My mom is 68, single, has no job, no savings, no house of her own, and can’t maintain a job – what can I do for her?
My mom is 68 years old and basically has no savings account or job or home of her own. She has been renting a room off the allowance she gets from me which is not much (less than 1k).
This rented room doesn’t seem like this will be a permanent place she can stay. She has been separated from my father for about 14 years now and I am her only child.
She also doesn’t have any other family to help or lean on besides me and I am not in a financial situation that I can pull her out of this either.
She is not exactly the most sound of mind all the time which has basically led her to this dilemma. My question is what kind of assistance or just anything could be done for her?
Does anyone know of anything such as resources I could help her with to try and make her situation better? (Housing, food, or anything that can help keep a constant roof over her head?)
I know she isn’t the only one in this situation so I am just trying to figure out what others have found or done. Anything help, thanks!
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- OP I just want you to know that you are an amazing person for taking care of your mother the way you are.
May you have many blessings in both your future. - You can probably check her in to an assisted living facility like a hospice or elderly home where they can take care of her full time.
- This is my mom but worse.
I think she has dementia or something but doctors “haven’t found anything” and she refuses to let me talk to them. Yet she’s always asking me for help. She’s incredibly forgetful and lazy. I think she has some intellectual disability but no tests have been done but it’s obvious. She sees a therapist and psychiatrist, I know they know something is wrong