the hearing

[Guest guest]

I'm SO thankful for this group! When the judge put me on the stand at my

mom's guardianship hearing this morning he was asking me questions about the

differences between LBD and other dementias, such as Alzheimer's. I wasn't

prepared for that but had read enough in the files and links here that I

could at least give a couple of answers. The guardian at litem that the

court sent out to talk to her concurred that she needed a guardian, and

wrote in his report that my mom had expressed agreement to him that I would

be her choice. And so it was done.

It was because of this group that I didn't look like an idiot on the stand

.

Now, my sister has her DPOA and I have guardianship, they tell me that we

have all of our bases covered to make sure our mom's needs are met. There's

a lot of cross-over as far as what we each can do but we have our lines

drawn: on my side is the medical and personal care; on Gwen's is the

business and financial affairs. We talk to each other about everything and

get the other's opinions and keep each other informed, but when it comes

down to it, we each have our responsibilities and decision-making authority

in our own areas. Although we've agreed on everything so far anyway.

What it's all about is our mom. It's not about us. And I think that

because we both know that, it will work out ok.

His,

Sherry ('s daughter)

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