My mother needs assisted living but my sister wants her to continue to live with her so my mother can pay her mortgage. How can I deal with this?
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Last updated: Dec 30, 2011
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My mother needs assisted living and has enough income to go into a nice facility. My sister wants my mother (age 84) to continue living with her so that she (my sister) will still get income from my mother to pay my sister's mortgage and my mother will continue to pay for her car. My brother has already blown my father's life insurance so he is not worried about the situation at all. What should I do?
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Maybe you can talk to your sister about how not having the responsibility of caring for your mother will free up some of her money and it will all equal out. Less food to buy, more time to work, one less person in the house using electricity and water, for example.
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No one knows how hard it is to take care of an elderly parent and should be grateful if a sibling wants to care for mom it is the best place mom can be especially if that is where mom wants to be. Believe me it is well worth mom paying the mortgage and car payment. I think there is some jealousy here.
