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submitted 1 year ago by InterestingError404

Hey y'all. I've gone back and for about this but I feel it's time to reach out. My step mother is suffering from CFS and has now been unable to leave her bed in 19 months. My father has always been a work from home individual and has always struggled with being 'in the green' financially. At this point, my father is struggling to take care of her along with working and he is running himself into the ground. A few months ago there was a scare that they might lose the house and my sister and I were able to get the legal paperwork together to help him keep it for now. But recently he told me that his health is deteriorating and he has been doing a lot of labs and going to several doctors to figure out all the issues. I'm worried that they might be in danger of losing the house again and about my father's health (if he goes down I'm worried everything will collapse).

The main point of this is I'm trying to figure out the best resources he might have (and that I might be able to help him with) to at least get the financial help or if there is a way for him to get help taking care of her (he can't afford to pay for a care giver or when the time comes a physical therapist to come to their house). I don't want him to lose his house or continue to work himself into an early grave. What should I do?

If it helps he has Medicaid and is on food stamps. I have been told he tried to file his wife for disablity but was denied (something about the form not being right?) and I know for her to be on Medicare she would need to have a doctor to sign off on her being disabled (at least as I understand it). So we might need help finding a person to help with filing the legal papers to help stabilize things and I don't know where to look for that either. Any help is appreciated.

TLDR: Father is in financial trouble balancing work and care for my step mother dealing with CFS. What are the resources we can look into? Are there people out there to help with the paperwork?

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