Question 1

How much money can a nursing home Medicaid resident in North Carolina keep for personal expenses each month?

Accepted Answer

NC's nursing facility Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) is $70 per month for an institutionalized individual, or up to $140/month combined for a married couple sharing a room in the same facility. Nursing facility Medicaid residents generally must apply nearly all of their remaining monthly income toward the cost of care beyond this allowance, per the NC DHHS MA-2270 policy manual.

Question 2

If my father goes into a nursing home in Wake County, how much of the couple's savings can my mother keep?

Accepted Answer

Under NC's Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA) rules, the spouse remaining in the community can generally keep between $31,584 and $157,920 in countable assets, with the exact amount depending on the couple's total countable resources at the time of the Medicaid application (the 'snapshot' date), separate from the nursing home spouse's own $2,000 asset limit. This protects the at-home spouse from having to spend down the couple's entire savings before the institutionalized spouse can qualify.

Question 3

How much income can my mother keep at home in Chapel Hill if my father moves into a nursing facility on Medicaid?

Accepted Answer

NC's Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (MMMNA) rules allow a community spouse to retain between $2,643.75 and $3,948.00 per month in income before excess shelter allowance adjustments, with the institutionalized spouse's income potentially diverted to the community spouse if the community spouse's own income falls below this range. The exact figure depends on the community spouse's housing and utility costs, calculated under the MA-2270 policy manual's shelter allowance formula.

Question 4

Is the PACE program available for seniors in the Durham/Triangle area?

Accepted Answer

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is an NC Medicaid program (not a 1915(c) waiver) for adults 55+ who need nursing-home-level care but want to remain in the community, and it accepts Medicare, Medicaid, dual-eligible, private-pay, and 'PACE Medicaid' participants. As of NC Medicaid's most recent published information, there are 11 PACE organizations operating in 14 locations statewide, and Senior CommUnity Care of North Carolina is a PACE provider based in the Durham/Triangle area, though families should confirm current Triangle service areas directly through NC Medicaid's PACE contact list before assuming coverage in a specific city.

Community	Care type	Address	County
Fuquay-Varina Health & Rehabilitation Center	Nursing Home	410 S. Judd Parkway SE Fuquay-Varina, OH 27526	Wake
Windsor Point	Independent Living	1221 Broad Street Fuquay-Varina, OH 27526	Wake

Community	Care type	Address	County
Springmoor	Independent Living	1500 Sawmill Road Raleigh, OH 27615	Wake
The Cardinal at North Hills	Independent Living	4030 Cardinal at North Hills Street Raleigh, OH 27609	Wake
PruittHealth - Raleigh	Nursing Home	2420 Lake Wheeler Road Raleigh, OH 27603	Wake
Bloomsbury at Hayes Barton Place	Memory Care	2750 Oberlin Road Raleigh, OH 27608	Wake
Perry Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center	Nursing Home	5201 Clarks Fork Drive NW Raleigh, OH 27616	Wake
Glenaire	Independent Living	4000 Glenaire Circle Cary, OH 27511	Wake

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