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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your mom can spend 12,000 a month, I would have a serious talk with your sister if their is room in either of your houses. If their is, the person who takes your mother in gets 6,000 a month. With that money the sister who takes in your mom gets to hire a full time housekeeper not only for your mom but also for your household. You will no longer have to cook or clean in your house. For $72,000 a year you can hire a M-F housekeeper as well as a weekend one. 
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OP here. As appealing as that idea is to me in one level - wow, I wouldn't have to cook and clean anymore! - the fact remains that my mother CANNOT afford to spend $12,000. (She has minimal concept of money since my dad always handled all financial matters, and in fact does not even know how much she has, al though we've told her. If we were cheats, which we are not, we could steal from her account. Quite easily.) That's why there's the argument about her returning to assisted living - she is likely to deplete the account within a few years, and it is very possible she will live to her mid-90s.

But thank you anyway for the idea.[/quote]

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