coconutpalm
Junior Member
My Mom is in the first stages of Alzheimers we believe. She has not been diagnosed by her doctor as of yet or else she won't tell us if she has. (Do people even suspect when they are in the first stages?)
We as family members know that she is. Her mother had it at this age as well. She can't remember her pin number to her bank card or where she puts things. It is too pronounced to be just an age thing. She came for a visit in Sept. and we went clothes shopping. She bought $65 worth of clothes then came out the next day wearing something old. I asked her why didn't she wear one of her new outfits and she said she didn't have any clothes. When I told her she bought $65 dollars worth the day before she acted like she was shocked! That is just one example. There are more.
What I am getting at is that she is very adamant about not coming to stay with anyone whenever we have asked her. She has even said she will make us miserable if we make her go ever, because she wants to die in her own home. ( We haven't told her we believe she has Alzhimers, we just asked her if is she ready to come stay with one of us so things wouldn't be so hard for her.)
I can understand her feelings of wanting to be independent, but it is getting to where that is not an option. She is diabetic and is stubborn about taking her medicine (even before this stage). She often forgets as well. She is in a hoveround and can barley walk on her own.
She is still cable enough to live with one of us children at this point so I do not wish to have her put in a nursing home.
The thing I am getting at is what are my legal options of getting her out of her home to live with one of us? Especially since she will most likely fight us on this.
I don't feel I have an option to go with her to see her doctor and talk to her doctor because it is a government assisted program she is in. I don't feel they even know her enough to be able to tell. She is just another one of their many patients.
Plus my mom is very suspicious of ones motive. She will wonder why I want to go with her to her doctor. I don't know if she would even let me go in with her.
What are my legal options to make her leave her home and come live with me or a sister, so she can live as easy as she can during this time?
Thanks! State of FloridaWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
We as family members know that she is. Her mother had it at this age as well. She can't remember her pin number to her bank card or where she puts things. It is too pronounced to be just an age thing. She came for a visit in Sept. and we went clothes shopping. She bought $65 worth of clothes then came out the next day wearing something old. I asked her why didn't she wear one of her new outfits and she said she didn't have any clothes. When I told her she bought $65 dollars worth the day before she acted like she was shocked! That is just one example. There are more.
What I am getting at is that she is very adamant about not coming to stay with anyone whenever we have asked her. She has even said she will make us miserable if we make her go ever, because she wants to die in her own home. ( We haven't told her we believe she has Alzhimers, we just asked her if is she ready to come stay with one of us so things wouldn't be so hard for her.)
I can understand her feelings of wanting to be independent, but it is getting to where that is not an option. She is diabetic and is stubborn about taking her medicine (even before this stage). She often forgets as well. She is in a hoveround and can barley walk on her own.
She is still cable enough to live with one of us children at this point so I do not wish to have her put in a nursing home.
The thing I am getting at is what are my legal options of getting her out of her home to live with one of us? Especially since she will most likely fight us on this.
I don't feel I have an option to go with her to see her doctor and talk to her doctor because it is a government assisted program she is in. I don't feel they even know her enough to be able to tell. She is just another one of their many patients.
Plus my mom is very suspicious of ones motive. She will wonder why I want to go with her to her doctor. I don't know if she would even let me go in with her.
What are my legal options to make her leave her home and come live with me or a sister, so she can live as easy as she can during this time?
Thanks! State of FloridaWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?