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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately, there really are only 2 answers.

1.   You back off and just continue to check on her.  When something eventually happens (she falls, gets a pressure injury from not moving, malnourished, etc) you can insist on taking her to the hospital.  From there, you can try to work with the hospital staff regarding if she's safe to be discharged home (something I've been involved with a ton on a professional basis) and try to push for at least a short term rehab.

2.   Attempt to get guardian ship over her and force her into a nursing home.    It's not an easy thing to get if she's still mentally there.  It would be nice if it was easy to get guardian ship over anyone who was making poor decisions like this, but if they are able to acknowledge and understand all the cons attached to their decision z it's often an uphill battle.   I've witnessed people be declared competent even though they were choosing actions that would likely have dire consequences.  But since they verbalized these consequences and clearly were able to demonstrate that they knew what they meant, they were ruled competent.

So a couple thoughts.  Are either you or your sister included in her doctor's care?   Can you talk to her doctor and have access to her records?   Is your dad still at home with her?  You didn't mention him, so apologies if he's not around.  But if he is, you have to think if this is a safe environment for him to be in.  Would your mom allow for any type of camera system in the house so you and your sister could keep an eye on her?   Does she have one of those help alert devices?    Does she have an Alexa/Google device that she can tell to call 911?   [/quote]

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