My mother has been in a nursing home for three years and she still owns her house. Her ID has her house address on it and I have not changed her address with other places such as the IRS. She is in her last days and I wanted to find out if anyone knows what address I am supposed to put on the death certificate. Would it be her house address or the nursing home address? I am concerned that putting the nursing home address will cause probate and other problems. My dad was alive until a year ago so that is why the house is still there. Still working on getting it in saleable condition.
I used my Mom's home adress as she still had her home after her AL stay. It has worked out well so far.
May The Lord give you peace, wisdom and comfort during this time.
I would use her home address.
Use her home address. With her passing, the NH can close her account (and be paid any outstanding charges) and you don't have to feel like dealing with them or having them connected to her in any way.
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Thus, when my Mom was in a nursing home, Dad was living in the house they shared, so that address was used when Mom passed.
When Dad sold the house and moved to senior living, all his bills/statements were sent to my house, so my address was used on his death certificate.
But you may not get to choose. I know when FIL died we got his mail fwded to our house and by darn, 18 years later, we're STILL getting stuff that is mailed to him. 90% of it is garbage, but 10% is the info about some property he owned and we have to pay the taxes every year.
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