This is a hypothetical situation I'm wondering about. Say you are paying the nursing home parent's monthly fee from parent's checking account which is typically entire Social Security check less $60 or so for parent's personal needs. Parent is on LTC Medicaid so this is what typically happens, nursing home gets SS check less a small amount for personal needs. Now what happens when parent passes away and SS takes back check issued? Are there possible instances where nursing home will still bill family member even when SS has been returned?
I chose to handle the bills myself like you’re doing, after a friend and her Mom ended up is a big mess. They allowed SS check to go right to the NH (payee) and stayed pretty oblivious about the accounting. Until SS somehow thought the Mom has passed and stopped sending the check to the NH. For 2 years. The NH changed hands and stuff fell through the cracks, until they told her one day the Mom was being evicted. It took her months to get it sorted out. I guess I liked being able to see the money coming in and write the check cause I’m kind of Type 1 personality.
The fact that DAD has no assets is not what matters. What matters is that if you sign as being responsible YOU can be billed.
Do you have copies of what you signed?