I do not have POA but am the only daughter so most things fall to me :) Mom is getting more & more confused and has taken to adding & changing cable packages, family phone plans, turning off auto pay, etc. to her AT&T account, Direct TV, etc. Most of these things are included in her rent at the assisted living community already! So when she changes something I call the utility or log in to her account and change things back. Does anyone know if there is some kind of alert or block I can ask these utility companies to put on Mom's account? That she has Alzheimer's and is not allowed to make any changes to her account? Thank you!
Do the bills come to her, and is that a trigger for her to make these changes? The contact info for all my mother's accounts is my phone number and address, so she never sees any bills or such.
Or maybe she is, and ignores them. She wouldn't be able to figure out how to do any of these things, so I don't have that worry.
I am my dad's and all bills come to my address or email. He sees nothing. If no one has POA yet...you are going to have trouble.
chdottir's advice about address and phone changes is also easily done. Glad to hear you are already doing that.
I went further and cut off my Dad's charge card. He didn't need one and everyone then had to go through me if they wanted to be paid. Easy peasy.
I would think an Elder Attorney could help you with this.
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