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A common question I hear is “will I have to may for my mom’s nursing home care?”<\/strong> In Michigan elder law practice, I counsel families on the six ways to pay for long-term care. Having the children pay is one of them, but it’s typically by choice.<\/p>\nIn a recent case, an Ohio appeals court ruled that a nursing home resident’s son was personally liable to pay for the nursing home costs for his mother. The case is Andover Village Retirement Community v. Cole (Ohio Ct. App., Dist. 11, No. 2013-A-0057, Nov. 10, 2014).<\/p>\n
In the case, the son admitted his mother to a nursing home. Nothing unusual there, it happens every day. The son was his mother’s power of attorney. When the nursing home presented the contract for admittance, the son signed as a “responsible person.” The contract goes on and the son also signed saying that he would voluntarily assume financial (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A common question I hear is “will I have to may for my mom’s nursing home care?” In Michigan elder law practice, I counsel families on the six ways to pay for long-term care. Having the children pay is one…<\/span><\/p>\n