I've posted before about my mother who refuses medical care and is in imminent danger of losing her house because of her finances. A social worker from the Dept of Aging told me I need to wait it out and quit enabling mom by paying bills, cutting her grass, taking her shopping and telling her how to live. Sounds great in theory but not so easy to practice. Mom is getting worse physically and mentally but I do t know what else to do but wait. She is a very difficult and depressing person to be around and it is taking its toll on me, my marriage, my job, etc. it's hard to deal with this with no end in sight.
others they will not take her right to make her own decisions away from her. If you have to follow the social worker's advice, pick the things that are non-life-threatening to allow her to neglect, e.g. lawn care, ironing, bills such as magazine subscriptions, let stacks of mail pile up to a degree after pulling out only the critical bills like the house and utilities. If you can get all the critical stuff to where you can pay those online or have them auto-paid it may work. This is a tough spot to be in.