Archive for the nursing home Category

What You Should Not Sign When Mom Enters A Nursing Home!

Be very careful when you help to sign a parent or loved one into a nursing care facility.  Make sure that only the person entering the nursing home is financially responsible for the cost of care.  DO NOT sign anything making you responsible for paying for the […]

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Review of Child’s Responsibility to For a Pay Parent’s Nursing Care

Will a Child Have To Pay For Mom’s or Dad’s Long Term Care Costs? Ever since the 2012 PA case, Health Care & Retirement Corporation of America v. Pittas (Pa. Super. Ct., No. 536 EDA 2011, May 7, 2012), was decided and a son was found to […]

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Can A Guardian File for Divorce on Nursing Home Resident’s Behalf?

Can A Guardian File for Divorce on Resident’s Behalf? As the frequency of our elderly clients needing long term care increases, we review more and varied nursing home asset protection planning opportunities.  One rather unconventional method for protecting a greater portion of the marital assets just might […]

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