88 Yr old Aunt never married, on medicaid to help pay medical bills

by Beverly
(Texas, USA)

My sweet little 88 year old aunt lives alone and is on Medicaid. She has never been sick and used it until the past couple of months. She has cancer of the jawbone and had surgery and is waiting for radiation treatments.

My dad is her only living sibling and she has left everything to him in her will. The only thing she has is a small house worth about 45,000. Nursing home care is not an option for her because my dad and mom will take care of her.

Question is, my aunt wants to transfer the house into my dad's name so that she won't have to worry with it anymore. How would that affect the Medicaid rules? Medicaid, so far, has paid very little on her medical bills.