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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Helpful neighbor here. I tell you that your mother needs more help than I can give as step one  Step two is I and other neighbors call the police when your mother is doing things that aren't safe. So far the police have been very helpful. So clearly that is what it takes. [/quote]

Been there done that. Since you have too, you must know that as long as the person is cognitively fine, there is not much that can be done unless the person is caught in the act. Also there is only so much adult protective services can do. Now if the issue is driving, sometimes it takes multiple neighbor reports to the DMV to get them to act, so do it. One of those reports may be from the adult child and still nothing was done so the more the better. Do what you need to do because sometimes it takes many visits from, APS for the difficult parent to be willing to do anything. In my friends case the mom would not budge and there was nothing APS could do even with all the neighbors involved as well. Also, sometimes you can't even get them to comply with a cognitive evaluation.[/quote]

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