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In regards to your initial question, "What are the requirements to become Personal Representative of Mother's Social Security if my sister has control over her bank account/s?"
You need to go to the Social Security Administration website and look at their regulations. SSA DOES NOT accept Power of Attorney documents!! They require that the person who is receiving the Social Security benefits assign someone as their "Representative Payee". So even if your sister has control of your Mother's bank accounts, unless your Mother has named your Sister as the "Social Security Representative Payee", then she can not change where or how the SSA benefits are paid. (In other words, if you become the "Representative Payee", then you change which bank account your Mom's SSA benefits/payments are deposited into.) Copy and paste the website to your browser for the publication from SSA called "A Guide For Representative Payees".
https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10076.pdf
If your Mom is going into a nursing home and your Sister plans to apply for Medicaid for your Mom, then there is a 5 year "Look-back" Period during which Medicaid looks for any monetary "gifts" that your Mom paid to your Sister, Brother or yourself. All of the payments for lawn care and utilities (especially if your Mom is NOT currently living in that house) and buying a new car can be considered as "GIFTS". And Medicaid might request that those monetary gifts be paid back to Medicaid or Medicaid might deny your Mom to receive any Medicaid benefits.
Like Ahmijoy suggested, if you have proof of Elder Fraud, then you need to consult an Elder Care Attorney ASAP.
At this point, I'll use the references you gave me "A Guide For Representative Payees" and obtain an Elder Fraud Attorney. Thanks so much!