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Seriously wondering if people have strong feeling either way?


My LO receives a little over a thousand dollars a month from social security, and after paying monthly share of cost for her LTC care at NH there is $35.00 left that is allowable to keep for needs like shampoo, toiletries etc.

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I live in a small populated County. We have maybe 4 nursing homes. Which I know quite well. I picked the best one near me. Mom was 89 and declining fast. I was sure this was where she would spend the rest of her life. I allowed the NH to become payee for her SS and pension. Why, because if a problem with last payment, they had to deal with it.

Which is what they should have done in the case of the 60k. Its up to the payee to find out why they are not getting paid. As payee they can talk to SS and get things straighten out. Not the family member.

This is laziness on the part of the NHs credit department. I worked collections and accts receivable. Monthly we got print outs of our accounts. Doesn't take that long to quickly run down accounts and see where there is a balance due. I have a feeling they are leaving it up to the yearly accountants to find outstanding balances.

Its up to you. Me, it was one less thing I had to worry about.
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rocketjcat Feb 2020
Yes laziness on her NH part, but it still was really stressful for my friend. And embarrassing when the finance person ran down the hall after her shouting she owed money. Good grief. I didn’t need that kind of mess so just paid on line.
OT, I was just in Pennsville last week, visiting friends in Salem! Beautiful and historic area.
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Yes I have strong feelings on not signing over the payee to the nursing home. I just commented on this this morning so I’m going to be lazy and copy my post.

“They sent me a monthly bill (for her share of cost)and I paid it. Worked fine for the 3 years she was there and I always knew it was getting paid. My friend made her moms NH her payee and somehow SS decided her Mom had died and stopped paying. She found out when the financial lady tracked her down and told her she owed $60k and they were evicting Mom. It took months to get it straightened out. When you pay it yourself theres less chance for screwups.”
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Getkicksonrte66 Feb 2020
I might have seen your post which compelled me to ask the question. That’s scary to think you could be handed a $60 G bill!
Myself, as well as my husband are her POAs, and as such dont think we can be forced to pay that cost if that happened to us, however what a nightmare this scenario looks like. Lots of hoop jumping Im sure!
They prolly didn’t bother
to tell family member that SS was not paying because if Im correct
the nursing home is then no longer stuck at the original payment amount, and can now charge the over bloated nursing home fees
of like $700 a day!
Nevertheless what a nightmare!
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thanks for your input AlvaDeer
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I would have you and loved one remain the payee. If she has other funds then the home can automatically withdraw, but sometimes when they are made the payee and a move is necessary or she is hospitalized it all becomes confusing.

Hope I understood your questions.
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