The Ongoing Saga of The Mother-in-Law

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Well, she and her employer did make it out to see the senior living facility yesterday. She likes it and wants to move into it. But that's where things got fuzzy. She's got it in her head that her employer (a family friend) is going to pay all her rent and all her bills. We tried using logic on her like "Why would he do that? He's not obligated to do that." But all we could get in response was that "He's a millionaire, he can afford to pay for everything I need." Well that may be true that he COULD, but why WOULD he? She's got it in her head that this family friend promised to take care of her when her husband died. Okay, he has. He's given her money here and there. He takes care of all of her care maintenance for free, and he created a "job" for her where she works 14 hours per week for $14/hr. He HAS taken care of her. She thinks "take care of her" means give her everything she wants and foot the bill. So we've just decided to take matters into our own hands. We're meeting her on Monday and giving her an apartment application to sign as well as a Power of Attorney. We will make all the arrangements. We told her not to get the family friend involved anymore. Will she listen? Probably not. But that's all we can do at this point. So frustrating!