The Department of Social Services (DSS) can place a lien on your home if you go into a nursing home. DSS will not place a lien on your home if your spouse still resides there, a child who is under 21, blind or disabled lives there or a sibling with an equity interest in the home lives there and has lived there for at least one year. DSS will not place a lien if your physician states this is a temporary stay in a nursing home. Please ask for Informational Notice for Applicants with Real Property for more information.
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