Pomroy v. Department of Public Welfare

LEADBETTER, Judge.

Petitioner Theresa Pomroy appeals from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), which affirmed the discontinuance of petitioner’s nursing home medical assistance benefits (MA). We affirm.

In November 1991, petitioner was severely injured in an automobile accident that left her permanently comatose. The record indicates that at the time of the accident, petitioner was the mother of four minor children, two of whom are currently under the age of twenty-one years. Petitioner entered Methodist Nursing Home in Philadelphia and in June 1992 applied to DPW for MA to cover…