• (978) 745-5551
  • Schedule Online
  • Client Portal
100 Cummings Center, Suite 542-K, Beverly, MA 01915
Law Office of Brandon L. Campbell
  • About
  • Practice Areas
    • Elder Law
    • Estate Planning
    • Special Needs Planning
    • Asset Protection
    • Pet Trusts
    • MassHealth / Medicaid Planning
    • Probate / Estate Administration
    • Guardianship & Conservatorship
    • Appeals and Appellate Representation
  • FAQs
  • Workshops
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Menu Menu
Blog

Marriage and the Nursing Home

August 18, 2017/in Elder Law

A touching article in the New York Times is circulating on social media sites describing the marriage of two people well into their nineties in Middletown, New York. Putting romantic issues aside, from the stand point of protecting assets from the nursing home, marriage can be beneficial or risky depending on the assets each spouse brings to the table. In general, an unmarried individual is allowed to have only $2,000 in assets to qualify for MassHealth nursing home benefits. For a married couple, the institutionalized spouse is again limited to $2,000, but the non-institutionalized spouse is allowed to have at present $120,900, called the Community Spouse Resource Allowance, with no “look back” period applicable to transfers between spouses.

It follows that couples with relatively small estates may be able to shelter more assets by getting married, whereas couples with larger estates may be putting more assets at risk.

https://www.northshoreplanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/f3b034_4a06ad5920124dfa97b00b1ff530faeemv2_d_2048_1365_s_2.jpg 420 630 competenow https://www.northshoreplanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/brandon-campbell-logo-300x90.png competenow2017-08-18 08:21:302021-03-04 15:25:26Marriage and the Nursing Home
Schedule a Call

100 Cummings Center Suite 542-K
Beverly, MA 01915

Phone: (978) 745-5551

Links

  • About
  • Practice Areas
  • FAQs
  • Workshops
  • Blog
  • Contact

Practice Areas

  • Elder Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Special Needs Planning
  • Asset Protection
  • Pet Trusts
  • MassHealth / Medicaid Planning
  • Probate / Estate Administration
  • Guardianship & Conservatorship
  • Appeals
© 2021 Law Office of Brandon L. Campbell. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Sitemap. Website Design by Compete Now.
Scroll to top