The social worker for Redlands Hospital is bias. She wasn't looking out for the patient s well being. When new family showed up the patient started showing signs of destress. HSW didn't protect the patient from aggressive family members that maneuvered themselves into a position to take advantage of the weak and vulnerable patient. The head of Hospice has done nothing towards helping the patient from the evil family members
Someone dying of cancer may indeed be vulnerable, but may still be legally competent to handle their own affairs. How do you propose that a hospice social worker would/should prevent him from making financial changes? Generally the social worker visits less than once a week.
This sounds like a case of family vs family, not hospice vs family.
Who were the family members? It sounds like more than one person. What kind of advantages were they taking in regard to the patient?
Were you there when this family came in? If not, who told you said family members were there and that they were disruptive to the patient? Did the patient tell you? Does the patient have Alzheimer's/Dementia?
By giving us more information, it could help us analyze the situation to give you advice. But like Rainmom said, it's not Hospice's job to police family quarrels.
And how were they to determine who the distant relatives were?
I honestly think you're barking up the wrong tree. If you felt these relatives were a threat, did you contact the police? Did you ask for injunctions against them the first time they showed up?
This is all so confusing. But if you think you have a legal case (against your cousin and/or against the social worker) you should seek legal counsel.
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