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Basics such as housing, utilities and food are traceable/easily figured. Food planning, drug administration, cleaning, cooking, transportation, etc. aren't quite as straight forward. There's also the time involved for phone calls to manage health care appointments and issues, as well as bill paying and budget monitoring. I maintain two separate budgets for myself and my adult dependant. However, I seem to end up shorter and shorter for my own finances.

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No POA. No money to pay for an attorney. Parent is not competent (so legally so signing a document). Yes, the residence is shared, we are both on the lease (for now anyway. Don't have a clue what would happen if either of us were dead.) I have a joint banking account with parent, for 10 years now. All billings for parent go through that account. Since my personal account is also with the same bank, I can transfer monies to reimburse for such as, half the rent, half the electric, etc..
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Look into a “personal care agreement” and expect to have payroll taxes withheld, which can be delegated to a payroll service.

As always, if you want legal or accounting advice you can rely on, consult an appropriate professional.
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Do you have POA? If so, what does it say about reimbursement. If Mom is not competent she also can't sign a contract.

Are you basing this on running two households. If Mom cannot make it in her home, then time to downsize or place her. If she is living with you, I agree she should be helping with housing, utilities and food but the rest of your post comes with having her live with you. Comes with the territory lets say. I did it all and never even thought of being paid for it. Mom didn't have all that much so being paid would have taken money I could have used on her so it really made no sense. I did reimburse myself for any out of pocket I had concerning her personally. Like Depends. I may charge them to my acct but reimbursed myself.

I think you need to speak to an elder lawyer to see what rights u have. SS is has rules to how a persons SS is spent and it must be on them.
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