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Both me and my husband are disabled and I find it extremely difficult to care for her. She can hardly walk and has a very bad heart and kidneys that is gradually failing. My brother who has been taking care of her past six months is now in sever financial and family crisis and is rejecting to take care of my poor mom. He is. US citizen She has nowhere to go and can’t even fly back to the US, with a tourist visa that ends soon. I am in so much pain emotionally and physically and can’t even care for myself. I feel so sad for her who is basically homeless and is stuck in her last stage of her life. Can she stays in the UK? Though, if so, I can’t take care of her due to my own physical limitations and marriage problem with a verbally and emotionally abusing husband. I feel totally devastated. More than anyone I am worried about my mom. what would or should happen to her. Anyone can advise please. I am helpless and hopeless…thank you

There is no point in your Mom returning to the US. She will just need to leave again after her 90 days of "visiting" are up. If she never had a work visa or worked here in the US she won't qualify for our Medicare (she needs to have worked 40 quarters here which is basically 10 years) and similarly very likely will never qualify for Medicaid -- especially if she's not a citizen or has a Visa to be here. She probably doesn't (or can't) get any social security income, either.

Your brother is correct in having her leave. He can't help her in the US once she needs medical care or financial assistance. Plus she will be here illegally. She needs to go back to where she is an actual citizen and use the social safety net services there. Not to mention if she's that sick she in no way should be taking an international flight by herself.

I don't know what the rules and laws are in the UK, so if she's not a citizen of that country either I don't know what to advise you except to locate relatives in her Mother Country to see if they can help in any way. Or, maybe locate an immigration lawyer in the UK to see if she has any options (maybe claiming health hardship, etc).
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I am afraid it isn't absolutely clear where this 90 year old mother is CURRENTLY, nor whether she FLEW from the US to the UK or from the UK to the US. And am honestly not certain where YOU are.
As you can imagine, we can have no more answers to this unhappy situation across the pond than you do. I think that the British system with its national health is less likely to let a 90 year old die in the streets than we are, but I can't really know. I am very sorry. Your mother, wherever she is currently may be in end of life stages. This rather make me hope she is in UK where she will receive some care of some kind.

What is also clear is that you are in no condition to address this problem yourself. I must weigh heavily on you. I would, were I you, contact APS for your own solutions and ask them for guidance so that you can escape the abuse you feel stuck in.

I am very sorry for all you are going through.
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Sally66 Nov 19, 2024
Many thanks for your response. Seems I made people confused! I didn’t know this website is for THE US people mostly, by the sound of it.
just to clarify, I am a UK citizen live in the UK. My mom is visiting and is with me here in London at the moment. She has a Green card and has been living in the States past six months under the care of my brother, but she is not a US citizen. I hope this is more cleare.
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It sounds as though you’re in the UK. I don’t know if she can stay there, but
I would get in touch with social services. They could at least point you in the right direction.
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Sally66 Nov 19, 2024
Thank you. I might end up doing this.
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Sally please re read your statement. Who is the US citizen? What citizenship is mom? Where are you?
If she is a UK citizen and you bring her to the US, if she gets hospitalized with no insurance, the bill will be huge.
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Sally66 Nov 19, 2024
Many thanks for your response. Seems I made people confused! I didn’t know this website is for THE US people mostly, by the sound of it.
just to clarify, I am a UK citizen live in the UK. My mom is visiting and is with me here in London at the moment. She has a Green card and has been living in the States past six months under the care of my brother, but she is not a US citizen. I hope this is more cleare.
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