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When your parents go to the nursing home, could you be liable for their bills? That may seem unlikely, but as the country’s leading authority on the subject (Prof. Katherine Pearson from the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University) notes, there are laws on the books in many states which could make children pay for their indigent parents’ care. Prof. Pearson guest-authored this week’s Elder Law Issues, and she explains the problem and trends.
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