The daughter of a 105-year-old P.E.I. woman living in long-term care is speaking out after her mother stopped qualifying for provincial financial support — all because she missed the subsidy threshold by about $75.

June Rigden's mother, Verna Phillips, has lived in long-term care for about two and a half years. Phillips used to pay about $4,600 a month, but Rigden said she now faces paying about $2,000 more each month to keep her mom in the same home because her mom no longer qualifies for government assistance.

"I just thought, how can they do that to someone who is 105… to try to even change rooms would be hard, let alone homes," Rigden told CBC News. "I won't let that happen."

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