Hello everyone,
I'm starting to have terrible trouble with mum and her finances. She has only ever managed cash transactions all her life and opening a new bank account last year completely muddled her. Now her alzhiemers has progressed, she's getting really quite agitated and agressive when she thinks she has no cash in her purse - even if it is full of notes. Last week she accused my son of robbing her in the middle of the street (as I had told him to look after her purse until they got to the shops) then came home in a temper, pounding the kitchen counters with her fists and tried to rip up his school books. So yesterday, I relented and let her go to the local shops with my mother in law with over £100 and she managed to lose £65. We are about to register the Enduring Power of Atorney form but what I really need are tips on how to limit the cash she is carrying around without a row! She constantly checks and rechecks her purse, pulls her money out and tries to count it - a dozen or so times a day. She's demanded her whole pension tomorrow, which as a war widow, is a considerable amount but I'm afraid to risk giving it all to her. And if I don't give her a lot of money tomorrow she's going to have a hissy fit. Help please!!!
Jo
I'm starting to have terrible trouble with mum and her finances. She has only ever managed cash transactions all her life and opening a new bank account last year completely muddled her. Now her alzhiemers has progressed, she's getting really quite agitated and agressive when she thinks she has no cash in her purse - even if it is full of notes. Last week she accused my son of robbing her in the middle of the street (as I had told him to look after her purse until they got to the shops) then came home in a temper, pounding the kitchen counters with her fists and tried to rip up his school books. So yesterday, I relented and let her go to the local shops with my mother in law with over £100 and she managed to lose £65. We are about to register the Enduring Power of Atorney form but what I really need are tips on how to limit the cash she is carrying around without a row! She constantly checks and rechecks her purse, pulls her money out and tries to count it - a dozen or so times a day. She's demanded her whole pension tomorrow, which as a war widow, is a considerable amount but I'm afraid to risk giving it all to her. And if I don't give her a lot of money tomorrow she's going to have a hissy fit. Help please!!!
Jo