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[quote=Anonymous]I just went through something similar with my dad. He had named me POA and medical POA.  He had a trust, which spelled out what I needed to do to be able to access his money as successor trustee.  His trust stated I could get a letter from his doctor or go to court.  His dementia was such that it required multiple trips to the hospital and by this time, it was pretty evident to anyone who spoke with him that he was having significant delusions and paranoia.  So, getting a doctor to provide the letter was fairly easy.  Although during this time he switched his primary care doctor and the new PCP wouldn't write the letter, but I was able to get the new neurologist to provide the letter.

Like you, I was worried that he was giving away large sums of money.  He was convinced that he wrote out large checks, which I determined were really delusions, as no checks ever were cashed.

In working with his doctors, they were able to find some medications that reduced the delusions and paranoia and agitation.  That might be something that you look into.  [/quote]

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