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OP - You know your personal situation with the parent, and you can easily see the impact that taking on the direct care even oversight for an elderly person in poor shape - due to their decisions  - can have on a caregiver from accounts on this board.  I would say no to see just what the social worker can work out.  The parent if one meets the criteria might get to go to a Medicare funded rehab place for I think it is up to 100 days if progress continues, but then would have to private pay to spend down assets if it is for long-term care of assisted or nursing services.  When assets are depleted, Medicaid would then pay.  If you try to help out, the parent might have enough marbles still to make your assistance more of a nightmare decision.  Such as if the house could be sold to provide funding for at least a suitable assisted placement or whatever, but they will not agree.  Somehow to say you would like to know where the parent is placed to be able to monitor from a distance might be best.  [/quote]

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