Comments on: Residency Exemptions for Long Term Care

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:53:43 +0000

I am reminded of a story my previous probation officer shared. This was several years ago, so perhaps the situation has changed. I hope so.
Anyway, she had a registrant who was going into advanced Alzheimer’s and could not stay by himself. I don’t know the particulars, but there was no one to help him in terms of friends or family. Further, this man was a veteran.
According to her, she checked EVERY facility that was qualified to take him in the State of Florida. EVERY facility fell into one of two categories…
1. They qualified in terms of the residency requirements, but refused to take a registrant. Or,
2. They did NOT qualify in terms of the residency requirements, but were willing to take him.
Either way, there was nowhere for him to go. Eventually, she found him a location in a long-term recovery facility where they did a “wink-wink, nod-nod” and allowed him to go there where he eventually died.
Like I said, this was several years ago (more than five) and things may have changed. Further, not many probation officers would go to this length, I think.
This is wishful thinking, but too bad some investor with deep pockets doesn’t invest in a long-term facility in a po-dunk town/location where they would be willing to take long-term care patients who are registrants. I bet the facility would remain at 100% capacity.

Mark

By: Disgusted in Michigan

Disgusted in Michigan — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:50:54 +0000

In reply to Roger L.

Not everyone has the finances to be able to move to another State. I would think most PFRs can’t even afford to move to another neighborhood. Those that have a stable life, i.e. good job, affordable housing, family, etc are unwilling to uproot and move away.
My mother passed last March. I lived a 2 hour drive away from her. I was her medical advocate and power of attorney during her last few months. She understood I have a life including a very good paying job and never expected me to move closer to her because the difficulty of finding a job that pays as well as the one I have now would have been impossible. But I had no problem making the drive to her place as often as needed, sometimes two or three times a week. I still have 9 years until I I can retire. I have savings, but not enough to live on for 9 years until I can start drawing from my IRA and social security. The thought of having to find a good paying job prevents me from moving away from my current location, but once I retire, it will be more easily feasible.
Its possible the daughter in this situation has young children in school. Perhaps it was just not possible to uproot and move. People have lives.

By: FAC Contributor #3

FAC Contributor #3 — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:13:21 +0000

In reply to Roger L. That is not the solution. Maybe the daughter has a family in that state, or friends, or a career?

By: Roger L

Roger L — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:55:46 +0000

In reply to Richard Brawn. In foreseeing this situation, why did the daughter stay living in a state with residency restrictions where she knew she could not care for her father? Maybe people could take the initiative to move to one of the states without residency restrictions.

By: Richard Brawn

Richard Brawn — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 01:27:28 +0000

I am posting this comment to the residency restriction article. I am a sex offender who is on Sex Offender probation in 2014 myself and a couple other guys who were also on probation opened a boarding house. Granted we couldn’t take in everyone who needed a place but we did have one guy stay there who probation had to get approval for him to stay there because we had a bus stop right at the end of the road our apartments were on and the offender had the bus stop rule. Probation was able to get him approved to stay there cause he was in stage 4 lung cancer, so I feel that they can bend any rule they want to… If they did it for this guy why can’t they do it for others