Elderly person exposed to a Nursing Home environment where they themselves have seen first hand a staff member blatently used abuse and the other sibling has power of eterny and fails to acknowledge the risk?
You may speak with your Adult Protective Services. If you are not POA you need to have with you all of the evidence you have of wrong doing. I am uncertain who saw whom doing something abusive, or what that abusive things was. There is a good deal of difference between physical roughness and an employee with a bad day using a harsh word or two, but both should be addressed. The POA was assigned by the elder to care for him or her, to make the best decisions for him or her. That person is now making those decisions, and should be allowed to absent the PROOF of wrongdoing. What I am saying is that there is EXCELLENT reason I gave POA to one daughter and not to the other. That choice is taken into consideration by authorities when accusation of abuse of POA is taken into consideration, so make certain that your evidence is solid before approaching APS. If you get nowhere there you may want to consider trying to set up an appointment with an omsbudsman to set an appointment with the administration of the facility your loved one is in.
Geaton gave solid advice. Additionally, every nursing home has a publicly posted sign with the contact information for an ombudsman who is charged with looking out for the safe care of nursing home residents. You can call this person with your concerns
You will need to consult with an elder law attorney who has experience in prosecuting elder abuse cases. Based on that consult (for which you will need to pay), this attorney can ascertain, based on the hard evidence you provide, whether you have an actual winnable case or not. If you win, you will probably be the court-appointed guardian. You may want to research what this entails so that you know what you're responsible for.
Or, you can attempt to wrestle away control by gaining guardianship through the courts yourself, without an attorney. It can still be a costly and time-consuming pursuit, and there's no guarantee you'll win. If the judge sees that there's too much in-fighting over the elder he/she may decide to appoint a neutral 3rd-party guardian so that neither you nor your sibling have legal control.
Everything depends uon the definition of abuse and what actual evidence you can provide.
If you get nowhere there you may want to consider trying to set up an appointment with an omsbudsman to set an appointment with the administration of the facility your loved one is in.
Or, you can attempt to wrestle away control by gaining guardianship through the courts yourself, without an attorney. It can still be a costly and time-consuming pursuit, and there's no guarantee you'll win. If the judge sees that there's too much in-fighting over the elder he/she may decide to appoint a neutral 3rd-party guardian so that neither you nor your sibling have legal control.
Everything depends uon the definition of abuse and what actual evidence you can provide.