I had the strangest meeting today. two adult children came in about their parents, say the parents want to go to a nursing home. they don't want medicaid, they want to sell the house...
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and pay for the nursing home. um, exactly why did you come in, then?
posted February 4th, 2010 at 4:27pm in
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- what do you DO? 2-4-2010 4:28pm
- nothingobviously 2-4-2010 4:28pm
- I am a decorator specializing in apartments 2-4-2010 4:28pm
- well, um, what servie do you provide? 2-4-2010 4:28pm
- we do estate planning, help protect assets from nursing home bills, etc. their parents put the house in a trust 3 years ago -- im pretty sure they didn't intend to sell it later to pay...(more) 2-4-2010 4:29pm
for nursing home! if you want to pay privately for a nursing home, why are you coming to me?
- and we help choose the paint colors 2-4-2010 4:29pm
- keep the trust intact. that is parent's wish 2-4-2010 4:29pm
- well of course. i don't have the authority to dismantle the trust anyway. it was just such a bizarre meeting. 2-4-2010 4:30pm
- but we can choose sisal rugs 2-4-2010 4:32pm
- so is the design lady lying? this is very confusing 2-4-2010 4:30pm
- design lady is lying. 2-4-2010 4:31pm
- no--we discussed toile curtains and such 2-4-2010 4:31pm
- what does the lying design person get out of this thread? why is this fun to her? i don't get it. 2-4-2010 4:33pm
- np: off topic, but it is in fact better to put home in trust instead of giving as a gift to children, if u want to go on medicaid, correct? 2-4-2010 4:31pm
- yes 2-4-2010 4:31pm
- what are the reasons? asking b/c my friend's parents asked a CPA, who recommended giving as a gift, not trust 2-4-2010 4:33pm
- then get the couches wholesale 2-4-2010 4:33pm
- but they are worried about the sectional 2-4-2010 4:32pm
- ??? because you are a moron? 2-4-2010 4:28pm
- came in for what? what's your profession 2-4-2010 4:28pm
- you are missing the part that explains where you work 2-4-2010 4:28pm
- design firm/ architects. I am the interior designer 2-4-2010 4:29pm
- so the kids want you to redo the house before it is sold? 2-4-2010 4:29pm
- yes. make it more contemporary in feel 2-4-2010 4:30pm
- funny 2-4-2010 4:31pm
- OK. This is what you should have said at the top. Very confusing. 2-4-2010 4:31pm
- that is not op. she is leading you on, and you are following. np 2-4-2010 4:31pm
- this is so weird! Why is she threadjacking? It doesn't make any sense! 2-4-2010 4:32pm
- isn;t it obvious I am a decorator 2-4-2010 4:32pm
- are they trying to stop their parents because they want the house? 2-4-2010 4:29pm
- well, they want to deorate it differently 2-4-2010 4:29pm
- but if the parents own the house, and they are going to sell it, why would the children care how it is decorated? 2-4-2010 4:30pm
- like I said they are nuts 2-4-2010 4:31pm
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