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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I spent a couple of years trying to persuade him to meet with a social worker to talk about applying for benefits. It came to nothing. He believes he has these assets that are tied up in a legal dispute and that he needs a lawyer to get them for him. He believes the assets are so significant he would not qualify for any form of public benefit. He believes this so strongly that when he was charged with a crime he wouldn't admit he qualified for a public defender. My parents ended up paying out of pocket for a very good private attorney (brother didn't do any jail time).

When I've spoken to them about getting him some form of assistance they say he's "getting it together," which generally means he's been helping around the house a little bit or they aren't currently fighting.

My parents don't have the money for an assisted living apartment or a trust. I don't know how much they actually have but I do know they couldn't maintain him anywhere other than their property.

He's never been homeless and I don't know whether it'd be easier to get him into the benefits system if he couldn't hunker down on their property and pretend nothing was going on.

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