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<blockquote data-quote="Weary Mother" data-source="post: 707537" data-attributes="member: 20487"><p>Apple and Catmom: Thanks for the reply, I really gain strength when I hear from you all. I do agree that she needs to work at resolving her life and I am willing to help minimally IF she takes responsibility. And yes the older daughter having the 5 mo. old is good at least for now. My daughter lives in Missouri, she gets food stamps but in order to get medicaid for an adult, you have to be on disability, at least that is what I am told. I would imagine that Missouri has some form of state medicaid and in order to get medical help you must have some disability. My daughter has opened a claim, but has not followed up on it. She lived in public housing during the years her kids were small and is not wanting to live in public housing again unless she has no other choice. Since her van is not working she is also limited on being able to accept jobs too far from where she lives which is another limitation that I feel bad for her to have. So also, her disabled daughter is still living with her in the small one bedroom apartment she has had for a few months, but I have told her that in my opinion she needs to tell her daughter that she either gets her disability back (she lost it due to attempting to work and failing to provide the required paperwork to reinstate it when she failed the work test) and starts taking care of herself or get out. That sounds harsh, but as I told my daughter, she will drag you down with her and at this point your well being is all you can handle. Ironic to tell her that, but then I turn around and have a hard time accepting that same thing for myself. But one day at a time is all I can manage so for now I am watching, waiting and hoping for the best. She has a job interview today at 10am for a nursing home position, and she is really trying to get work so I am morally supporting her in hopes she will be able to pull out of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weary Mother, post: 707537, member: 20487"] Apple and Catmom: Thanks for the reply, I really gain strength when I hear from you all. I do agree that she needs to work at resolving her life and I am willing to help minimally IF she takes responsibility. And yes the older daughter having the 5 mo. old is good at least for now. My daughter lives in Missouri, she gets food stamps but in order to get medicaid for an adult, you have to be on disability, at least that is what I am told. I would imagine that Missouri has some form of state medicaid and in order to get medical help you must have some disability. My daughter has opened a claim, but has not followed up on it. She lived in public housing during the years her kids were small and is not wanting to live in public housing again unless she has no other choice. Since her van is not working she is also limited on being able to accept jobs too far from where she lives which is another limitation that I feel bad for her to have. So also, her disabled daughter is still living with her in the small one bedroom apartment she has had for a few months, but I have told her that in my opinion she needs to tell her daughter that she either gets her disability back (she lost it due to attempting to work and failing to provide the required paperwork to reinstate it when she failed the work test) and starts taking care of herself or get out. That sounds harsh, but as I told my daughter, she will drag you down with her and at this point your well being is all you can handle. Ironic to tell her that, but then I turn around and have a hard time accepting that same thing for myself. But one day at a time is all I can manage so for now I am watching, waiting and hoping for the best. She has a job interview today at 10am for a nursing home position, and she is really trying to get work so I am morally supporting her in hopes she will be able to pull out of this. [/QUOTE]
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