<prompt> Human: Shes 70, gets about 951 in SS survivor benefits, and is about to be evicted from the RV park where she lives RV is good for scrap only, doesnt run and interior is destroyed, probably because of issues with all her feral cats. Dont know for sure.I cant have her live with me. I will end up in a mental hospital before that happens. Shitty childhood, but not quite shitty enough that Id be fine if she ends up on the street. I can contribute some amount monthly, but I dont have the thousands of dollars per month that retirement homes seem to cost.What resources are out there for senior citizens in this situation? I tried to talk her into applying for low income housing before and she said she couldnt stand to share a wall with someone. I guess she might not have any choice now, but how hard is it to get the process startedhow long will it take? I assume she will be served a 30 day eviction soon.I have two siblings, but everyone is playing the not it game, and 75 chance this lands on me.To clear up any just suck it up and let her live with you sentiment, my parents liked to let all sorts of random men stay in our house when I was a little girl and they were both drugged out. Ill let you do the math on that one.EDIT: I post a lot on these subs pf and la, this is obviously a throwaway account. I am pretty blown away by the support and responses Ive received, both with good suggestions, people going through the same thing, and others who just wanted to give me a virtual pat on the shoulder. It means a lot. You never know what youre going to get when you open your problems up to the internet, and I guess I expected the worst, probably because the situation makes me feel so shitty.TLDR: Got kids? Please save for your own retirement so they dont end up in this situation.UPDATE 2: No specific progress. I never expected this thread to blow up and I work in a public-facing industry, so while I long to give a lot more detail, Im hesitant to do so. I can tell you that most of the suggestions given, in my specific citycounty, all lead back to a page that says call social services. Adult Protective Services ONLY had verbiage on their webpage regarding actual elder abuse. The only housing resources seem to link back to a third party affordable-housing portal. This is in a large NC metro with a lot of tech workers but probably also a high poverty level. All this said, I will call social services and 211, if it isnt the same thing and see if I get anywhere, and either way I will post an update thread. Ive read all the responses and it all means a lot to me.Assistant: I have put myself in a similar situation. I am soon to be 50, been married 25 years, 2 adult children - oldest has mild disabilities and lives with us. Mom just turned 70 and and is struggling with the beginnings of dementia. She wasnt looking after herself and got into a financial mess. I WAS WARNED OVER AND OVER NOT TO DO WHAT I DID. A few months ago i convinced my sweet wife to sell our beautiful but very small 3 year old home - perfect for our future retirement - and buy a 60 year old home with a basement apartment, so mom and adult daughter and live in different quarters from us. It has been a FREAKING nightmare. Mom and her 2 cats drive us insane. She doesnt clean up after herself or her cats. She complains. She made mine and my 2 siblings childhood very difficult, and so they are not willing to help. I dont know what i was thinking... Think long and hard before going down the nuttycrazy patch i have put us in... Best of luck..Human: Im very, very sorry. Lots of us in Gen X are hitting this stage, I think. You feel like youve finally kind of got your life under control especially if you didnt have very much parenting to begin with ...I know I ended up behind the curve due to having to raise myself and then this crap. :  <response>: Dont feel too bad. Theres a lot of us who werent taught or had absentee parenting. You arent as far behind the curve as you might think. 