-it-yourself applications so often end in denials, delays, or penalties that cost far more than help would have.

Protections for the Spouse at Home

Medicaid’s rules include real protections for a husband or wife still living in the community, including the right to keep the home, a vehicle, and a significant share of the couple’s combined savings and income. These spousal protections are powerful, but they are not automatic. Knowing how to claim every dollar of them is a large part of what we do.

Even in a Crisis, Assets Can Be Protected

Many families believe that once a nursing home admission happens, everything must be spent down to nothing. That is simply not true. Ohio law still permits crisis strategies that can preserve a meaningful portion of savings even at the door of the nursing home. Before you spend another month privately paying, find out what can still be saved.

How We Handle Your Application

Eligibility analysis: where you stand today and the fastest legal path to qualification.
Crisis planning: structuring assets and spend-down so less is lost.
Documentation: compiling the five-year financial history the caseworker will demand.
Filing and follow-through: submitting the application, responding to every request, and meeting every deadline.
Appeals: if an application was already denied, we can often fix it.

Attorney Jesse Kufeldt focuses his practice on Medicaid planning and applications, and our team has navigated these systems for many Dayton-area families.

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