Darlene Maclay

Many people talk about family, but for some people it's not the talking that counts – it's the doing. We realized long ago that the time comes when it becomes our job to take care of our loved ones. All too often, that time comes in crisis – our elderly loved one is facing long-term care in a nursing home and we have to find the way to pay for the best care available.

As we struggle with the emotions and realty of nursing home care, we are also overwhelmed by how to pay for these ever-increasing costs. Assets are quickly depleted. Most residents will rely on Medicaid to pay these bills. A complex process begins and we don't know where to turn. Summit Health Care Solutions was founded to fill this need. We obtain Medicaid coverage for nursing home residents.

In 2001, a team of professionals equally frustrated with the difficult and demanding Nursing Home Medicaid Application process, joined together and Summit Health Care Solutions began. As experts in the Nursing Home field, we became advocates for our residents and their families. The more we learned, the more we realized the increasing need for this invaluable service.

Today, as professional case managers, all of us process nursing home applications everyday – quickly and efficiently.

I am proud to say that everyday we are helping families take care of their loved ones while we take care of this complicated process!