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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks.  My Mom has refused to shower or bathe for well over two years.  It has been tough as she does not have a formal dx of a kind of dementia but was finally dxx with cognitive decline.  All of it is on top of a serious personality disorder so it has been hard figuring out when we crossed the line and since she has opposed POA forever and may try to oppose the guardianship it has all been confusing.  Also triggering for me is some of it resembles my childhood just enough so was like a slow boil.  We had to threaten her to get her out of her house and to medical care 15 months ago and it has been a horror show since.  I will def seek guardianship from the court and hope if she opposes counsel will be appointed and help her see that this is acceptable.[/quote]

OP, I don't think you understand what you are asking.

Court guardianship is to make decisions and control the money.  You could force her to move into a nursing home but you cannot force her to bathe, for example.

I got guardianship of a loved one with dementia.  It was a very simple process.  File with the courts, notify all interested parties, get two doctors to sign off on the dementia, and the court assigned an attorney for our loved one.  We did not have an attorney.  Attorney supported the decision and handled it in court for us.

However, if she refused to eat, bathe, cooperate with nursing home staff there was nothing to be done about it.

And, you have to show a medical or mental health issue that makes them incapable of decisions.  [/quote]

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