OK, let's walk through the consequences. The seal keeps out dirt, water and (if you're in the Rust Belt) salt. So a caliper with a missing boot WILL get stuck sooner or later.
If the caliper sticks in the applied position, that brake will get hot and start to smoke. Most likely she'll bring it back to you and you'll find yourself replacing the caliper you should have done before. Or if she takes it to a shop, you can be sure they'll point out your shoddy repair to her. Either way you're in for more grief than if you'd just bit the bullet and replaced the caliper.
Now, if that caliper sticks in the released position, she'll lose some braking force. Since it's a rear brake, it will "only" be about 15 to 20 percent of the normal force. Which might make the difference between rear-ending someone in a panic stop rather than stopping a few feet short. But let's suppose a front brake line blows on that clunker: Now she only has about 15 to 20 percent of normal brakes! Fred Flintstone had better brakes than that.
Now this is your sister and you presumably know what's best for her. But if it was my sister, I'd eat the fifty bucks for a new caliper.
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