Nursing home residents , who have medicare, should be allowed to keep more than $40.00 , per month for personal use, considering the cost of their monthly life insurance , clothing, hair cuts, toiletries, cell phone , and snacks

After consulting an elder care attorney, regarding a nusing home billing discrepancy, in comparison with Virginia state ,"patient - pay" statements, the family is held liable , and accountable to pay the "patient-pay" amount, when the nursing home resident doesn't have enough in their checking account, and or savings account, due to purchase of a new sofa ,2 months prior ,to physically being admitted , long-term, to a nursing home facility, ( due to unforseen health issues, that require 24 hour health care.) Also the sofa began innitially, at $399.00, considering the unoptional delivery fee, of $99.00, plus insurance, plus $ 148.00 , reduced by bargaining ,to $128.00to haul away the literally "broken- down, collapsed -in-the -center" loveseat, the cost totaled, approximately $700.00. Having kept the broken - down , loveseat, there would be enough to cover the nursing home cost, in which there is a lack of monetary funds , by the patient. This leaves a deficit to be covered by the family, regarding the "patient -pay" amount, plus the monthly necessities, that higly exceed ,the $ 40.00 Virginia state patient allowance. Even though it is a Virginia law that a person who has legal financial power of attorney, for another person, is not legally obligated, to pay another persons debts, except with the indebted persons funds available.