Retired schoolteacher with dementia passed away at the nursing facility she resided at for 15 yrs. She had Social Security benefits as well as penision which paid for the cost of the facility which was $3500 per month and the extra money was to be into an account which is now zero according to the nursing home. The Nursing home purchased an additional plot for her for $10,000 with no authorization and no records of any financial transactions to show where her money was spent. She pre-paid funeral expenses including a plot and now the nursing home has used her money without authorization for other unknown items. There is no money left in her account and now they are charging for extra funeral costs. I believe they have been using the money in her account without authorization. Now who’s going to pay for the burial? There is no money left and what can we do? The body has been in storage for 3 weeks.
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I too think Medicaid is involved. If so grandma had to spend down all her assets to receive Medicaid.
If grandma has children, they need to handle this. They can ask for an accting. They can call the State Ombudsman. If they get nowhere they can hire a lawyer.
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