New law sets requirements for home caregiver employment in New Jersey
Home health care is a huge industry in the USA with over 3 million workers in 2022. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that jobs will grow by 22% over the next 8 years. New Jersey has thousands of in-home caregiver employees. Many seniors are trying to “age-in-place” and they hire caregivers to help them with their functional tasks of daily living. On January 12, 2024, New...
Court reiterates the strict standards for “caregiver child” house transfer exception to Medicaid penalty
When a person applies for Medicaid to pay for nursing home care (or assisted living or in-home care), they have to be mindful of whether transfers of assets will result in a denial of benefits. This denial is called the “transfer penalty,” and the 5-year Look-Back rules capture most transfers that occurred within the 5 years preceding the application. There are a handful of...
Caregiver Child Payments under Medicaid and VA Pension
In the realm of elder care, a child who resides in their parent’s home and provides the care, assistance and supervision needed to enable the parent to remain in the community is typically referred to as the “caregiver child.” Sometimes — oftentimes — the child is giving up other jobs or income in order to provide this caregiving. Frequently the parent wishes to...