Asset Transfer and Nursing Home Use


 

Publication Date: November 2005

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: Medicaid; Elderly Care

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This issue brief examines asset transfer data of elderly nursing home residents and finds that for those who qualify for Medicaid, their average asset transfer are small, sufficient to cover about one month of private nursing home care.