My 99 year old mother has been taken to hospital from a fall, which resulted in a brain concussion and severe malnutrition. While in the hospital she developed symptoms of Corona Virus, test results are still not back. Then she had a severe stroke. My brother who says he is the POA will not call the hospital, nor call mom, nor call me. The hospital keeps calling him but they get no response, so now they contact me. I have no way of letting my brother know of updates. Today they are suggesting a Long Term Facility but I have no authority to make these decisions. Is there any way I can go for guardianship of my mom? I can no longer phone my mom as she is unable to hear or hold on to the phone. I am in contact with the nursing station at least twice a day. With no access to the funds and not having any funds myself (due to the Coronavirus) what else can I do? My brother is accessing her bank accounts and using her bank card. Her rent cheques have been bouncing as well as other bills.
CM is right. Let the hospital apply for emergency guardianship.
Proceed "as if" you are POA for medical decisions now, and verbally go along with the hospital's suggestions for a LTC facility just to get them started in the right direction. Do not sign anything for your Mom.
By saying YES, on the phone to LTC. Let them work out your mother's finances and place her in the facility.
Your brother is a criminal and has defaulted on his financial POA.
Stop expecting things to be normal or that you need to report to him, and proceed as "if you" are next of kin, because you are. imo.
You can report to APS his neglect and default. At this time of emergency, there may not be much help available.
So sorry for the estrangement, you do not deserve this.
I am in BC and the following situation occurred in BC, quite a few years ago.
Mum was POA for a dear family friend. The friend set it up as she was bullied by one of her sons into handing over large sums of money. When Mum in charge of the purse strings the son was SOL. The arrangement had been in place for a few years.
Mum went on a 3 week holiday, when she got home she went to the bank to pay her friend's bills, only to discover she was not longer POA. While she was away the son convinved his Mum to remove Mum as POA and he tool about $20,000 from his Mum.
Mum and other friends were vary concerned. They brought their concerns to the attention of the Public Trustee. Shortly there after the Public Trustee took over the friend's finances.
When the friend died a last year, Mum discovered that she was the Executrix of the Will. The friend had never changed that.
Right now with Covid upsetting so much of our lives, it may take longer to get action, but ask the hospital SW how to go about getting in touch with the Public Trustee in Mum's province, or how to get emergency guardianship over Mum.
Good luck.