Conservatorship for Schizophrenia: Who Needs it? Why? and How?
Show Notes
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
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