8. Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (MMNA) — Under federal spousal impoverishment rules, if one spouse enrolls in Medicaid and moves into a nursing home while the other spouse continues to live in the home, the spouse who continues to live in the home is allowed to keep a certain portion of the couple's income. This rule applies when the Medicaid enrollee moves into a nursing home.
The Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance is the amount of the couple's income that the spouse who continues to live in the family home is required to receive as a minimum. It is possible for the spouse who is receiving Medicaid benefits to contribute some of their income to the community-dwelling partner if the latter's income drops below the threshold for eligibility.
2. CCRCs (Continuing Care Retirement Communities) — Those seniors who are in need of increasing levels of medical and personal care but would want to age in place have the option of relocating to continuing care retirement homes, which provide varying degrees of assistance in accordance with the person's evolving need in this regard. Residents have the option to begin their time in the community by living independently, and later, if necessary, they may transition into assisted living or a nursing facility.
4. DNR, which stands for "Do Not Resuscitate Order," is an order that tells medical professionals not to try to extend a patient's life by performing CPR or cardiac resuscitation on them. Both the individual and their attending physician are required to sign the order. DNRs are not the same as living wills. Living wills enable people to specify whether or not they want general medical treatment to extend their lives, while DNRs are only applicable to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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