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Momofboog t1_iybcqbk wrote

Reply to comment by bryceisafishstik in Dependent soon to be mother in law by bryceisafishstik

She sounds a lot like my mother. We moved her into an assisted living facility that doles out her medication. She suffers from EXTREME paranoia when her medication is not calibrated precisely so the assisted living has been a major stabilizing force. It is very expensive - around $4200 per month. She’s got some assets that she is burning through, but there will come a time where I will be in the position of having to pay for her or explore Medicaid.

Is your future MIL on Medicaid? (Not Medicare…)

Does she have a social worker?

Another resource is r/agingparents

Here’s a link to some of what Medicaid covers

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bryceisafishstik OP t1_iybs70e wrote

How would I get her a social worker? Also she’s not on Medicaid yet, we were going to get her to apply for that this week

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Momofboog t1_iybu3up wrote

I would reach out to the local chapter of the Florida’s department of elder affairs and see if they can connect you with a social worker. The trouble we had a lot of the time was that my mom would be appointed a social worker who was employed within the hospital ER and their job would be to ensure she got referred and moved to the psych hospital… and then at the psych hospital one that seemed to just give out pamphlets and let her know about intensive outpatient group therapy and try to get her out… I would be like JESUS IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN JUST MAKE HER TAKE MEDS?

so the ones you encounter in crisis mode typically are employed by the institutions and have very short term purviews. So I think going to the council on aging may be able to help more broadly with housing and Medicaid applications.

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