My disabled mother is moving to another state to help her disabled brother whose wife just died. Are there any programs to help for free?

How is your mom disabled? How is her brother disabled? Is she moving in with him? Is this a permanent move or just to help him out for a bit?

If she is not going to be living with him, she should move into an apartment where the rent is sliding scale based - they determine what you can afford to pay. My MIL did this for many years because she was also poor and besides a little money in the bank she only got a small SS check monthly and only paid $200 in rent.

Good luck.

You only have that Mom had diabetes. That counts as a disability but not debilitating unless not taken care of. How is your Uncle disabled? At 67 does your Mom really feel she can care for him?

Her SS. Is she getting all she deserves? I worked with a woman who was divorced after 20 yrs of marriage and a widow for almost that long. She had always worked. She needed to retire and the amt she would be getting she could not live on. I asked if she had told them she had been married and was a widow, she said no. She went back to SS and they adjusted her SS and received enough more to retire.

Mom may qualify for Supplement Income called SSI. She needs to go to Social Services to see what she in entitled to when she gets to Fla. Medicare is health insurance. Medicaid is health insurance but provides in home care and transportation. Mom should talk to the Office of Aging in County she will be living in. There maybe resources for both her and her brother.