49% of Seniors “living on a food budget of about $5 a day"

[riverwalker]

30. that's a good way to look at it

been reading about people losing small family farms that have been in the family for generations, not aware of the "fine print". I'm sure Mom would have wanted to pass her home on to her family, not the state. Millionaires have financial planners and schemes, and families can inherit. The middle class, not so much.
Other nations don't do this. In Norway, if Mom needs a nursing home, it is provided. The only cost is she gives up a small part of her "pension" what we call social security, to pay for it. Thats it. Her assets and home are passed on to her family. They think our system is barbaric.