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My Dads ALF, where he has been for three years, has had another change in management. So the new manager called yesterday to access his care plan, and points. He came out to about the same points, but the price has gone from 7200. per month to right at $10,000 a month. For the same service! Can they do this? We are in Oregon. thank you in advance

I would check the contract and see if there is a time that they can increase fees and if there is a % that they can increase by.
If not then "it is what it is" (I hate that phrase!)
ALF are private business and can increase fees and charge what the market will bear. /so I am sure what the response would be is...you are free to go elsewhere. But if that is a possibility make sure there are no fees for breaking a contract. And other facilities in your area may be charging what dad will be paying if there is no move made.
Honestly if this is the first increase in 3 years consider yourself lucky they are just brining the fee up to market standard.
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ElizabethAR37 Aug 15, 2024
Personally, I like that phrase (as you may have noticed in my posts) when it's used descriptively to indicate that a given situation isn't ideal or desirable but needs to be accepted at least for now--and perhaps for the long term. Example: I don't much like old age, but it is what it is. I use the phrase not in a defeatist manner but to realistically assess "what is" as I see it. The situation may improve--or not.
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Not really. Up to their posted policy. There should have been paperwork on admission telling of the levels of care, what constituted a necessity of moving up a level in care, what the cost was, and what expected raises are in lieu of unexpected changes (such as covid). This was the case at the stellar ALF where my brother was.

Speak with the administration. Know that these are independent business models that make their rules. While they are having to follow some state rules they are not federal government obligated in terms of rules and regs.
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ALs are free to raise prices, which the new management is doing by raising the cost of the care points. As a private pay facility, they are free to do that, unless there is a clause in the contract saying otherwise. You can consider moving dad, but look into the costs of other ALs before you do. It's very expensive, I know....my dad was paying so much in 2014 and 2015 for the highest level of care, I can only imagine how much it's gone up since then.

Best of luck.
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