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[quote=Anonymous]My best friend's mother (80) is an American citizen who returned to Eastern Europe about 15 years ago. Mom lives alone in outskirts of a big city and is increasingly isolated with some modest declines in mental health. She has a new cancer diagnosis and needs surgery in a few weeks plus a month of rehab. It will be covered by her local insurance but mom will have no visitors or support. Medical facility seems competent. My friend is there now but has to return home before the surgery (young kids and work).

My friend is trying to decide between:

Plan A: Leave mom in Europe to have the surgery and recover alone. Try to hire aides/medical escorts and hope for the best. Return to visit a few weeks after the surgery. Consider a move back to D.C. when things stabilize.

Plan B: Bring mom to D.C. asap and start treatment. Mom doesn't have Medicare but is eligible. Will likely need to pay late application penalty/may struggle to get Part B and supplemental. Costs are an unknown and a huge concern but she would have great support here.

Does anyone have any advice? I was thinking of calling the Medicare Rights hotline tomorrow. Or could a local hospital social worker advise?

Thank you so much. Dcum has helped me tremendously with my own eldercare struggles.[/quote]

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