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Theresa
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 Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:21 pm Assisted-living facility tries to evict 99-year-old woman |
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| Quote: | Assisted-living facility tries to evict 99-year-old woman on Medicaid
By Maureen O'Hagan
Seattle Times staff reporter
The notice came in early May, two days after her 99th birthday: Cordelia Robertson was going to be evicted.
The assisted-living facility she loved, the place she called home for a decade and where she had exhausted her life savings, was kicking her out.
Robertson hadn't broken the rules at Franklin House. Instead, after paying her own way for years, she ran out of money and had to enroll in Medicaid, the government program that funds health services for low-income people. But the facility, in Sumner, didn't want more Medicaid patients.
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Over about nine years, Cordelia Robertson has paid Franklin House about $330,000, the family said. "She now has zero money," her son said.
For years, he has worried that his mother would outlast her money, so he repeatedly asked the manager about it.
Each time, according to Gene Robertson, the manager assured him that enrolling in Medicaid, if it came to that, would be a "seamless transfer." His mother would even get to stay in her own room.
With that assurance � and since Robertson was comfortable at the facility � her family kept renewing her contracts. Without that assurance, she likely would have moved. |
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| Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:40 pm |
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Pathetic how some places work. Makes me sick thinking that a business could have that little compassion, not to mention the ability to outright lie to someone like that.
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LightningBoy
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:58 pm |
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Without actually seeing the contract, I can't jump to any conclusions.
I know it seems discompassionate, but the world can't just be giving out free rides. You give one to anyone, and you're setting a dangerous precident that could hurt more people than you'd think. Contract law (and the strict enforcement thereof) is vital to the organizational integrity of society.
And while this story paints a picture of an elderly old woman being thrown to the dogs by a greedy landlord, there is probably far more to it that they let on.
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Theresa
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I guess my problem with the facility would be that the womans family had been trying to make arrangements in anticipation of the depletion of her fund only to be told repeatedly that everything would be fine. She's now on medicaid, so she isn't asking for anything 'free'. (given the fact that either she or her husband had worked and part of their taxes were allocated for this) The news simply stated that the facility didn't want anymore medicaid patients, not that she was unable to pay. (in one form or another)
You simply don't do something like that to someone.
| Quote: | Each time, according to Gene Robertson, the manager assured him that enrolling in Medicaid, if it came to that, would be a "seamless transfer." His mother would even get to stay in her own room.
With that assurance � and since Robertson was comfortable at the facility � her family kept renewing her contracts. Without that assurance, she likely would have moved. |
It sounds as if the home misrepresented the situation, but since they declined comment...
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Theresa
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| Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:41 am |
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I guess my problem with the facility would be that the womans family had been trying to make arrangements in anticipation of the depletion of her funds only to be told repeatedly that everything would be fine. She's now on medicaid, so she isn't asking for anything 'free'. (given the fact that either she or her husband had worked and part of their taxes were allocated for this) The news simply stated that the facility didn't want anymore medicaid patients, not that she was unable to pay. (in one form or another)
You simply don't do something like that to someone.
| Quote: | Each time, according to Gene Robertson, the manager assured him that enrolling in Medicaid, if it came to that, would be a "seamless transfer." His mother would even get to stay in her own room.
With that assurance � and since Robertson was comfortable at the facility � her family kept renewing her contracts. Without that assurance, she likely would have moved. |
It sounds as if the home misrepresented the situation, but since they declined comment...
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