Help June on her Journey to a Better Life

This isn't easy to ask for help. I've been helped so much and I hate to be asking again. As some of you already know, my Mom, June, has been diagnosed with Dementia and Alzheimer's.

Mom can no longer make decisions for herself and being her only living relative, I am responsible for her.

I have no clue what I'm doing, but I have Power of Attorney and I'm working on getting her into an Assisted Living residence nearby. In fact, I've found one and they can take her right away. It's beautiful and only 15 minutes from me!

They have so many activities and a great community set up. I think it will be really good for her.

But I can't send her there without some major upfront costs, and even then I am going to need to contribute monthly. I thought, maybe I need to go back to work.

But every time I tried to work, I relapsed within a few weeks. I'm afraid all of this is going to make the Leukemia come back now for the fourth time. I'm so not ready for that.

My Mom sadly was also hoarding - things and cats - and the home she can never go back to, is a disaster.

The girls and I spent days there looking to find papers to help her and it was scary. I fell a few times and got trapped in rooms from the sheer volume of stuff. There's no air conditioning, so it was 100° or more!! And the aroma of too many cats was nauseating.

I don't think we can do it on our own. So another big expense is going to be clearing out her house and then cleaning it up to get ready to sell. None of her furniture is salvageable and assisted living doesn't come furnished. So I need to get her all new furniture.

She has also lost over 100 pounds! None of her clothes fit her. I need to get her a whole new wardrobe. Surrender her car - which costs money! Pay her bills which are extensive. The list of things I don't know I need to do yet is probably pretty long.

I don't know where any of this money is coming from.

Mom is in the hospital now, but they are planning to transfer her - maybe today - to a skilled nursing facility for a week or two and then I'm out of time.

Please consider helping me to help my Mom. She hasn't been the best Mom in the world, but she's still my Mom and I want to make sure she's taken care of.

Thank you.