Hoping someone might be able to offer advice.
My mum is in her early 50s. She has been a single parent for many years and is very proud of her independence. She is currently stuck in a very manual job which is extremely restrictive; she frequently gets upset about the fact they book holidays 2 years in advance, don't allow rota swaps, complain about her posture and other ridiculous things. Her social life is suffering because of the rota inflexibility and long hours, and the pay is minimum wage.
She is frequently tired (she has anaemia which is managed by medication) and prone to depression. The last bout was several months ago and she had several weeks off sick, signed off by her GP. It was the fact she couldn't keep up with mortgage payments that drove her back into her job eventually.
Now that she is down again I've offered to pay her mortgage and give her as much as she needs for her living expenses. She needs time and motivation to apply properly for other jobs & chase them up, but she hates the thought of being unemployed and dependent (which I can completely understand - it's a horrible, constantly anxious feeling).
Does anyone know what our options are? I hate the fact that every time I see or call her she's in tears over her situation.