Inbox Question | Medicaid for Parents
Big Picture Retirement®
Devin Carroll
4.7 • 545 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Today we answer a question from Cathy about helping aging parents in California navigate care costs, preserve limited resources, and explore options like pro bono legal support.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Big Picture Retirement Show. |
| 0:07.6 | Today, we're going to the inbox to answer questions sent in by you, our listeners. |
| 0:12.3 | Now, if you'd like to send us a question, just head over to big pictureretirement.com and click the Ask a Question tab in the top menu. |
| 0:18.9 | Oh, and just a quick reminder. |
| 0:19.9 | On this podcast, we provide |
| 0:22.0 | general information and not specific tax, legal, or financial advice. But if you're ever ready |
| 0:28.3 | to move from the broad education we provide here to personalized advice that's specific to you, |
| 0:34.7 | you can find links to our websites down in the description. |
| 0:38.4 | Now let's jump in to today's question. |
| 0:46.3 | John, today's question comes from Kathy, and Kathy said, |
| 0:49.2 | I'm enjoying your recent podcast series on the perfect estate plan. |
| 0:52.6 | I especially like the one you did on Medicaid. |
| 0:55.9 | That was a good one. We got into some depth on that, didn't we? She says, here's my question. |
| 1:00.1 | My dad and his wife live in California and both recently qualified for and our own Medicaid. |
| 1:06.7 | Dad has some very bad memory issues and will most likely need to be in a care facility. |
| 1:10.9 | His spouse still lives in their home. How do I help them be good stewards of their very limited |
| 1:16.3 | funds? She may not be able to afford the house just on her Social Security. Are there attorneys |
| 1:21.1 | that work on a pro bono basis? And how do I find them? Thanks for the good information you share. |
| 1:27.3 | John, this sounds like this is |
| 1:28.5 | right in your wheelhouse. And by that you mean giving away free advice? No, being an attorney. |
| 1:37.3 | All right. So the short answer to the question of are there attorneys that work on a pro bono basis. So a couple of things there. |
| 1:48.0 | So there are, there are generally there are legal aid. And I don't know specifically about California, |
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