INDIANAPOLIS — 13,679 people in Indiana are currently on a Medicaid waitlist. Being on that list could force them to move from an assisted care facility to a nursing home.
That was a concern for Jo Lyn Garing and her family, who chose to let her grandmother, Josephine Malone, live out the rest of her life at the assisted living facility Bloom at Kessler.
Provided by family Due to her being on the waiting list, her family was concerned that she would have to be moved to a nursing home.
“No one should have to worry about how their loved one will afford end-of-life care,” Garing said. “Or about how they will keep their loved one in their home or an assisted living facility.”
Provided by family FSSA created the waitlist to solve budgetary issues. That issue was a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall. But now, families are stuck asking questions and not getting answers. Democratic State Representative Carey Hamilton says that is unacceptable.
“Putting someone on a waitlist for assisted living could mean they are transferred to more expensive care in a nursing home,” Rep. Hamilton said.