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You are sad.
You are hurt for yourself and for your mom.
BUT
You can't do this and don't intend to.
Bravo! Kudos!
You have taken great lessons from watching people invest literally YEARS into your Mom with her "sadness" and complaining being completely unchanged; why would it change with your care? Quick answer : It wouldn't.
Will Mom be sad? I suspect that is her default setting, so I imagine she will. That's just fine. There are many things in life worth being sad about.
However, that doesn't change a thing. We still, sadness or no, have to continue to put one foot in front of the other.
At to what she tells "others"????? Quite honesty I cannot even begin to imagine who cares.
You need to harden yourself. She is where she is because of decisions she has made not because of bad circumstances but bad choices. Do not take her into your house and either should your niece. You will have a hard time getting her out. People need to stop helping her. I am sure there are resources she can take advantage of where she lives. Maybe there is someone who can help her sell her house and find her an affordable apt. I don't mean you. Someone who is impartial.
Look around where you live. See what is available apt wise. Look into resources. Office of Aging should be able to help you there. There should be senior bussing to take her to appts. Get an idea how much her house will sell for. Then lay it all out for her. This is what you can do if you move back here. This will bring you closer to family that may be able to help her. But staying in Maine, she can't expect much from you. You will need boundries, too, and you do not allow her to cross them. You make sure she is aware of those boundries. You may want to tell her the sooner the better because if she keeps on going the way she is, she will lose her home and thats the only asset she has.
You can't help people like your Mom. I had a friend that was disabled with little money. I would tell her where to find help. She would have some reason why that wouldn't work. When she finally did something about her living situation, which she loved, she passed 6 months later.
My mantra is...I am here to help people find the way, not be the way.
Someone on the forum posted this...
A negative mind will never give you a positive life!
You have nothing to feel 'guilty' over. Your mother thinks she is a queen and deserves to live a life of royalty, which is based on delusion.
Reality is something entirely different.
Stick to your guns and keep repeating the word No when it comes to taking her into your home. She has assets, suggest she use them to finance her life.
Good luck!
If your mother was married to your father for 10 years and did not remarry, she is entitled to Spousal SS benefits. Go to OpenSocialSecurity.org and/or SS.gov.
Does she have a SS.gov account?
Your mother sounds like a deeply unwise woman. I would be cautious in assisting her. But if she is entitled to Spousal Benefits, that might be a way that you might help from a distance.
These posts help me stay strong🌻
I would also stop supporting her.
If she has not remarried she should be getting a portion of her ex-husbands social security.
She can contact the Area Agency on Aging she may qualify for some help.
If she does have little income she may qualify for
Medicaid, Food stamps (not sure what it is called in other parts of the country.)
There are programs for relief on Gas bills, Electric bills and Senior homestead exemption on property taxes.
*What she tells people..that you will not let her live with you is true. She is leaving off the Why you won't. If anyone says anything to you you can either explain or tell them it is a private family matter and leave it at that no one is OWED an explanation.
Good for you for knowing what you need to keep your own sanity.
Applauding you from here!
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The facts are that you cannot physically emotionally or financially take care of her. That's okay! It does not make you a bad person.
Many people (thousands) on this forum will agree with you, to not allow her to live with you (in your situation).
She can bad mouth you all she wants behind your back (a sign of narcissism, dementia, and/or alzheimer's). That won't change the facts.
You won't be able to stop your mother from bad-mouthing you to others.
Trust the people that love you, and understand the situation to not believe everything she says. I wouldn't try to defend the facts. The facts do not make you a bad person.
As far as sending her money....It is difficult to judge from afar, looking at what you wrote. But looking at the financials, and the fact she has garden that she does not want to leave says to me she has plenty of disposable income to finance that garden. Have you priced gardening lately? If she went without the basics of food, shelter, and transportation, that might be a reason to consider sending financial help. Stop sending her help, and allow her to make better decisions to move where there is help available. Or she can help herself.
I have an opinion not yet fully developed in my mind yet. It is this:
Throwing money at some situations do not work to help the person, when their needs can be better met by associating with trustworthy family living nearby. Why would anyone send money to someone known to make unwise decisions?
So very sorry that you are sad and hurt. I think with support you can recover from that. 💔