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Does your loved one really need a guardian?
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Ask what problem guardianship would solve. If the person's care, meals and bills are handled, a guardian may not be needed. Services or a county waiver might meet the need instead. Consider whether your discomfort is worth someone losing their rights.
Key points
- Start with the specific problem.
- Services may solve it without court.
- Comfort alone is not a reason for guardianship.
Katie HestnessEducation Navigator, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota · Guest presenter
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Is your discomfort worth somebody else losing their rights? Again, what is the problem going on within this person’s life that you want a guardian to try and fix? Where can that help? And if there isn’t that answer, then we might have to just look at that supported decision-making. So really, there is an entire range of supports, supported decision-making to guardianship. And like I said, supported decision-making is something we all do in our own lives, we just don’t generally call it that. So if supported decision-making tools are put in place and they’re not enough, maybe we are looking at guardianship, maybe a limited guardianship or full guardianship.
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