I live in New Hampshire and to qualify for Medicaid you are allowed
to own a house and a car and still qualify for Medicaid. A couple of
years ago I tried renting the upstairs to college students. The rent
was $50 a month. However, I had no takers. I live 10 miles from
campus. They all said that was too far as they like to party and
don't want to have to drive home. Go figure?
Dan
09:12 AM 9/21/2009, donald scott said something that elicited my response:
IHSS is a Calif. thing and also is for low income under 2000.00 in
assets. But I live in my own home, have a van I drive, and a house
full of stuff. Just don't have more than 2 grand in the bank. It's
silly how low of assets they expect people to have. Heck a kitchen
worth of stuff like stove, fridge, washer, table, and utincles is 2
grand these days.
Take care,
Donald C5/C6
--- On Sun, 9/20/09, Greg <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Greg <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] caregiver blues
To: "'donald scott'" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 1:21 PM
Is IHSS a California thing?
The only help we get in AZ is if your low income, with total assets of $2,000.
Hard to qalify.
Thanks
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From: donald scott [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 9:54 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [QUAD-L] caregiver blues
I too was looking for a live-in caregiver and actually he starts
today. Here in Calif. we can get IHSS (In Home Supportive Services)
and it pays the caregiver 9.00 per hour plus Medical-Dental
Insurance. This caregiver works 25 hours a week doing care and house
cleaning. I have 2 caregivers. I also give him free room, free
utilities, free cable, and free wi-fi connection. He gets around
800.00 a month after taxes. The new caregiver is a medical student
plus works pt at a restaurant. So that's the low down here. Every
case is different due to disability, living arrangement, and location.
Take care,
Donald C5/C6
