Medicaid Availability

Very difficult to find in metro area and getting more difficult as the demand for Medicaid assisted living rooms increases dramatically each year

  • Even more difficult for males/ more females
  • 90% or more of large communities (apartment style living) are not Medicaid certified
  • The few that are require 1-2 years private pay or have long waiting lists
  • More residential care (group) homes (6-8 residents) offer Medicaid but many also require 1-2 year private pay
  • Most Medicaid availability is for semi-private rooms
  • The higher the care needs...availability more difficult to find
  • Medicaid certified communities receive only a total of approximately $2000 monthly for each resident...which includes all but $92 of the resident's income...on average that is approx. often 50-75% of what a private pay resident pays for the same availability


Characteristics that enhance Medicaid availability:

  • Independent mobility...ability to go up and down stairs...for finished basement rooms
  • Low to moderate care relative to assistance needs
  • Family ability to supplement Medicaid payment for a private room...monthly supplement from $1200-$2000
  • Family flexibility on choice of room and location
  • Family ability to pay privately for one-two years before resident transitions to Medicaid
  • Family/resident willingness to accept semi-private room
  • Family/ resident willingness to accept residential care (group) assisted living versus large community apartment style assisted living


How Senior Housing and Care of Colorado Can Help;

  • Place prospective Medicaid resident on waiting lists for assisted living residential care homes...and advise when there is availability
  • Help prospective family/resident aggressively search for Medicaid assisted living or Medicaid skilled nursing. Medicaid skilled nursing has much more availability than Medicaid assisted living and often is the only alternative for those who require higher care.
  • The cost for Senior Housing and Care of Colorado to conduct a search for Medicaid assisted living or skilled nursing is $500....only payable if the search results in a successful placement of the prospective resident.