blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
Hi, I was wondering if somebody could answer a question I have about nursing homes.
My mother-in-law is in a nursing home and she called my wife this morning, pretty depressed. As with most people, before she got into the nursing home, she was pretty use to having some extra spending money to do with as she pleased. From what I understand, she was always very frugal, but she had the option to get her hair done (or whatever) if she wanted.
Now, her social security and pension checks are automatically deposited into her checking account. The nursing home takes their money, and she's left with about $80 or so spending money for the month. $80 doesn't go very far. She uses it to pay her cell phone bill and get her hair done, and that's depleted most of it. The holidays are here as well, and she's bummed she won't have any money to send as gifts.
A friend at work told to check into a free phone and phone service that she might be able to have via the government, which I'm going to check into. I told my wife I'd like to put it into our budget to give her a little extra spending money each month.
If I put the extra money into her checking account, and the nursing home saw the extra money, would they be entitled to keep that money?
My mother-in-law is in a nursing home and she called my wife this morning, pretty depressed. As with most people, before she got into the nursing home, she was pretty use to having some extra spending money to do with as she pleased. From what I understand, she was always very frugal, but she had the option to get her hair done (or whatever) if she wanted.
Now, her social security and pension checks are automatically deposited into her checking account. The nursing home takes their money, and she's left with about $80 or so spending money for the month. $80 doesn't go very far. She uses it to pay her cell phone bill and get her hair done, and that's depleted most of it. The holidays are here as well, and she's bummed she won't have any money to send as gifts.
A friend at work told to check into a free phone and phone service that she might be able to have via the government, which I'm going to check into. I told my wife I'd like to put it into our budget to give her a little extra spending money each month.
If I put the extra money into her checking account, and the nursing home saw the extra money, would they be entitled to keep that money?