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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, sister and roommate are “codependent”. They’ve lived together for 10+ years. Roommate helps sister with bill paying, medical forms, accessing government assistance,etc.so yes, she helps my sister, but she also screams at her, hoards, doesn’t take of the house, won’t allow anyone in the house including family, etc. I am exhausted dealing with her behavior. If my sister chooses to live with that behavior, I can accept that, but I no longer wish to deal with this woman’s rude, abusive behavior.  Hence my desire to remove myself from the situation.

Selling house would leave us with maybe $80k afte realtor fees. Meaning, that’s all the money she would have to invest in a condo or LTC facility. Not nearly enough to sustain her the rest of her life. I can’t pay taxes and upkeep on a new place for her either, if she were to move somewhere else.

Next case scenario would be - sister stays in house without roommate and her needs could be met by visiting aids paid for by Medicaid. But she doesn’t want this. She doesn’t want a new place. She wants to stay in the house with roommate.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who has replied. I really appreciate all your thoughts and ideas.

To clarify, I am not close with my sister. We are pleasant, but she typically only calls when she needs money and rarely has ever wished me happy birthday in all these years. It’s not a typical sisterly relationship.

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