My 79 year old mother was recently diagnosed with 100% hearing loss—it all happened very quickly from having some hearing (with use of hearing aids) to none within 2 months. She lives in Vernon, BC in a mobile home, with my brother who is 61 years old. My father died in 2005—one of his last requests was that my brother not live with my mother because of his violent and abusive nature. However, my mother was very dependent at the time, had never learned to drive, my brother was there and just continued living there. I live in Calgary and my 2 sisters live in Kelowna. The 3 of us have witnessed forms of elder abuse, as well as 2 of my mother’s neighbours have said there is a “lot of screaming” going on. My mother grossed $36000 last year, largely due to my father’s pension, CPP and OAP. She pays all the bills, has a mortgage of approximately $26000. My brother pays her $700 per month—he works 15 hours per week . My sisters do most of the chauffeuring for my mother for appointments and grocery shopping. My mother does all the cooking and cleaning. I suggested to my brother that Mom might need some outside support and he replied “we don’t want strangers in our house”. A big problem is that my mother doesn’t want to leave her home. Our fear is that even if a caregiver agrees to come to the home, that my brother, who is like a pit bull, will make the environment so uncomfortable that it would be next to impossible for this scenario to unfold. A last choice, for myself and my 2 sisters, is that we may have to take control of this situation, to ensure that my mother is as comfortable as possible. This could possibly mean that we may have to use some type of legal force to get my brother out of the house; it could also possibly mean selling the mobile home and finding a suitable place for my mother to live. What, if any, legal advice do you have?