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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a case worker for mentally I’ll older people, and things are much more stable for people who own their home. People who rent or live in governement housing can be evicted, and landlords will work to evict mentally ill people who are disruptive, don’t pay the rent, frighten others, hoard, etc. You can’t take away someone’s housing for those things if they own it!

Could you buy her a tiny house so she’ll have a place to live? That would reduce substantially her risk of homelessness.

As a PP said, I institutionalization isn’t a thing anymore for the mentally ill. It is for the developmentally delayed or those with physical impairments that prevent self care (like eating and toileting). She should already be on disability - if not, work on that.[/quote]

This is good advice and the pp that mentioned letting her have mother's home if she owns it - great idea. Likely she WILL need to live on her own until there are other reasons so living in mom's home would give her a stable spot. Ways you could help would be things like - paying for people to come take care of the yard once a month, having someone come clean and generally doing some house upkeep so the house doesn't fall into TOTAL disrepair as she likely won't be able to keep up with all of that and will lead to a better quality of life for her if it's taken care of and she can just focus on groceries, etc. Also, it's possible that her daughter will provide a very supportive role if she is 20+ when this happens. Though it would be VERY kind of you to help her navigate it, and potentially provide some funds if you are able so that her mom's quality of life can stay ok.[/quote]

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