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Elder-caregivers

3Hotdogs

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7. Fiat wait for the social worker because there are

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:32 PM

Mar 2020

Waiting lists for free residential dementia care.

She may already be entitled to a monthly stipend.

My mom got 1600 per month, then a bed in the NJ va hospital

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Bad news in the family has turned my MIL into an ugly person. [View all] Ilsa Mar 2020 OP

No fun walking on egg shells. Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #1

Dealing with the irrational and sometimes viscous hostility that can come enough Mar 2020 #2

Does your town or county have a welfare office? Social worker? 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #3

I'm probably going to call a social worker Ilsa Mar 2020 #4

Were either her, or her husband veterans of V.N., Korea or WW II? 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #5

No assets, except for two small Ilsa Mar 2020 #6

Fiat wait for the social worker because there are 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #7

We are not looking for residential dementia care yet, but we should Ilsa Mar 2020 #9

Change "Flat" to Don't in the above post 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #8