I am a live-in caregiver who is being abused, mainly by my elderly patient's son. He abuses me physically (police called 3times), emotional, verbally, financially.....every day he berates/belittles/humiliates me in malicious manner. I have lived here 2.5 years, and have never had one day off. I get paid VERY LITTLE under the table. I never leave, and he will not even take me to the food store. I have begged him for help with medical care to no avail. Now, my back is injured, and I'm practical crawling, and he made it worse by slamming me into a cabinet. He wont sign documents of residence for low-cost clinic for medical care. He has thrown me off mattress to sleep on floor and claims I cannot use facilities. I haven't left because I have nowhere to go. This family has resources. They call me white trash. I have no family, nowhere to go, and desperately wish to keep my 4 cats/family. Advice?
LEAVE!!
I'm outta here ...
My advice in my first response to you is my advice tonight: Get Out! If he kindly "gives " you another week, don't take it. Get Out.
Rent that u-haul, rent a storage unit, put your stuff in storage, put the cats in a no-kill shelter, return the truck, present yourself at a homeless shelter.
Just Get Out.
We have been trying to help you regarding your cats. We have been trying to help you regarding a place to stay temporarily.
But maybe the help you really need is about mental health issues. Is that the situation? You don't have to hide that from us.
Have you been treated for a mental health problem in the past? Can you contact the clinic or program that helped you? Do you need help finding resources for counseling and medicines? Are you on disability? Do you need help finding out how to apply for that?
Maybe we should start all over, but with all the cards on the table about your real needs. You can see that many people here would like to help you.
You story doesn't really hang together coherently. But that would be understandable if you are dealing with mental illness, and especially if you are trying to avoid explaining that.
http://www.genesisshelter.org/