We need to reroute Mom's mail so that we can edit it and catch important docs before it reaches her hands. We already have many things coming electronically, on autopay, etc but some things still get delivered and she can no longer distinguish between important, actionable items and junk. Post Office requires her signature to forward, change to a PO Box, etc, and getting that is not likely to happen. Is this when I need to step up my "therapeutic lying" game? She has recently bought auto warranty insurance and changed her Medicare supplemental insurance.
The 'reason' for this was 1)security, people were taking things out of mailboxes (thieves) in the neighborhood.
and
2) the mail was being mis-delivered to our neighbors way too often.
The other solution was, we have a key-locked mailbox out front. The few things we get, are not going anywhere. When an election is upcoming, we use the mailbox to store all the political junk mail, just do not remove it.
There are mailbox companies who receive and then forward your mail.
Putting this here so you can step up your own therapeutic lying game. Even though it is not a game, it is a real necessity when facing cognitive decline.
The mail is only one of the red flag symptoms of loss of executive function, and cognitive decline.
Your Mom will still receive credit card offers at home.
It is clear she requires more supervision.
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This is what I did for my inlaws.
The bigger question is why is Mom home alone(?) with diminished capacity of that level.
The site did need to verify her identity, in some way.
I think I had to have a phone verification, or something with charging a dollar to her credit card. It was pretty easy to accomplish.
Most Post Offices have weekend hours.