agreement that Ms. would be compensated for caregiving. There is no rhyme or reason toCaregiving Compensation Agreement • April 26th, 2019
the transfers that correspond to any planned compensation. Additionally, the only person who asserts that there was an oral agreement is the beneficiary. The first mention of any compensation agreement was made on December 28, 2016, which was after the Agency denied Appellant’s application for long term care services due to diverted income. I am not persuaded by Ms. or anything else in the record that there was a compensation agreement at the time of the care. The Agency concedes that $59,934.00 of the transferred funds were used to pay for Appellant’s nursing home care. For that reason, the Agency shortened Appellant’s ineligibility period such that it will end in February 2018 rather than December 2018. Other than the nursing home payments, however, Ms. has been unable to substantiate that the remaining transferred amount was used for Appellant’s care—either for Appellant’s expenses or as previously agreed upon compensation for caregiving. The Agency correctly calculated that
