Ailing cousin needs more care but refuses to sell family home
Family caregivers say chemo side effects have increased care needs but the cousin insists the century-old house go to her niece.
Dear Eric: My brother and I are helping an elderly cousin who has cancer. Her chemo treatments have terrible side effects, and she is requiring more and more care because of this. Ideally, she would be getting home health care or would move to an assisted living facility. However, she does not have cash flow to pay for services.
She wishes her niece to inherit her home. It has been in our family for a century. However, this niece has mental health issues, lives 700 miles away and does not fly or drive. Inheriting this house would be a burden not a blessing to this niece.