Do I need to send the assisted living facility a cease and desist letter or something?

Yes, send an email to the person you talk to reiterating your conversation. As said...papertrail.

The best way to do things is, if paying buy check put last and final payment on the memo line. If they cash it, then they have agreed with you and can't come back saying u owe more.

Yes, put it in writing. A paper trail is what you always need, so write a letter telling them his balance is zero, who told you to ignore the bills, and to stop sending the bills immediately.

Copy the accounting dept. and the head administrator as well as yourself.

Thank you for your response.

If not a QIT, then I have no idea what your being billed for. And it should not be coming to you it should say "To the estate of" and sent to the Executor of the State, which is probably you.

I would call again asking why Dad is being billed when he paid all fees going in, paid monthly all the way up to his death. He does not owe Them a cent. You want the billings to stop. If not, u will be consulting a lawyer. They need to write this off whatever this is. Its probably auto statements and then someone puts them in an envelope. When u call again, get a supervisor.

No. I did not sign anything. The bills were addressed to me and I made sure they were paid as I was his POA. He didn't owe anything. All his bills were paid in full.

What Trust are you talking about? Was Dad on Medicaid and his income was over the Medicaid income cap so the overage was put into a Qualify income Trust also known as a Miller Trust. If so, the money in that Trust goes to Medicaid upon death of the recipient. It does not become part of Dads estate. Maybe Medicaid is coming after the AL and in turn the AL is billing you.

"Upon the Medicaid recipient's death, the state is named as the beneficiary of the Miller Trust / Qualifying Income Trust. If there are any funds remaining in the trust account, the state will receive it as reimbursement for funds paid for the care of the Medicaid recipient.Jan 25, 2023"

Did you sign as responsible for your Father's debts or sign for the facility in which he resided as the person responsible for his bills? If not you are not liable for his bills.

HOWEVER if at the time of his death your father had bills owing to this facility and left any estate whatsoever then the executor who is distributing his estate DOES owe paying this from your father's assets. The bills should be coming to "The Estate of".....not to you, and not to his name.