Assisted Living Utah Blog

One of the best options for Assisted Living in Orem, Utah is either of the three Bee Hive Homes of Orem (Bee Hive Home I, Bee Hive Home II, or Bee Hive Home III). Owner, Randy Cottle, exudes confidence and integrity the moment you meet him and is someone you will feel confident in caring for your loved one. Bee Hive Homes of Orem are unique in that they are smaller in size (9-16 beds) and are much less costly compared to large communities (generally saving you over $750 each month). Multiply this by twelve months and you’re saving thousands of dollars in your assisted living costs. The home-like setting is ideal for families who don’t want their loved one lost in a crowd or the intimate feel that’s unique to a small community. Bee Hive Home of Orem fit right in with the local, residential community and are not situated in busy commercial areas, which adds to the home-like atmosphere. The services and amenitites that you’ll find in this Orem assisted living community are exactly what people look for when searching for the right assisted living facility for their loved one. Call us for more details about assisted living in Utah at (801) 492-4115 and get free information about VA benefits and other benefits for elderly people living in assisted living.

The question that will Medicaid or Medicare pay for your stay in an assisted living facility in Utah is common. The answer is simple. Medicare will not pay for assisted living, but Medicaid can. Let me explain how Medicaid can pay for your assisted living costs. In Utah, there is a program that was called Flexcare (recently changed names to New Choices Waiver). In my humble opinion, I would much rather have my parent in an assisted living facility as opposed to a skilled nursing facility. I’ve worked in both and assisted living is almost always more homelike and less like a hospital. Having said this, how do you become eligible for the New Choices Waiver? First of all, you would have to already be eligible for the Long-Term Care Medicaid program and you have to be in a skilled nursing facility for 90 days. Once you are on the Long-Term Medicaid program in the skilled nursing facility, you would contact a representative from New Choices Waiver (again, this is the program that pays for assisted living. It’s like a branch of Medicaid) so they can assign somone from their department to meet with you and get the paperwork complete for the application and assess whether or not you are eligible medically. Once you are on the New Choices Waiver program, you and the case manager from New Choices Waiver would look for an assisted living facility that has a bed available for this program. Depending on how full their building is, this will determine whether or not they will accept you. If they only have a couple beds available, they will often keep those apartments for someone who will pay privately since it would make them more money; however, if they have several rooms available, they would most likely be willing to have someone come in on the New Choices Waiver program. So will there be any cost to you? Of course (as always). This cost is negotiated between you and the facility. Basically, the New Choices Waiver program pays for the “care costs” and you have to pay for the room and board. This amount is typically anywhere between $400 and $800, but it could vary from this as well. This is just typically what I’ve seen in my experience. For the best contacts to Utah’s Medicaid and New Choices Waiver, contact us.

For more detailed advice, visit us at AssistedLivingUtah.com. Don’t hesitate to call us either. We do not charge you anything for advice and we don’t try to sell anything to you. I guarantee it. Call (801) 492-4115 or toll free (866) 979-9989. You can also email us at Admin@AssistedLivingUtah.com.