Well, a start would be a floorplan of the building with the dimensions of any rooms I would need accessible.  That would be the living room, a bedroom if I was to use one, the bathroom I would use and the kitchen.  Also the garage or location I would store my outdoor machine when indoors and scooting around on the electric wheelchair.  That location needs to be covered and have an electric outlet for charging.

I don't necessarily need a bedroom if the living room or rec room is big enough, I have zero need for privacy, just a spot for my recliner that can be darkened and out of the main flow of traffic.  I have no set sleeping schedule, and sleep usually about 2 hours 3 times during a 24 hour period, sometimes 2 or 4 times.  I spend much more time in the recliner awake but with my eyes closed meditating, and unless you touch my foot or make a loud noise, you can't tell if I am awake or asleep.  Rest of the time I am at the computer or rolling around somewhere.

Any building is just ramps if needed or possibly stair lifts, but I would need photos and if it was a big job, probably too much money.  Most anything else I can get stuff from home depot, any anybody who knows how to use an electric drill and stud finder can mount wall bars or ceiling lifts etc.


Hot water is not an issue because I do sponge baths, so you just need to be able to heat a large pot of water to mix with some room temp water in a plastic bucket with liquid soap.  Then same again for rinse with no soap.

Next would be to find out what the medicaid reimbursement rates are down there and what is involved in moving from AK to MO and how long the approval process takes, and whether a pre-approval is possible before I leave.  Without that, I doubt I would eave, because giving up my bennies here without being certain I would get similar ones there would be really stupid.

Right now I would rate the chances as low as long as I am getting the full $16,500/mo it takes to keep me housed in this place covered by medicare/medicaid, until I gt offered suitable indepedent living housing, despite having only $200/mo disposable income right now.  Chances would shift to extremely high though if med/med takes me off long term care and shifts me to the waiver program, in which case they will try to force me to go to the first available assisted living gulag with a cell open, which I absolutely will not do.  I won't sign discharge papers even if they waterboard me.  lol.

So. it's worthwhile to have a plan in place to prepare for this possibility.  Boy Scout Motto: BE PREPARED!


RE