Paying for Healthcare

Last updated: 17-Nov-2008

Can I be held responsible for my mother's medical bills?

My mother is 93. I am her power of attorney and power of health attorney and manage her finances since her stroke in 2002. On September 29, 2007, I moved her into my house from an assisted living facility as she has spent down most of her income. In January, 2008, she went to Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Gatos, CA for breathing problems...