I am the DPOA for my mom. She is in end stages of Parkinson's and was in a nursing home. She made the remarks she would rather kill herself than live like this anymore and the nursing home told me she had to go to a geriatric psychiatric unit for evaluation. She has been there over a week and she is just declining and I don't see where this place is helping her. As DPOA do I have the right to take her out of there and bring her home?
but he didn't have to. Every day at home, now all improved. Every case is different, but try to obtain it on your own. I had no DPOA, just determination.
It would seem to me that unless someone has been confined to a facility by a judge, a family member would have the right to remove a loved one from a facility. Talk to her doctor about meds, her diseases, and your desire to move her home.
The wife said, "No, YOU need a doc's permission, to show to the doctor with all the boxes checked. WE need to find good care for my MOTHER! "
And we left.
Ma began to improve almost immediately, and has now made a full recovery. We suspect that that place was doping her up so that it looked like she needed to stay there, for the rest of her life.
When it comes to family members, never just trust everybody, just because they are "in the health care" business. For some, it's sad to say, it's all about filling beds, and then filling out the paperwork, so they can get paid.