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We have asked social services, commission on aging, doctors, animal control, and different government agencies. They say they cannot help. Mom is diabetic and refuses to take her medicine. She needs her toenails cut and refuses to go to foot doctor. They are so long that they are curling under the big toes. She had a stroke less than a year ago and refuses to go back for follow up treatment. Her memory is going away fast. Female has five adults' cats and three six-month-old kittens in kennels in her kitchen that she feeds, waters, changes the kennel once or twice a day. We are unsure if the cats get outs daily. Her house smells like cats. Unsure of female's eating. She has food however she has lost down from about a size 12 to 8 in the last six months. Female has food in the home. She said she takes a sink bath instead of the tub or shower and we are unsure how many times a week. She does not wash clothes sometimes for weeks. Female is refusing to leave her house. The family does not have the $5, 000. or more to take the female to court to get power of attorney to be able to take her against her will to the doctor, clean her house, take the cats outside or give them away, hire someone to assist her, etc... Female is become a hoarder. Is there anyone who can help us? She lives in South Carolina.

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Yes, those cats need to be taken to a shelter. I don't understand the call to Social Services. Office of Aging and Adult Protection services are combined now in my County. APS is who you want. POA cannot be gotten because female is incompetent to assign someone. Guardianship is expensive but can come out of females assets if you win. But, even if you force her, she may not comply. Diabetes that is not controlled can cause a number of problems. One, getting lethargic and loony, for a better word.

If she goes to the hospital, this is when you act. You tell the staff she needs to be evaluated for Dementia and 24/7 care. I would say she needs to be in Longterm care. It would not be easy caring for someone like this. While she is in the hodpital, call and have the animals removed.

You may just need to wait until something happens that winds her up in the hospital.
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Adult Protective Services as many times as it takes. Police for a wellness check. Humane Society for the cats.
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If she has no PoA, then she needs to be reported to APS. When APS deems things are "bad enough" then they will put her on track for a court-assigned legal guardian who will then find proper care for her (as in a facility).

If you've already reported her to social services then they obviously don't think she's "bad enough" yet. Nonetheless, just keep reporting her.
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