Medical power of attorney empowers that person to interact with the health care profession -- doctors, hospitals, pharmacies -- on medical matters. You'd have to take the position that the visit is harmful to the senior's health. If the senior is in a setting not his/her home you'd have to get their help enforcing it, and make that case to them. Of course, they don't want trouble. And most seniors badly need as many visits as they can get, so why are you wanting to throw your weight around in this way?
Alwayslearning I have an adult sibling who is my judge, etc. She limits visits,and phone calls. For Christmas only her family visited with my Mom. I am taking her to court.
And to those of you with an evil sibling who is keeping you away from an elderly parent for no reason (other than to continue the sibling abuse visited upon you as a child) do not be afraid to take them on in a court of law. If you have no money for a lawyer, look for free or some type of legal aid group to help you. Do not let them use an elderly parent as a pawn to hurt you!
Yes my mother needed help, but there was no way so called family members never came to see my mother for five month's in a psych ward, in sc. I felt something was wrong I came down to sc. From philly to see my mother. I beleave my sister needs to be in jail for her selfish ways.
Make your own decisions and leave other people to make theirs. Siblings have different experiences of the same parents, and for some it is the right decision, or the best decision they are capable of making, to stay away. Evil? Jail? If we seriously think we have the right to be our siblings' judge, jury, and executioner then we are huge contributors to whatever problems our family as a whole might have.
Well gee, alwayslearning, sounds like YOU are judge and jury. For those of us who have been violated by evil siblings, we know how harmful they are to our health. Imagine it happening to older people who no longer have good health. As for my mom, if someone comes along and is detrimental to her health, I don't care if that person is the archangel Gabriel, he ain't gettin in.
alabamaspitfire, my younger sibling has refused any private visits with me and my mother (a widow) since my father died. i have a legal case and am considering filing an action pro-se (without legal counsel). what did the judge order to protect your aging parent's wellbeing? my mother has not seen any of her grandchildren in more than 4 years (grandson and five grand-daughters).
alabamaspitfire, i love my mother! younger sib is a brother who is unmarried and has not worked any wage paying job for more than twelve years.
my mom is not getting proper medical care - she went off her meds, and has been alienated from me, from my youngest sibling and grandchildren. all the money from the sale of my parents home is gone (spent these last seven years). mom's rent is beyond her means. it's a nightmare.
where i live? i will have to file in probate court to get temp conservatorship.
my mom is not getting proper medical care - she went off her meds, and has been alienated from me, from my youngest sibling and grandchildren. all the money from the sale of my parents home is gone (spent these last seven years). mom's rent is beyond her means. it's a nightmare.
where i live? i will have to file in probate court to get temp conservatorship.
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