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My 2 cents worth is, "nothing ventured, nothing gained." Talk to the Red Cross. You'll never know what the parameters really are until you do.

As for the hearing aids, doesn't Medicare pay for them? Does she have a secondary insurance that would pick up some of the cost?

Keep your dear mom away from this person that causes her so much grief! What's wrong with some people?? Doesn't this person have anything better to do??