My brother is 73 and lives in an apartment with his cat. He has diabetes and peripheral neuropathy which makes it hard for him to walk or bend down. He doesn’t clean his place or himself. It’s a health hazard in many ways. I can’t clean it. It will take a team with hazmat suits.
He he suffers from depression and anxiety, doesn’t have a therapist, and his filthy environment just adds to it. Every few months he goes to emergency and twice now he’s been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. He doesn’t know what his insurance covers for therapy which he needs so badly.
He is in denial and hard to get information from. Also very poor. What should I do to help him?
Living with me is out of the question. I’m trying to keep my own sanity.
Next: who is his landlord? Does he own the apartment, is there a building manager, is it part of any kind of community or housing scheme?
Are you able to visit his home for any length of time, or is that not doable because of the state it's in?
He rents, I don’t know his landlord. I don’t want him to get evicted even though he does need to move.
Working on getting him to give me or my sister POA for healthcare.