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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / December 2005Medicaid
Can anyone help me with a question ?--If and when one becomes medicaid eligible does the spouse lose control over meds etc. Do they become (in essence) just a visitor.? Spouse's criteria are treated differently than children & siblings for medicaid. I know every state has different rules. Florence > Can anyone help me with a question ?--If and when one becomes medicaid > eligible does the spouse lose control over meds etc. Do they become (in > essence) just a visitor.? > Spouse's criteria are treated differently than children & siblings for > medicaid. > I know every state has different rules. When my MIL was deemed Medicaid-eligible, it did not really change my FIL's rights where she was concerned at the nursing home. There were a few restrictions on the meds that Medicaid would pay for, such as no narcotics, so the doctor had to find alternatives for a couple things. FIL is still the one notified of injuries, etc. Beth  SignatureDon't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ~Mark Twain Thanks for replying. I guess I was wondering if they would keep up the Aricept & Namenda. I do not consider them miracle drugs but about the best around. I figured my husband would have been in Depends by now if these 2 drugs hadn't come on the market. Yes, I know I will never know for sure but it is comforting to have this feeling about them.. He also has veteran's drug benefits, but I've tried that route and it wasn't worth the trouble ....the caregiving was enough without dealing with that #^%)&. You could pull your hair out trying ''' I was wondering if it would be easier with one bureaucracy dealing with another bureaucracy? At times, If he got 5 mgs of some drug he was sent them in 1 mg doses to be given 3 times daily and he was taking so many different drugs. Godawful...One cannot spend hours trying to straightening things out. It's a wonder caretakers don't go bye bye long before the LO. Over 10 yrs of this..its like a bad nightmare when I look back. Hard to remember the good times and there were those.. Instinct sort of keeps sanity... Florence > Thanks for replying. I guess I was wondering if they > would keep up the Aricept & Namenda. I do not consider > them miracle drugs but about the best around. I > figured my husband would have been in Depends by now if > these 2 drugs hadn't come on the market. ================================= My MIL was on Medicaid before she died and we had no problems getting the medications her Drs. prescribed. SignatureJohn Inzer Thanks John. but I specifically mean Aricept & Namenda..Was Rosie on either of them when she became medicaid eligible. I'm sure. but not certain, his heart & diabetic meds will be continued BUT there is no competitive pharmacueticals for those 2 drugs--only Aricept & He was tried on the Excelon...but Namenda seemed to be better (that was my observation) I know these drugs are expensive. The Medicare D I chose under medicare did not specically say if these were in their formulary..however since it is given withe the plan he is on now I am hoping they will continue under Medicare D & perhaps spill over to medicaid...No harm hoping.. > Thanks John. but I specifically mean Aricept & > Namenda..Was Rosie on either of them when she became [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Medicare D & perhaps spill over to medicaid...No harm > hoping.. =================================== I don't know anything about Medicare D. Yes, Rosie was on Aricept. Medicaid never questioned the prescriptions her Drs. wrote. SignatureJohn Inzer Thank you so much John. It has given me a bit of peace just knowing that much. I do hope one day we will be able to look upon all these drugs the way we look upon the Iron Lung today. A horror of the past. >Thank you so much John. It has given me a bit of peace just knowing >that much. > >I do hope one day we will be able to look upon all these drugs the way >we look upon the Iron Lung today. A horror of the past. Probably not going to be anything other than drugs. Hopefully they will have no/fewer side-effects and be more/totally effective. In any event, we should all be grateful that we weren't sick some 50 years ago.... anthony shipley Run away with me; I can make you unhappy. Florence, it does take it's toll on caretakers. Sometimes the caretaker dies before the AD patient. That's why it is so important for a caretaker to look after him/her self. Gwen > Thanks for replying. I guess I was wondering if they would keep up the > Aricept & Namenda. I do not consider them miracle drugs but about the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Florence our elder attorney told us there was a 70% chance of that LJ > Florence, it does take it's toll on caretakers. Sometimes the caretaker > dies before the AD patient. That's why it is so important for a caretaker > to look after him/her self. > Gwen I can relate to dealing with VA on drug benefits. I had residents at the ALF that I had to go through VA. It was a nightmare trying to get them mailed in on time, have the right dosages, etc. Except for the formulary Medicaid uses not allowing certain drugs, it wasn't too bad for those on Medicaid to get their meds. At times, we had to ask drs to make changes but not too often. Trying to keep their copayments made if they were on alot of meds was a different story. Too many of them were on so many meds that paying the copayment or OTC meds would take most of their personal monies they were allowed by Medicaid/SS to keep each month. Then they'd have nothing left for the beauty shop or personal items they wanted, not to mention clothing they might need. I had a few whose copayments exceeded the amount they could keep. They could never pay the whole amount. If they didn't have family to help, they were in a bind. |
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