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Paying bills.

Check your mom's mail to make sure she is opening and paying her bills. Be on the lookout for past-due notices. If she needs help, arrange to review her financial situation with an accountant and talk about how to best handle her finances.

Let your mom do as much as she is capable of. This may result in cooperative bill-paying sessions where she writes the checks and you do the record keeping.

Establish a joint account and keep the checkbook.

If necessary, open a separate account with a limited amount of money in it for your mom. She can use that account to write checks for gifts or small items, but she won't lose her life savings to a bogus charity or con game.