Credit Card debt elderly retired mom dad in nursing home
My dad is about to enter a nursing home with the assistance of medicaid. My mom will be seeling her house and has some equity in her house, but that is all she has, other than her fixed income check, to survive until it is her time to enter the retirement home. SHe is only 62. They have a line of credit on the house (which now that I am involved will be sold asap) and that line of credit (10k) will obviously be taken care of with the sale of the home. But the other 12K (and growing) debt will continue to accru late charges etc. until it goes to collection. What are her options, and what is the most financially effective option, to eliminate that debt?