my mum my sister is not looking after her i am the eldest of six my mum has early signs dementia . my mother has carers go in 3 times aday which she pays for herself, my sister has problems with her health and is now divorcing her husband who stabbed her last year it was in the papers due to finding out she was seeing a woman. my mum was terrified of her husband which my sister have now left to watch over my mum why she is away with her girlfriend. my mum is in hospital with pnemonia and is saying to me she do not want to go back to her home with them. my mum thinks she is in a residential home. my mum says its so nice to see people and that she has nice meals and her medication is brought to her. my mother says its so nice to see people and to talk i was left for hours on my own. my mother said she always said she would never go in a home. but now she is glad she is in one it is so nice and i am being well looked after. there has been numerous problems with mums medication she ia also a diabetic my sister works in the chemist and it seems that she likes to try mum on new medication tat comes out and is always tampering with her medication . my mum i feel as like my sisters than she not safe around my younger sister.
While you may not need a lawyer to draw up a POA, in this case I strongly urge that you go through one. You want every i dotted and every t crossed so this will stand up in court if it ever comes to that.
Act quickly, so Mum will not have to return to an environment she fears.