desperate to help uncooperative mom
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What is your legal status with respect to Mom? Do you hold her POA for financial and medical matters? If not, who does?
If no one has her POA, there is very little that can be done long distance, until there is a crisis.
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Doctors and hospital will not treat unless the person is a harm to them self or others. Unfortunately doctors just believe them when they say they are not. System is messed up. We have a son with mental health issues and filed a petition for evaluation with a judge. In the petition we listed examples of what had been happening. The judge approved it and police brought him to the hospital for evaluation. The hospital seemed to take things a bit more seriously with a judge involved. I would recommend documenting everything!!! Keep a journal or calendar with everything recorded. Guardianship may be necessary, I believe it can take a while. There is also something called adult proactive services. I would see if they can help. Again I wouldn’t expect it to be quick. I feel for you.
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I’m starting down this same road. I have a trust in place and my mom hasn’t quite progressed to this level but people at the bank are enabling her and this weekend helped her to open a different account. She’s lost her license and is still driving. Has stopped talking to me and I’m the only family. Her friends just think her memory is “bad” but I have letters from her doctors
I can’t shake the feeling that I’m doing something wrong0 -
I do hold her poa for financial and medical
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@micheleintx Are you able to make a visit for an in person assessment of your Mom and situation?
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