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When protecting someone requires overriding their autonomy

My elderly mother is being financially abused by her caregiver but she refuses to believe it and gets angry when I bring it up

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The duty to protect conflicts with respect for self-determination when someone's judgment appears compromised

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and power — who controls resource flows?”

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