Dad is trying hard to stay healthy with walking, excersizing and eatting a good diet. He's in the last stage of Parkinson's. He looks like he's getting sick with pneumonia. My mother has HOSPICE people there with her. She said they are only there for her and Dad. None of the family members. Mother and the HOSPICE nurse have decided NOT to bring my Dad to his doctor for medicine for the pneumonia or virus. Mom said Dad will die at home from the Pneumonia. I am confused. How can you not give your husband antibiotics to help him?? I feel she's just going to let him suffocate in his own infected lung liquid. Can anyone explain how this can happen?
My dad assigned me as his POA. I did happen to be in the room but I signed nothing. Then my dad put my brother as 2nd if I could not be there to make decisions for him, and a 3rd if neither myself nor my brother could be reached. None of these people were there.
I did later send them copies so they would know dad had requested they honor his wishes. I also sent them a copy of his wishes.
So the person requesting you be POA is the only one who signs and then the Notary signs it and stamps it. But it doesn't do a lot of good unless you send the people who you want to be your POA for healthcare a copy!
If you change your POA request you need to make sure the new people assigned know about the old one. Once the doctor determines you can no longer make decision the doctor can put the POA into effect.
They did this to my dad and I am his POA.
I think he was fully able to make his own decision but they say no. When I said I wanted to have my dad do a new POA and add my sister. They said NO he was not competent to even change his POA. So it is important to pick someone you really trust.... or not do it at all.
I'm in Missouri.