The current Go-Fund-Me is sufficiently Perils-of-Paulinesque that I'm skeptical but looking at the factoids:
* If the Mother receives SS, her income was not interrupted. Why is her home in foreclosure?
* She has just one friend who helps with rides to the store, doctor, etc.? Her local public transit system doesn't have a "free" senior rides program? No church connections to help with food and rides?
* How is one-time $$ going to solve medium- and long-term needs (e.g. the foreclosure)?
* If Mom is 70-something, sonnyboy is 40-something or 50-something. Is Matthew DuBois too tapped out to help his Mom? Why hasn't he helped her make plans wrt the foreclosure? Like her moving to his home? Any siblings?
Like I said, I'm skeptical of the story. At best, it reflects some poor choices and planning that doesn't go beyond month-to-month (IOW, the next Go-Fund-Mom will be in April or May ... even sympathetic, believing DU-folk have limits to their patience and credulity).