SZ 3 Moms Ep 6: Conservatorship for Schizophrenia: Who Needs it? Why? And How Does it Work?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.พ. 2021
- In the news: Britney Spears and conservatorship
Brief Sons’ Recovery updates, “good and bad” - and The Miracle of Ordinary
What is Conservatorship? - varies from state to state
How we did - or didn’t - get to be our sons’ conservator/guardian
Mindy and Mimi - Managing without conservatorship
Randye and Ben’s 's Journey to Conservatorship - and Why
Releases of Information
Can you get right to involuntary commitment? Right to Medicate?
Renewing, and Annual Reports
Why the Relationship Matters
Guardianship and Civil Commitment - Minnesota
Protecting Loved Ones from Being Victims
Protecting Ourselves from Being Victims
Some Myths about Guardianship
A few workarounds we use
Quotes:
“My feeling about all this is: Get the Job Done.We need to take care of our kids.” -Mimi
“Conservatorship? I use it to protect him. I use it to be there if needed. I can save him from financial decisions he made and wasn’t equipped to make..” - Randye
“They burglarized our home for drug money. It was going from bad to worse. And all of his mental health workers said there’s nothing that we can do. He’s his own person.” - Mindy
“Society does recognize schizophrenia or any of its versions as vulnerable.” - Mindy
“Well-meaning ideas - such as the notion that they must first “hit rock bottom” or volunteer for treatment - can leave those too ill to seek help literally out in the cold.
Psychiatrist Darold Treffert wrote of this danger in 1973, explaining that failing to engage such individuals risked allowing them to “die with their rights on.” Authorities prized the autonomy rights of patients above all other priorities.” - www.treatmentadvocacycenter.o...
Links:
connecticutestateplanningsite...
www.voamnwi.org/pdf_files/gua...
www.tarutislaw.com/blog/news-...
mentalillnesspolicy.org/ivc/i...
I appreciate your discussions and the information you all are sharing so freely. There are so many moms out here struggling with the stigma of having SMI in the family. The more we know, the more we can do to help our kids. I would love to hear how any or all of you have handled the relationships with your other children and relationships between the afflicted child and their siblings. This is perhaps one of the hardest factors in our family and it breaks my heart that my kids are not close like they were as children.
thanks so much for this - so true
Thank you so much for this program! Your discussions are so helpful…♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
We're so glad! thanks!
My daughter has schizophrenia...37 yrs old...shes been hospitalized many times...she is currently not takin meds. .illinois laws ARE SO BROKEN...cannot get help for her...... so sick of stupid Illinois laws....BROKEN...she needs hospitalization NOW. ..VIOLENT PYNCHED ME MANY TIMES...U GUTS DONT SEEM TO HAVE A GRASP AT ALL ON THIS DOSEASE...NOONE FOES THAT I HAVE GEARD..THEY PRETEND TO ( LIJE U 3 DO) BUT U HAVE NO CLUE. WOULD NEVER GIVE UP ON MY DAUGHTER AND PUT HER IN A GROUP HOME. . ..SHE IS MY DAUGHTER AND I LOVE HER...SHAME ON U ALL...
Oh my gosh, ur in Connecticut, I'm a Connecticut mother and I've just filed for a conservatorship as well. Is there a way I can send you through email some information or contact you somehow to pick ur brain on if you think I don't have enough to gain a conservatorship. I'm so scared and I'm shocked that we are in the same state but I completely understand if you prefer not to, I'm sure many reach out to you.
Hi Sophie . I’m not really an expert but I can tell you what I know . The first thing I can tell you is start keeping track of everything ! Incidents, jobs gained and lost, medications, hospital stays . You have to prove grave disability
@@SZ3MomsTrenches yes, I heard you use that word a few times, grave disability. I've been doing some research into it. Also, please know that I'm not attempting to put you on the spot with specific legal questions regarding my son, im more so asking you about the legalities in Connecticut because as you know every state is very different when it comes to conservatorships. I've been reading case law here in Connecticut as well as the statues. I'm just so shocked that I was lucky enough to hear that you're from Connecticut and that our son's suffer from the same disability. This whole situation is heartbreaking.
I need help for my husband to get the conservatorship. I need help in Spanish
Your local NAMI may have resources for you. They have some classes in Spanish