I am so sorry you and your mother and family are dealing with this difficult situation, red. Listen, speaking as someone wiht decades of bipolar 1, which is likely at play here, there is no reasoning to be done with a floridly manic person. The main reason for this is that the part of the brain that governs certainty is on fire. So, not only does she have nonfactual, unreal beliefs, but those beliefs are held with more certainty than she has ever experienced in her life--ever.

Unfortunately, it is quite a challenge to get help for folks like this unless they are a danger to self or others, in which case they can usually be committed. This may be your best current shot with your mom.

Have you talked to a psychiatrist where she currently is located? Maybe that person could help you get a plan of attack here.

If she does not get help willingly, she is extremely likely to end up either in the emergency department or arrested. That is the normal course of events fo folks like us who are super, super manic and untreated, because we just have no judgment.

She is alos very likely to blow huge amounts of cash without any thought. Another reason to try to get her some assistance.

65 is quite oldish for first onset of a manic episode. Is she on any meds, by chance? This is a bit of an odd story.

Sending you strength and support. It is very difficult, what you are contending with, and illustrates why some states want to make it easier to civilly commit people in crisis. Not sure how I feel about that as a patient who has been commtited, but her story shows why it might help some people occasionally.

Hang in there. Mybe try to find a pdoc where she is now operating. Good luck!!!