By skyforbes Hello! Long story short, I'm looking to move my mom with Alzheimer's into a memory care facility by the end of the year, hopefully. I've looked a a facility recommended to me by my best friend, whose grandmother said there, and the pricing. Mom is already on Medicaid, and I'm working on getting her VA benefits. All of my family are essentially paycheck to paycheck, so we are looking to get the most funding from government resources as possible.
The explanation I got from that facility is basically they take most of her social security, medicaid pays a certain amount based on this or that criteria, and we have to foot the rest if there's uncovered costs. But this facility simply accepts Medicaid but is not part of the Medicaid "program" or whatever.
If I find a facility with availability that has been specifically qualified by Medicaid, what does the cost system look like? Do I still have to pay separate room and board for facility itself, or is there more coverage? It's hard to navigate all these websites that usually don't give much info anyway, so any advice would help.