Unfortunately this very reason has caused many of the elderly to refuse care and would rather die than see what they have worked for get handed to Uncle Sam.
The family always fights them of course, unless they are just in it for the money, then Mommy or Daddy can refuse his medication all he wants. We have a family business, a lot tied up in real estate, and have planned for this scenario for a long time. Everything is sitting in a irrevocable trust, which has been in place for years.
Last year the IRS just up and decided that irrevocable trusts are now subject to all the estate taxes, just *poof* out of the air they changed the laws on estate planning and screwed all of those who had assets to pass on to their dependents.
They will get their money from you one way or the other, they biggest gleaming prize just out of reach from them is our investments and 401K funds just sitting there ripe for the taking now.
This country is being run by thieving politicians.
Some people call these politicians communists, but only the RINOs are Marxist. The rest are vote-buying scumbags.
The government can change a law easier than you can make money. Don’t make much more money than you have to.