Because from my perspective it very much looks like you are dancing precariously close to the elder abuse line and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to me to get the authorities involved here but that’s exactly what will happen if things continue down this path.”
Fran responded with some bs reply akin to “oh my word! I would NEVER take advantage of anyone and I just wanted to help your mom blah blah blah… oh, and I think you and I have gotten off on the wrong foot (daughter), which is my fault but I’d like to start over again…more blah blah blah”
I never replied to Fran further and she has (shockingly/s) not really reached out to my mom since. I believe she is due to move into the apartment complex this weekend though so we shall see if she pops back up out of the woodwork. I think she understands that I see through her attempts to come between my mom and I and that she’ll need to focus her efforts to scam people somewhere else.
I notified my mom’s hospice nurses and her social worker as well. I also bought a really super cool medication dispenser (I won’t name it because I’m not plugging anything but feel free to reach out to me if anyone has family members that they need some help managing medications for, it’s expensive and probably cost prohibitive for a lot of folks but it has been a game changer for me to keep my moms medicine safe and organized) that is locked and syncs up to an app so I get notified every time it dispenses a medication. That made me feel much better about Fran not having any access whatsoever to my mom’s prescriptions but the trip to the bank showed me exactly what Fran was after. I notified the bank that if Fran is with my mom, they are to contact me immediately.
All in all, I think most of you were correct, Fran was using my mom for money, or she was trying to but luckily I caught it before much damage was done. I think I’ve made my position on Fran clear to her which is why she is staying away. I think I still need to contact the Independent Living Facility about my concerns with Fran because (I swear I’m not making this is) my mom says that Fran is going to be working at the Independent Living facility after she moves out. And I don’t want her being in a position to take advantage of anyone else.
Thank you again to everyone who replied and reached out to me with resources and/or advice. I read every reply and I actually read a number of them to my mom as well. It really helped her to see Fran for who she really is. NEW UPDATE
2nd (hopefully final)UPDATE Sept 30, 2024
Thank you to those who keep checking in with me asking how my mom is doing and if there’s any updates. original post here first update post here
My mom is still on hospice and doing “ok” all things considered. She has her good and her bad days but she has been mostly lucid lately and I’m grateful for that.
F has been mostly MIA (thank goodness!) ever since I told her, in no uncertain terms, to beat it. The only time I have heard from her since was when my mom’s phone wasn’t working and F called me and left a message wanting to know if my mom was ok. I left her on read.
So that told me that my mom hasn’t cut her out completely (although she tells me she has). But I have (with my mom’s blessing) taken control of any avenue F could possibly use to take advantage of my mother. I alerted the hospice nurses and social worker and I let F know that I had done that as well. My mom also finally made some better friends who live nearby and they also help keep an eye on her for me.
I did not go to the police as I didn’t feel I had a case to do so but I did let F know I wouldn’t hesitate to do so if given reason.
If F comes back around my mom or gives me any reason to think something is up, I’ll update you all to let you know. But as of now, my mom is safe, I handle all her medication as well as her finances so no one can weasel their way in to try to take anything at all away from my mom.
Thank you to everyone for your care and concern!
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I thought the same thing which is why I locked them up tight. My mom agreed to a camera right over her dispenser so we can keep eyes on her medications at all times. The machine I got her is pretty cool too and alerts me via text if the machine door is ever opened (not that it could be because it has a passcode on it that even my mom doesn’t know). So there’s lots of safeguards in place to ensure no one gets into any of her stuff at all.
Now this is the kind of thinking that unlocks the genius of 6-6 time.