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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bring her here (apply for her green card via family reunification). She will be her own household, meaning she has no income and she will qualify for means tested benefits. 
Most blue states have low income medical insurance if some sort. She will get food stamps. She may even get subsidized housing. 
California where my brother plans to bring our dad is just paradise for it. Not sure how things are in other states: NY is also great I heard.
Another option is for you to have guardianship over her and hire a helper where she lives. The main thing is to prevent her from being scammed out of her money. [/quote]

We do not have enough facilities in this country to care for our own elderly citizens who have paid into our Medicaid system their entire working lives. Been waiting for 9 years to get subsidized housing for an elderly means-tested and eligible relative but there are zero vouchers available.  All housing vouchers are prioritized for those who have minor children, including those who are non-citizens. If we (family) did not pay out-of-pocket for the elderly relative's housing costs they would be on the street.  Relative did live in their car for almost six months before we found out their condition.  If you open your eyes you will see many of them doing this.  Go to any Walmart parking lot and you will see people 60+ living in their cars. They do not have substance abuse problems, they are merely the former working poor who can no longer work.

I'm not anti-immigrant but when it comes to resources, I do believe we have an obligation to care for our own first. It is a travesty that elderly Americans are living in their vehicles when all housing vouchers are being taken by younger people because they have minor children.   [/quote]

+1000

Could not agree with you more. Top PP’s post is very troubling. [/quote]

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