My mom is in a skilled nursing facility. Still in her 100 days and Medicare and her F plan are taking care of her bill so far. I think she will have to remain there due toher inability to be on her own. My question is... everything I spend for her is paid for out of her checking or using her credit card. ANY expense has a paper trail & I do monthly income reports of what came in and what goes out. My mom has some paranoia too & she refuses to eat and when she does this I get tempting food for her & she eats alot of it. Since I go see her every day & am her son & POA I occasionally will buy myself some food and eat with her ( not everytime) but can I do that? I DO NOT buy myself anything else AT ALL with her money & the fast food I do buy for myself so far has been less than 50 dollars monthly.
It is indeed a good idea to consider the potential problems (or probable absence of them) when you work out how much effort to put into super-detailed record keeping.
Those occasional meals should not be a problem with visits. I do worry about you and finances if you are spending daily visits. Why?
Are you working or do you have your own family that should be the focus of your life?
This family won't be seeing any rehab bill as long as Medicare continues to approve it, up to 100 days in a billing year.