Tenant wants to move mom in + personal care

[Brian Bistolfo]

Hi All,

My tenant lives in a nice 3/2 with her husband and daughter and wants to move her elderly mother into the third bedroom, as she's not satisfied with the care she's getting at another facility. Mom would go to off-site adult daycare from 8:00-2:00 on weekdays and would have a personal care professional come in in the morning for shower/getting dressed as well as after 2:00 for a few hours. Is there anything I need to stipulate in this situation, or some liability I should know about? Not very experienced here.

This property is in Texas.

I know that running a personal care home, even a small one where you don't need a license, has liability risk, but that's mostly associated with running the caregiver element properly, not the home itself.

Any advice or perspective is much appreciated!

-Brian

[Colleen F.]

Your liability is always there same as any other visitor/occupant except the mom is at higher risk because of her condition. The thing I think might come up is the ADA accommodations for the mom. You need to be familiar with this legislation where they can ask for reasonable changes to the home at their own expense. Grab bars etc but they must turn them back on leaving. I would ask them what they might do upfront before there is any issue. Better to be proactive then reactive and small things can make the house safer and avoid an issue .  Also think about your house from a safety standpoint stair railings etc. are they up to current standards.