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I need advice on the legal steps to force someone into testing, treatment, or a care home. This person is an alcoholic with strongly suspected alcoholic cirrhosis and memory impairment.
Her spouse has reached the end of his tether and needs to know his options of what he can possibly do to either help her or remove himself from the situation.
She is only 54 but refusing treatment and visits to the doctor. She has been diagnosed with strongly suspected cirrhosis however has refused to get the ultrasound to confirm it. Memory loss is a symptom observed by all family members.
She has dropped a significant amount of weight due to not eating. She has threatened to jump off a bridge in conversations about getting help from medical professionals although we have no proof she has said this (in the form of a voice recording) or is serious in her threats.
Her mental lucidity varies day by day and hour by hour; sometimes she would be thought to be capable of making her own informed decisions and other times not.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Her spouse has reached the end of his tether and needs to know his options of what he can possibly do to either help her or remove himself from the situation.
She is only 54 but refusing treatment and visits to the doctor. She has been diagnosed with strongly suspected cirrhosis however has refused to get the ultrasound to confirm it. Memory loss is a symptom observed by all family members.
She has dropped a significant amount of weight due to not eating. She has threatened to jump off a bridge in conversations about getting help from medical professionals although we have no proof she has said this (in the form of a voice recording) or is serious in her threats.
Her mental lucidity varies day by day and hour by hour; sometimes she would be thought to be capable of making her own informed decisions and other times not.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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