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We strongly urge you to visit these informative sites for elder services in Florida.
The Agency for Health Care Administration:
http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/index.shtml
Florida's Nursing Home Watch List:
http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/Nursing_Home_Guide/index.shtml
We strongly urge you to review the following studies showing that Medicaid planning is not an asset shelter tool for the wealthy:
The Kaiser Commission's Policy Paper on Medicaid and the Uninsured; showing that most elders do not have the assets to cover nursing home costs for one year:
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7335.cfm
Georgetown University's Long Term Care Financing Project Paper; showing that most asset transfers are not made for the purpose of obtaining Medicaid and that restrictions on transfers would not decrease the cost to the public for long term care:
http://ltc.georgetown.edu/pdfs/nursinghomecosts.pdf
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP):
http://www.aarp.org/ | 
