Should I Be Joint Owner of My Sister's Checking Account?

My sister asked me to be joint owner on her checking account. Will being a joint owner open me up to liability to pay any debts not covered by the joint account? Specifically, are my personal finances and property outside the joint account at risk?

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Are Gift Cards Considered "Gifts" When It Comes to Medicaid?

Are gift cards considered "gifts" that will create an issue with Medicaid eligibility? My elderly mother may need a nursing home in the next couple of years due to mild dementia/Alzheimer's. She likes to give her grandchildren cash gifts at Christmas and is upset because I told her she must stop due to the five-year lo...

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Does My Mom's Nursing Home Get Her Certificates of Deposit?

My mother has been in a long-term care facility (for dementia) for two months. We cared for her at home as long as we could. The facility recently filed for Medicaid for her and found out she has CDs that we were unaware of (she put me on them as POD). What should we do now? Should we pay the nursing home out of th...

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Mom Won’t Stop Driving. Am I Liable If There's an Accident?

My elder mother has had two strokes but refuses to stop driving. Her doctors tested her cognitive ability, reflexes, vision, etc., and said she shouldn't drive. Can her adult children be held liable if she gets in an accident?

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Will Making Donations Make Mom Ineligible for Medicaid?

My mother is 93 and is in a nursing home with dementia. As POA for my mother, am I allowed to make donations to her church, St. Jude, and other organizations she has given to in the past without penalties should she need to apply for Medicaid?

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Can I Be Reimbursed for Mom's Assisted Living Rent?

If the child of a parent who is moving into assisted living pays for the parent's first month's rent while also in the process of selling the parent's home for assisted living expenses, can that child be safely reimbursed for the amount of money paid once the home is sold and not affect Medicaid look-back when that par...

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Is My POA Valid If There Is Also Another, Earlier POA?

I have a power of attorney (POA) dated after another POA. Is mine the one that is valid because of it having the most recent date?

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Can POA Keep Friends From Seeing You When in a Nursing Home?

Can a power of attorney keep friends from seeing you when in a nursing home?

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Can We Force My Mother-in-Law into a Memory Care Facility?

My wife's mother has been judged to be in need of long-term memory care. She has been approved for it, to be paid by Medicaid, but doesn't want to go. She would prefer to stay in her apartment (which she can no longer afford) and have us pay the difference, or else move in with us. We can't take care of her. We are...

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Can I Keep the House and Get Paid If I Cared for My Mom?

If the will states for property to be sold and divided up between the kids, but one child lived with mom the whole time, took care of her for many years, and took care of the house, how do they go about keeping the house and also being paid for the health care they provided?

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