[ErnBatavia]

I see nothing wrong with the state trying to recover some of the care costs of patients

Me neither...but I would indeed be concerned about how they tally the amounts - undoubtedly just like hospitals, racking up $40.00 for a pair of disposable bedroom slippers, etc., etc.

My sibs and I are facing this with my parents right now - altho we're not quite at the point where they're institutionalized yet....be it either the current caregivers or "the home", they'll run out of funds - except for their home - in around three years.

[Graybeard58]

Me neither...but I would indeed be concerned about how they tally the amounts - undoubtedly just like hospitals, racking up $40.00 for a pair of disposable bedroom slippers, etc., etc.

You are correct but it's a different issue.

[therut]

If you want the home talk to a lawyer now. I think if you take legal possession 3 years before they enter a NH they can not take the home. That is how it is in Arkansas. But you have to own the house legally. Your parents of coarse can still live there.

[SauronOfMordor]

My sibs and I are facing this with my parents right now - altho we're not quite at the point where they're institutionalized yet....be it either the current caregivers or "the home", they'll run out of funds - except for their home - in around three years.

You should make an appointment to talk to a financial advisor in the morning