What to do when you know child will not take care of you if needed. We have no family except for son who, I doubt, would not hesitate to call us incompetent and put us away for our money. We don't know what to do for financial or physical powers of attorney. Who else could do this? We have no family or friends to speak of. Now, we have each other but if one of us dies we are at the mercy of said son. Embarrassingly sad.