I’m just suspecting something funny going on. My best friend had an aneurysm and her mother whom she does not really deal with came up and took medical and financial power of attorney and took her three hours away and is allowing no one to speak to her visit her, or even speak to the nursing home when I call about her. I just want my friend to know that we are here for her. I understand she doesn’t need stress and all that, but she also does need her friend's support to get through recovering. When the power of attorney was given, she was very much incapacitated; however, I do know she’s talking she’s in physical therapy she has been off feeding tube’s for quite some time now. There’s more to the story with the reasons why her mom would want the power of attorney financial things, however, I just want to know how can I be there for her since her mother has came and took over but does not even know her.
Of course due to privacy laws no information can be given to friends. If there are friends, one should ask the Mom if she can update, and form a phone tree to pass information she wishes you to have.
Good luck.
POA is only good if the person cannot make their wishes known so the person assigned makes these decisions keeping in mind what the principle would want. Now if your friend has recuperated enough and can make her own decisions, POA is not needed at that point. Unless, the POA was immediate. If friend is able to now make her own decisions, she can revolk the POA.