Can a Healthcare POA keep a family member from seeing his mother, who desperately wants to see him? and he wants to see her? the POA has told the Aministrator to call the police if her brother shows up for a visit. This must be illegal, since there is no reason why. She will not allow the patient to make calls to her son, and won't allow anyone to call her. The patient has called her son everyday crying and telling him how miserable she is because her daughter is being mentally cruel to her. We have no way to contact the patient. What can we do??? The daughter )POA) is very controlling and dare's anyone to challenge her. We are very concerned for the patients mental state, not being able to talk to her son. Any ideas? We have an Ombudsman appointed, according to the administrator, but she will not call back. Please advise if you have any experience with this. Thanks!
I am 1 of 4 daughters. The youngest daughter has been in and out of rehab for years and it was recently discovered that she has drain ALL of Mom's accounts, savings, had Mom co-sign on 2 loans that equaled over $10,000 that she defaulted on and left Mom holding the bag on, to the point of Mom having to sell her house before she lost it too. We became suspicious when Mom wasn't paying her bills and utilities were being shut off. That is when I get involved and went back through her finances over the past 3 years and found all kinds of "theft." We had Mom tested in which she was diagnosed with Moderate Dementia and Alzheimer's. The Dr. suggest assisted living. We moved Mom into a wonderful facility. The addict sibling had made numerous calls daily the first 3 days Mom was there and upset Mom to the point of Mom having to be sedated several times. Mom could not stop crying hysterically for hours. In good faith, I called the sibling, and asked her again to not call Mom until Mom had been on her meds long enough to become stable. I was called by the facility manager and was told the calls were still coming in and that the calls were still upsetting Mom. I was advised to take Mom's phone or her charger to keep the sibling from calling and upsetting Mom. The sibling then started calling and threatening the facility and the family since she had no way to contact Mom, had no money and no place to go. The threats and harassment still continue to this day even when she is in rehab.
I have had to make the decision, in my Mom's best interest to NOT let my Mom have any contact with the sibling who is the addict. And the facility has made the decision to politely ask her to leave or have her escorted and taken away by police. This is being done to protect my Mom and other tenants from a known predator and from possible abuse.
See, my addict sister has options, but my Mom does not. It is my duty to protect my Mom and I am doing it and will continue to do it until my addict sister changes or Mom passes. Until real change, my addict sister will never be allowed to talk to Mom or see her.
So sorry for anyone who is locked down tight from visitations, but there could just be warrant for such action. If you were to talk to my addict sister, she is street smart and has the ability to lie/con the best of the best and spin a web so tight that you would believe and feel sorry for her until you realized your wallet was missing, or you couldn't find the watch or ring you must have misplaced.... Been there done that, bought the T-shirt.
Just know there are 2 sides and be informed before passing judgement on those of us who are truly trying to protect our parents from predators who are usually family with a known history. I have talked to numerous Dr.'s, nursing facilities, government agencies and have found this to be a HUGE problem that is under reported and often overlooked and swept under the carpet due to family embarrassment.
I hope this has been a help to someone.
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