In Pennsylvania there is a Waivers program to keep a loved one at home instead of in a Medicaid facility. Income under $2199, assets below $8000. How does a family do this? Mom's apartment alone is $975 not including gas, electric. And she has $300 in Medigap policy. Anyone know if Medicaid takes any of this in to consideration. Mom's assets will go to zero in no time if this is all out of pocket.
I found this link which is specific to Pennsylvania waivers program, which has apparently changed in January 2018. I really think it's worth your while to go into a Medicaid office in person.
What are you hoping that a waiver will provide?
If your hope is that your state will have a waiver that pays for 30+ hours a week of in home caregivers, that is not at all realistic for states to do unless the elder is in a extremely high cost-of-living city in a state. Like NYC for New York State. For states that have some sort of IHHS (in home health services) the # of hours seem to be around 18-24 hrs at best based on what others have posted on this site. For CAs IHHS which has the caregiver a living in the household family member slightly higher at 22-28 hrs a week (caregiver is paid by the state slightly above minimum wage & elder does a copay / share of cost to the state to partially underwrite IHHS). If elder is evaluated to need more hours of care that means they need AL or a NH or family/elder pay for or do the additional care.
The trend now is for states to use Medicaid waiver $ to go into community based programs like PACE rather than 1-on-1. If I’m not mistaken for PACE they have to the be “duals” (on both Medicare and Medicaid) as between the 2 all costs are covered from on site medical care, meals, transportation, activities. Your Area on Aging will have information on community based programs, you might ant to look into those to get an idea of where mom could “fit”. But realize that if mom is evaluated to need full time skilled nursing care that means she needs to be in a NH; & If she is all about wanting to stay in her home that means she or family private pay for her care.