If u sell your house and go into a nursing home, can u be made to repay the money to nursing home?
In the state of Georgia, what are the laws about selling your house and moving into a nursing home, does the nursing home have the right to take that money for selling your home?
The house was sold way before these people were put in a nursing home, In the state of GA, We were told that anything sold after Feb 2007 is considered to be made repayed to the nursing home. We were not trying to bilk the government, Just did not know that the funds had to be repaid. Now having to make payments to nursing home.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Again, then why are you getting “free” services at a nursing home? How is it free then? Who’s paying for it? Tax payers I bet. Figures.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Well it depends on what kind of health care you have. You might have had to “sell”, more of a morgage really, on your house and you would have to repay the nursing home then to pay the morgage off.
Since you have this morgage you don’t have to pay for the services right now.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
If you are trying to get on medicaid you won’t qualify because of the house sale. You would determine how the nursing home is paid.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
If you are going to have medicare / medicaid pay supplementally to the home for your care it’s called fraud.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
The nursing home still wants money.
You sold your home so now you have income provided the mortgage is paid off. You have to pay the nursing home for providing services to you.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Nursing Homes need to be paid. If you sell a house and then try to cry “poormouth” to get a government agency to cover the cost, you will be prosecuted. Just like bankruptcy, many States make you prove what items you have gotten rid of in the previous 5 years. Too many shysters trying to bilk the agencies.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
In any state, you have to pay for services rendered, so the nursing home gets its money. When all the money is gone, then you get Medicaid.