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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with PPs. Government assistance is the way to go for low income seniors. This is what I am busting my butt doing for my 65 y/o mom now. She left my toxic hoarding dad at the beginning of this year and had nowhere to go. Except I made the mistake of having her live with me. Don’t be me - she has added financial and emotional stress to me and DH with 2 young kids.

I helped her apply for food stamps, and got her on the section 8 waitlist application with my disabled brother. Thankfully he was just selected, so it’s only a matter of months before they have their own place. My frustration stems from poor financial decisions and selfishness - relying on my mentally ill dad to be the provider even though he clearly could not support us properly, refusing to work until she had to, and then only in Christian schools with low pay and no pension (she is a religious fanatic), sending money to various ministries instead of saving, and just being entitled in general and enabling family dysfunction.

I feel your pain - hopefully local resources can help your mom so you and your siblings don’t have all the burden. [/quote]

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