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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - You need to get the advice of an Eldercare Lawyer how you can help this relative, but how you can be clear with any arrangement made for him that you will not be responsible for his bills! You need to protect your family and step back if needed to do so.
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The facility would not let him move in without a co-signer, and his house was already on the market with several interested buyers. He had a contract on the house within a day or two. I think this co-signer arrangement is becoming more common, because that's what other local facilities required too. He's got good but not infinite money for an 87yo. His argument is that he can afford all this and he won't live much longer. (His mother lived to 100!) Things seem fine now, but assisted or other increased medical assisted living will cost significantly more. If he gets down to $0 on the day he dies, so be it. It is his money. But if he goes negative before then, I'm going to be lit, because then it's my money and I like I said I have immediate family to look out for too.[/quote]

Wow. That sounds scary. I’ve never heard of forcing families to sign on to pay. My parent pays rent month to month. If he could not pay, I expect he’d be evicted.

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