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Originally Posted by Nammu
Oh poor mum. She’s 92 and so confused about banking stuff. She has trouble remembering how to write checks so she added me to her banking account. So now I can write the checks for her. She got a new atm card for her credit union and has spent three days trying to activate it. I recently got new debt and credit cards and all I had to do was sign on to my bank to activate them. I’ve offered to drive her down to the credit union but part of the problem is she was referring to the card as a credit card, it’s a atm card. I keep trying to explain the difference but she gets confused. I’m afraid it’s all a bit much for her. She was raised in an all cash world. Then checks. Credit cards were avoided till they got to be absolutely mandatory for certain things. I’m afraid an atm card is just one too many. She sends me in to use it cause the machine is not friendly to slow moving people. Plus she hasn’t needed cash for a long long time now as I do all the shopping. It’s hard to see her so confused about such things.
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Hi Nammu. Your mum should likely get lots of credit for being able to handle many things up to this point. It's good that you can now assist her. My sister has power of attorney for my father (who is 78 to your mum's 92) because our dad can no longer handle such things. It's interesting how some people can function so well for much longer than others. Two men in the US are vying for the presidency and both are in their 70s. [Perhaps younger people would have been a better idea, but that's just my view.]