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You can close off the heating vent to her room and let her use a safe floor heater (that turns off if the heater gets hit or kicked). Also, buy her a pair of UGGS, once her feet are baking, she'll warmup. Just for fun, buy her some hand warmers that skiers use. Flannel pajamas may take her over the top (I hate those!).

Let her choose how she wants to live in her own little bubble.
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My late husband too was always cold 365 days of the year and we live in NC where it is warm/hot at least 7-8 months out of the year.
I refused to be hot in my own home(as I am more hot natured), so my husband would wear hoodie sweatshirts and flannel pj pants or sweatpants year round. And when he became bedridden in our living room, I would also just put an extra blanket on him if he complained of being cold.
So I would just have your MIL bundle up in many layers around the house so you all don't have to be dyeing of heat stroke in your own home.
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Setting the heat at 80 is, yes, likely unhealthy in that it is very drying to everything, including the cillia in the nostrils that protect against germs and such.
The question here is WHY is this happening. In my partner's case it is that he is very very slender. Almost no body fat. And he is cold almost all the time. Long underwear (silk or lightweight wool blends) works, but he is often in a lightweight quilted vest or jacket when I am broiling with the heat at 70. He DID check out if there is a reason, and that's what I will suggest with you. Check for things such as thyroid function, and etc. Speak with your Mom's doc. There may be no choice but to put on a knit hat indoors, ultimately, but you DO need to know there is not a medical reason causing this.
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