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Do all facilities take Elderly Waiver?

Quick answer · 0:49 · From Life Care Planning: Protecting, Finding, and Paying for Care · Recorded Nov 20, 2025

Short answer

No. Not every assisted living or memory care facility accepts Elderly Waiver or Medical Assistance, and many require one to two years of private pay first. Ask each facility whether and when it accepts the program you plan to use.

Key points

  • Elderly Waiver pays for care at home or in assisted living.
  • Ask about private pay periods.
  • A MnCHOICES assessment is required.

Lauren FinkFounding attorney, Everbright Legacy Law

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And Elderly Waiver, a piece that I want to mention is that the facility has to take Elderly Waiver. So not all assisted living facilities are facilities that are going to take Medical Assistance or Elderly Waiver. So a really important piece of selecting a facility is, does that facility take the program that you need to use to pay for care? And when are they going to take that program? So many facilities have private pay period requirements where they want you to live there one year or two years before they’re going to accept Medical Assistance for a form of payment. And then with Elderly Waiver, you have to have an assessment performed by the Department of Human Services.

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