Upon my visit to the rehab facility today to visit my grandmother, I met with another social worker she explained that the police are trying to open a case with the APS. she gave me a number of an agent so I need to get in contact with him today. I couldn't reach him there's always Monday morning to reach him. I was puzzled. My situation is bad enough trying to get everything else together. after talking with social worker she needed to know why there was extreme hoarding as I said I know my grandmother orders a million things off QVC some stuff she doesn't need and sometimes going to walmart buying a million clothes, underwear. One of the paramedics recommended to me cut off her qvc account. when I'm at the house I clean, but upon an upcoming visit, more stuff comes in. sometimes when im there the ups truck leaves something on the porch. Today after leaving the rehab I returned to her house to start cleaning I bought some boxes at staples and went to work. I almost lost my mind how much stuff she bought, most stuff I put in boxes and stored it in the garage for now. I just don't want to be in trouble. I do all I can when I'm at the house but now since shes in rehab I can get the ball rolling on straightening things up but upon coming her coming home she def needs an in care nurse but the old school mentality kicks in that I can be independent which is not good. What can I do when I speak to the guy monday?
What you need need to do is the legal stuff. Does anyone have Power of Attorney for her? Does she have a will? Do you know where her important papers are? Can you find them? Is there anyone at all in your family who can help you get this stuff together? It’s a lot for one person.
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You need to look at the legal part part of this too. Grandma needs to give a trusted someone POA or someone needs to apply for emergency guardianship if she’s not competent. Grandma has issues and cannot return home without lots of help and supervision. She’d most likely be better off in Assisted Living. I’m not sure you could close her QVC account by yourself. If she buys it, they’re going to sell it to her.
While you’re there, refuse any deliveries. Open the boxes and find the receipts. Amazon has a great return policy and QVC probably does as well. Instructions on how to return are probably on their website or you could call their customer service. If you have to, rent or borrow a truck and load up whatever you can to take to the Post Office or UPS. If she goes to long-term Care, she’ll need the money. Grandma will be livid when she returns, but you need to keep her safe. That’s how you stay on APS good side.
I'm not sure how you could get in trouble. Are you your grandmother's POA? You talk about visiting your grandmother so I'm also assuming you are not living with her.
APS may be looking at declaring your grandmother incompetent and preventing her from returning to her home because they view it as a dangerous situation.