Q: have life estate on father's PA home; POA has blown all $ fast on care & wants to get a reverse mortgage; can she do it
She is spending his $ at a rate of $10/hr. (under the table) on 24/7 care using Social Security, pension & now VA income. Not all his caretakers are CNAs (or are they called PCAs now?). - At 95, he is still deemed competent by a quick verbal 10-question competency test, but has not a full-blown exam. He has been adamant about staying in his home. I talked myself blue in the face on how he could easily manage his hard-earned assets (as a blue-collar worker w/ 11th grade education) in perpetuity by moving to assisted living. - He removed me (only child) as POA late May 2015 when I would not authorize more than 8 hrs./day ComfortKeepers care. - I am also worried about that terrible PA law that allow providers to sue children for unpaid end-of-life care bills even though the children did not financially obligate themselves by signing any paperwork. I have much of my assets in a Tradional IRA & plan to move $11,000 into a Roth for the '15 & '16 tax years - I am angry & frightened. HELP!
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Sounds like potential elder financial abuse by POA. Talk to an elder law lawyer in your area.
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