Medicaid for the Elderly, Blind or Disabled
Long-Term Care Services (LTC)
Many people who are elderly, blind or disabled need help accomplishing
activities of daily living and caring for their health. This help,
referred to as long-term care, includes many different services, such as
personal care, housekeeping or nursing. Long-term care is provided in
people’s homes, in residential care facilities or group homes, in
nursing facilities and in the workplace.
Long-Term Care (LTC) includes any service or support that a person needs
due to age, disability or chronic illness which limits his/her ability
to perform everyday tasks. LTC services go beyond the Medicaid Standard
Plan covered services and are designed to meet the special needs of
elderly and/or people with disabilities.
LTC services and supports include:
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Nursing Facility Services
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Personal Care Services
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Home Health Services
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Therapies
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Disposable Medical Supplies (DMS)
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Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
LTC settings include a:
LTC programs include Institutional Services, Home and
Community Based Waivers, Family Care and Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Asset Limit
The asset limit for a person applying for a LTC plan is
$2,000. If the person applying for the LTC plan has a spouse living in
the community, the spouse will be able to keep some assets above the
$2,000 limit without affecting the LTC applicant’s enrollment. See the
section on Spousal
Impoverishment Protections for the asset limit when there is a
spouse living in the community.
Income Test
The monthly income limits for the specific LTC plans are explained in
the following sections:
Community Waiver/Family Care Medicaid Level 1, Income Limit, $2,130
Community Waiver/Family Care Medicaid Level 2, Income Limit, $591.67
Institutional Medicaid Level 1, Income Limit, $2,130
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February 06, 2013 |
