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We need to reroute Mom's mail so that we can edit it and catch important docs before it reaches her hands. We already have many things coming electronically, on autopay, etc but some things still get delivered and she can no longer distinguish between important, actionable items and junk. Post Office requires her signature to forward, change to a PO Box, etc, and getting that is not likely to happen. Is this when I need to step up my "therapeutic lying" game? She has recently bought auto warranty insurance and changed her Medicare supplemental insurance.

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My husband and I have our bills forwarded to a P.O. Box. It's called a billing address, and we have a home address.

The 'reason' for this was 1)security, people were taking things out of mailboxes (thieves) in the neighborhood.
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2) the mail was being mis-delivered to our neighbors way too often.

The other solution was, we have a key-locked mailbox out front. The few things we get, are not going anywhere. When an election is upcoming, we use the mailbox to store all the political junk mail, just do not remove it.

There are mailbox companies who receive and then forward your mail.

Putting this here so you can step up your own therapeutic lying game. Even though it is not a game, it is a real necessity when facing cognitive decline.

The mail is only one of the red flag symptoms of loss of executive function, and cognitive decline.

Your Mom will still receive credit card offers at home.

It is clear she requires more supervision.
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Hcox628 Jan 2022
Sendhelp, Thank you for your thoughtful and thorough answer! Great ideas and that is what I am looking for! I am leaning towards having everything forwarded and beginning the address-changing process. Painful but necessary. Thanks again!
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You can do it online.

https://moversguide.usps.com/mgo/disclaimer?referral=SEM-MF-exactD-B&kwd=USPSAddFwd&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_cmpid=13924279599&utm_adgid=123648283414&utm_tgtid=kwd-534094748102&utm_locintid=&utm_locphysid=9019636&utm_matchtypeid=e&utm_network=g&utm_device=c&utm_adid=534158518961&utm_adpos=&utm_plid=&gclid=CjwKCAiAxJSPBhAoEiwAeO_fP8xxlWMvnfv5ey4OohYdKQWED_JpzdSjMnpPx1BbOrgYbGbPE5F7pxoCJQ8QAvD_BwE

This is what I did for my inlaws.
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Hcox628 Jan 2022
Thank you! This may be the best option after all... right under our noses!
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Frankly, the post office wouldn't know her signature. I'd just sign the darned form and submit it.

The bigger question is why is Mom home alone(?) with diminished capacity of that level.
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notgoodenough Jan 2022
I think in this situation, I would do the same.
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I was able to change my Mom’s mail to my address, via the internet, on the USPS website.

The site did need to verify her identity, in some way.

I think I had to have a phone verification, or something with charging a dollar to her credit card. It was pretty easy to accomplish.
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Have you considered having her mail held at the post office and taking her in to pick it up weekly? Then you go through it together.

Most Post Offices have weekend hours.
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Hcox628 Jan 2022
Barb, Thank you for this suggestion! This might work... I can talk with family members in town and see how feasible this weekly errand might be. She will not understand why the mail can't come to her house like the previous 30 years, so in addition, we need to get creative about that answer!
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