<prompt> Human: My mom has been sick for the last 6 months with a bunch of mystery symptoms that have stumped her doctors. After being in the hospital the last couple weeks she finally got a diagnosis of lymphoma.My mom is 61 and she previously worked as an independent contractor so she didnt have insurance or a 401k. My brother has had some mental health struggles over the past few years and my parents spent a lot to assist him in getting back on his feet, and then dad had a prolonged illness prior to hers and passed away a few years ago. All of their savings have been wiped out and then some. She still has a mortgage of about 65k on her house and has no other assets. She also has about 25k in credit card debt.I make about 85k a year but Im a single parent with one child in college and one who will be going in a couple years. I live in a modest house that needs a lot of work and drive a 13 year old car that is always on the verge of breakdown. I have been giving my mom at least 1200 a month to keep her afloat while we try to get disability for her. It was denied the first time when she stopped being able to work, but we are reapplying for a fast track approval because her diagnosis. I dont anticipate her ever being able to go back to work. In the meantime have been running a financial deficit every month since she got sick. There have been a lot of incidental expenses that Ive also picked up the slack on as well that are costing me 200 - 500 a month or so. All in, Ive paid for nearly 10k of expenses and wiped out all of my liquid savings in the process.Right now Im drowning financially trying to help her out and none of my other relatives are willing or able to contribute. I desperately need suggestions on what I can do to protect myself financially and if there are any resources I can get for my mom other than disability. Like maybe food stamps if shes eligible or anything else that could help?I would like to get another job to fill in some of the gaps, but it has to be unscheduled and probably has to be working remotely since my mom basically needs round the clock care right now. She has home health care during the day and then I have been staying with her in the evenings as much as I can so something like delivering pizza or driving Uber isnt very tenable right now.I feel stuck right now. Every month I get further behind on my bills and Im starting to have to rely on credit cards to fill the gap. She will probably have to do treatment for at least 3-6 months and I dont know if I can support her financially like this the whole time unless something changes. For anyone who has been in this situation before, whats my next move? Suggestions on how to find remote side jobs or for benefits to apply for would be really helpful. Or anything else.Edited to add: these suggestions have been amazingly helpful, my family and I cant thank you guys enough.Assistant: I dont have much advice, but is it feasible for your Mom to come live with you? Sell her house and use whatever profit to payoff debt. Would that save you the 1200month??x200B;edit: what about food stamps? Human: Seems like now is the time to sell the house. Id there any equity that can be used to give you a bit of a cash cushion andor pay off some of that credit card debt?Assistant: Looking into this. I replied to someone below that it might be a better idea to sell my house and move into hers. She has limited mobility right now and I live in one of those tiny bungalows with a ton of stairs and tight corners and Im not sure she could get around mine. So I will be running the numbers on that. I just was thinking going through the replies that the best case might be to move in with her, sell my house, do just enough of the work her house needs to be sellable, sell hers, buy a moderately priced but more open concept house like a ranch that she can get around on a walker in.Sounds like a lot of work but even if she recovers I am thinking she will still have some lingering health problems and wont be able to live alone anymore.  <response>: If you do that, talk to a lawyer and to other members of the family. Right now you are paying a lot of money to keep your mother afloat, plus the rest of the stuff you are dealing with will be emotionally and physically draining too. Last thing you want to do is have inheritance laws screw you over bc your siblings feel entitled to a share of the home you will be living in. Might be smart to draw up a contract that your mom is selling the house to you or something similar. 