What is the name of your state? PA
What legal options are out there to try and force my father to take better care of my mother who has alziemers?
Some background:
I,m military and do not live any where near my parents. i have 2 brothers that still live in the area (one still lived at the house with them till this month). Everyone in the area needs to work full time. Currently she goes to an adult care facility a few days a week. recently she has manged to wonder off when dropped by the care facility and no one was at the house. This isn't the 1st time she has wondered off when left alone. My father is apposed to having someone come in and care for her while he works, but he continues to work (he needs to as they can't afford to retire now). He claims he can't afford it and it is our (3 sons) responsibility to care for her. He can afford a portion of the care (we are not apposed to helping) if he would change the way he does things. he recently bought an old corvette and continues to spend money on other unneccary things. My father is very short tempered and any discusion of his changing his lifestyle to help care for my mother usually ends in an argument. He claims no one is willing to help him. My oldest brother (was living in the house till recently) has done alot of research into the care required, taken her to most of her appointments, and even got all the information together to get her social security (he cannot finish due to legal reasons, my father has to, and has not done it.) I have paid to have her fly out (2 tickets so she an be accompanied the whole time) and live with my family for months at a time, to allow my father a break and let him get things in order. He still makes no effort to change. Mother is 61 and has progressed to the point where she needs some type of full time care. What can we do to force him to give her what she is needing? She worked most of her life and is entitled to be taken care of with the money he is blowing on stupid stuff. they are by no means well off, but his financial descisions are making things worse.
What legal options are out there to try and force my father to take better care of my mother who has alziemers?
Some background:
I,m military and do not live any where near my parents. i have 2 brothers that still live in the area (one still lived at the house with them till this month). Everyone in the area needs to work full time. Currently she goes to an adult care facility a few days a week. recently she has manged to wonder off when dropped by the care facility and no one was at the house. This isn't the 1st time she has wondered off when left alone. My father is apposed to having someone come in and care for her while he works, but he continues to work (he needs to as they can't afford to retire now). He claims he can't afford it and it is our (3 sons) responsibility to care for her. He can afford a portion of the care (we are not apposed to helping) if he would change the way he does things. he recently bought an old corvette and continues to spend money on other unneccary things. My father is very short tempered and any discusion of his changing his lifestyle to help care for my mother usually ends in an argument. He claims no one is willing to help him. My oldest brother (was living in the house till recently) has done alot of research into the care required, taken her to most of her appointments, and even got all the information together to get her social security (he cannot finish due to legal reasons, my father has to, and has not done it.) I have paid to have her fly out (2 tickets so she an be accompanied the whole time) and live with my family for months at a time, to allow my father a break and let him get things in order. He still makes no effort to change. Mother is 61 and has progressed to the point where she needs some type of full time care. What can we do to force him to give her what she is needing? She worked most of her life and is entitled to be taken care of with the money he is blowing on stupid stuff. they are by no means well off, but his financial descisions are making things worse.