how do you preserve an aggregate of family memorabilia...

[grasswire]

6. apt description

"something mental going on"

I hadn't realized it fully until the last year or so. The hoarder is "grooming" another family member who is 91 years old. The hoarder has gotten power of attorney over the auntie and is "gaslighting" her to some degree, continually telling other family members how confused and forgetful and irritable auntie is (which I don't see in auntie), and making choices for auntie that limit her independence instead of encouraging it. Recently I saw that some family heirloom items have been removed from auntie's apartment (and I know that it is against state law for a Power of Attorney to remove anything from the person's possession). The estate itself is not insignificant, but it is the loss of family heirlooms that worry me.

It's a really tough and sensitive situation. Most of the family has no idea what's going on. So that's why I am gently trying to work to get some protection for the family heirlooms.