My father has Alzheimer's and is in a nursing home. My sister has his power of attorney. He had a checking accounts and CD's that amounted to about $29,000.00. He receives $2100 a month from a retirement check and social security. The remainder of the nursing home bill ($700) my sister has been paying from his money. He has been in the nursing home for almost 2 years. My sister took his money from the checking accounts and cashed the CD's. She (and her husband, a doctor) are now telling us that he only had $15,000 in checking and CD's and they are about to run out of money. They want us to sell his land that was to be split 5 ways when he dies (about 36 acres), and use the money for his nursing home bill. They then want to turn it over to Medicaid to pay the rest when that money runs out.
My question is, will Medicaid check into the money he had first or will they just take the land and sell it, if we hold on to it? Or can my sister, having power of attorney, sell it without our approval? Myself and my other sister do not think it is right that they are trying to keep his money and make us give up the little bit of land we would get. I have not confronted them because I don't want to cause a fight if I can help it. But, I do have bank statements that they are not aware of, that prove what I am saying.
My question is, will Medicaid check into the money he had first or will they just take the land and sell it, if we hold on to it? Or can my sister, having power of attorney, sell it without our approval? Myself and my other sister do not think it is right that they are trying to keep his money and make us give up the little bit of land we would get. I have not confronted them because I don't want to cause a fight if I can help it. But, I do have bank statements that they are not aware of, that prove what I am saying.
I think we struck a nerve.