Who is responsibile?

[canuck78]

in some communties they lie about income so they can sponsor their parents to come and live in canada

Not really related to the conversation. Social workers determining the patient's ability to pay and insurance on a regular basis. A house is the largest asset for most seniors so no it is not unusual for people to have to sell their home to finance retirement.

 

[zardoz]

And on a side note your brother in law sounds like a bit of a jerk.

+1

 

[canuck78]

To be fair if you have never dealt with illness or longterm care you may be shocked at the costs. Since the parents don't receive any form of Canadian old age pension the family will have to pay the monthly bed costs on top of everything else. Unfortunately people usually factor in the cost of their healthy parents living with them not when their parents are unwell. If you don't make significantly more than LICO it would put a large financial strain on many families. Our system really prioritizes the coverage of acute illness.

 

[SofiaLo]

They are not forcing him to do anything. I imagine the reason they are asking about his overseas bank accounts and assets, is for Canada to determine if he would be eligible for low-income assistance programs to help pay for his medical costs. If they determine he has significant assets/money outside of Canada, then they may deem him not eligible and would demand he pay out of pocket for any services not covered by provincial healthcare. It would be entirely up to your parents if they wanted to sell their assets in home country or not.

If they can show their assets/money in home country is not significant (so they are not rich), they may still qualify for having some of his long term medical costs subsidized. I have no idea if this counts against the PR sponsorship undertaking that your sister signed for them.

And on a side note your brother in law sounds like a bit of a jerk.

Thanks Rob_TO. This all happened when my parents were preparing to go back for good. Life is unpredictable at times.
As far as my brother in law, jerk is understatement. I leave it to Karma.

 

[carolbb23]

Not really related to the conversation. Social workers determining the patient's ability to pay and insurance on a regular basis. A house is the largest asset for most seniors so no it is not unusual for people to have to sell their home to finance retirement.

i understand , a long time ago they were not that strict like they are now I worked with a woman who sponsor her husband and she had a lawyer that fudge numbers and bank account so she can sponsor her hubby plus she used the same lawyer to sponsor her parents and he did the same thing fudge her account numbers of course this was 20 years ago