Conservatorship of Symington

Glennrose Symington challenges an order granting the Orange County Public Guardian’s petition for appointment as her conservator pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 5352. We affirm.

I

Octogenarian Symington was living alone in her Anaheim mobilehome in late 1986 when she came to the attention of the Mental Health Services for the County of Orange. A “mental health geriatric specialist” reviewed Symington’s living conditions and discovered her mobilehome needed repair and she was unkempt and not providing herself with proper nutrition or hygiene.

The Orange County Public Guardian petitioned the superior court for appointment as conservator, describing Symington as “gravely disabled” within the meaning of Welfare and Institutions Code section 5008, subdivi sion (h). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5350 et seq.) The court appointed the public guardian as temporary conservator and scheduled a hearing date. Counsel was assigned for Symington. Through her attorney, she waived a jury trial on the issue of her grave disability. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5350, subd. (d).)

By the time of the conservatorship hearing, Symington had been moved to a residential facility. Dr.…