Elder Law Answers
My wife and I have just become agents under a power of attorney for her parents. They are both in their late sixties, and her mother has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. We moved them into a retirement home...
Read moreMy 80-year-old mother has memory problems and has been living with my wife and me for about six months now. She keeps begging to go home, but I know she can't be left alone because she does not remember things...
Read moreMy wife and her sister are agents under a power of attorney for their mother. We live in Pennsylvania and her mother is in a nursing home here. After repeated verbal assurances from the nursing home's social worker that the...
Read moreI and my two siblings are searching for a better home for Mom. Sister and brother, who spend very little time with Mom, believe she needs to be in a memory care home. I spend a lot of time with...
Read moreMy eldest brother, who is my mom's agent under a power of attorney, has put my mom in a nursing home. She does not want to be there -- she wants to live with me. Can I take her out...
Read moreThe managers of a skilled nursing facility are preventing a mentally competent wheelchair user who lives in the facility from coming and going as she pleases. She would like to roll around the neighborhood and take public transportation to shop,...
Read moreI have questions about personal service contracts. 1.) Does the contracted person have to draw the money? Can the contracted person keep the money where it is, not touch it, and avoid paying taxes on it? 2.) If there is money left...
Read moreMy mother, who is now in a nursing home, has outstanding debt on her credit cards. Her only source of income is Social Security and a pension. Medicaid requires that this income go to the nursing home. What should she...
Read moreIf my husband is in a nursing home and he depletes all his assets, will I be responsible for his nursing care costs, even if my assets are tied up in an IRA?...
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