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bnjmein
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Not sure if this is the right forum but I'll try. The state is Colorado. My 62 y/o mother called a few months ago hysterical crying that my sister and her husband were abusive to her. In earlier conversations she led me to believe she was in reasonably decent health. She needed minor assistance, but for the most part could care for herself. Well, once I went to get her I found out differently. She will do nothing for herself, she is terribly depressed but refuses to take antidepressants, she has isolated herself in her bedroom and only gets up to go to the bathroom, she uses a walker and has allowed herself to deteriorate to the point she needs to stop and rest after just a few steps. She will not bathe or change her clothes until I tell her she has to. She can not be left alone for any length of time and I have to prepare and serve all of her meals. She is rude, nasty, and causing much upheaval in our home. We can no longer continue to care for her, financially, or emotionally. I told her we needed to look into an assisted living facility or nursing home for her. She has refused and says she will just go live on the street. I am not falling for the guilt trips and need to know what my options are if she continues to refuse. Her only income is $545 a month SSI and Medicaid. What are my legal options? Can she be forced to go into a facility? If she can't be forced and refuses to go voluntarily....do I have any other options other than actually putting her on the curb? We are not in a financial position to provide an apt. or other housing for her as we are barely making it month to month ourselves and she wouldn't be able to care for herself anyway.