Hi, I'm a new member and I could do with some advice.
My 83 year old Uncle with Alzheimer's has now become mine and my brothers responsibility since my Aunty who was his carer passed away suddenly in June,
A little bit of background, my uncle lives on his own and owns his own home, he has never been married and has no children, social services are involved. We have found it quite difficult as my uncle is non compliant and in denial he has Alzheimer's and he is obsessed with money and he believes we are after it. He lost his driving license when he went missing for a few hours a couple of years ago and now he is not looking after his bank accounts due to not being able to drive to the bank. He would not let me or my brother go for his shopping or let us take him to the bank, he will give his debit card to his neighbour who I trust implicitly and she has done his shopping taking his debit card in the past. My uncle at one point had no ready cash and tried to pay his window cleaner by handing him his debit card which he immediately gave back. Social services became involved to a greater degree when one of my Uncles neighbours rang Social services worried as I think my Uncle had told them he was starving, social services are now assessing him for more care and we are waiting to hear from them with their findings.
My Uncle has shown me a bank statement showing me which of his bills were being paid via direct debit and I'm concerned that he has a large amount in his current account. Other problems are he has shares and the company has been writing to him to say he hasn't cashed his dividends as yet, they have asked him to give them his bank details so that they can pay them directly into his bank but he refuses and won't let me complete them for him, he says he has been throwing the cheques in the bin as he doesn't want anyone to have his money.
He would not have my late Aunt as POA and has refused to make a will.
What can be done to ensure his financial affairs are taken care of?
My uncle has suffered through not being able to look after his money and some bills, BT cut off his phone line a month or so ago through non payment of bill, this is one bill not being managed that we know of. His phone is now back on after my sister in law rang BT and explained the situation, they now have him as a vulnerable customer but I don't think the bills are being paid.
I need some help, I feel a bit overwhelmed.
Thanks in advance.
My 83 year old Uncle with Alzheimer's has now become mine and my brothers responsibility since my Aunty who was his carer passed away suddenly in June,
A little bit of background, my uncle lives on his own and owns his own home, he has never been married and has no children, social services are involved. We have found it quite difficult as my uncle is non compliant and in denial he has Alzheimer's and he is obsessed with money and he believes we are after it. He lost his driving license when he went missing for a few hours a couple of years ago and now he is not looking after his bank accounts due to not being able to drive to the bank. He would not let me or my brother go for his shopping or let us take him to the bank, he will give his debit card to his neighbour who I trust implicitly and she has done his shopping taking his debit card in the past. My uncle at one point had no ready cash and tried to pay his window cleaner by handing him his debit card which he immediately gave back. Social services became involved to a greater degree when one of my Uncles neighbours rang Social services worried as I think my Uncle had told them he was starving, social services are now assessing him for more care and we are waiting to hear from them with their findings.
My Uncle has shown me a bank statement showing me which of his bills were being paid via direct debit and I'm concerned that he has a large amount in his current account. Other problems are he has shares and the company has been writing to him to say he hasn't cashed his dividends as yet, they have asked him to give them his bank details so that they can pay them directly into his bank but he refuses and won't let me complete them for him, he says he has been throwing the cheques in the bin as he doesn't want anyone to have his money.
He would not have my late Aunt as POA and has refused to make a will.
What can be done to ensure his financial affairs are taken care of?
My uncle has suffered through not being able to look after his money and some bills, BT cut off his phone line a month or so ago through non payment of bill, this is one bill not being managed that we know of. His phone is now back on after my sister in law rang BT and explained the situation, they now have him as a vulnerable customer but I don't think the bills are being paid.
I need some help, I feel a bit overwhelmed.
Thanks in advance.