The social workers are trying to push my mother out of the hospital with all their might. Any advice?

Hang tough, Otherwise. Just keep saying no.

Tell them to give the information about hiring sitters to your mother, since she is competent and able to be released.

Do not give in and take her back home!

Tell the social worker that she has said that your mom is competent to make her own decisions and that means that nobody can be accused of abandonment, because she, according to the hospital, is of sound mind to make her own choices. That doesn't obligate you or your sister to prop up those choices.

I would tell them to stop threatening you or stop calling, because they are responsible to ensure that she has a safe discharge, that is what they get paid for.

So we have a person here without any diagnosis of being unable to care for herself. You would never get guardianship in this case. This person would be appointed a lawyer, and if at ALL competent in her own behalf would win against any attempt at guardianship.
Also, a POA, while there should be one NOW while she is competent to do one, cannot act against the wishes of the senior who is competent.
So we come down to and either or.
Either she is competent or she is not.
If competent she can go home, or be sent home when there is no longer any need for acute care in hospital.
If not competent you need a diagnosis, a guardianship or conservatorship which most social workers can get from a judge on a temporary basis. Then you can tell the hospital that she needs placement.
You know her. You know whether she is safe home alone or not. So if she is safe, let her go home and don't enable her by being her caretaker. If she is not, you must now have a FULL neuro-psyc diagnosis, and then apply for guardianship. Without that, yes, the hospital can send her home. If you KNOW she is unsafe then report her as an adult at risk with APS in your area.
I hope you will update us.
If a person is incompetent most social workers can get a temporary conservatorship for the family member with a call to a judge; then placement can be done.

This reminds me of the time when my husband ended up in the hospital 2 weeks after I had my posterior hip replacement, where I wasn't supposed to bend over 90 degrees. At that time he was barely mobile, incontinent, and was falling a lot, and after a week of being there,(where he grew even weaker, as they kept him in bed the entire time) they said that he was able to come home, I told the hospital social worker that he could not come home yet, as I couldn't properly care for him, and yes I was his medical and durable POA. I told them that I wanted him to go to rehab for a while, so I could recover some more and he could get some PT, to hopefully make him a bit stronger as well. I even had picked out and called the rehab place and had everything in place, for him to go there. When the day came for him to go to rehab, because my husband said no, he wasn't going to rehab, the hospital called me early in the afternoon and said that they would be bringing my husband home via ambulance later that afternoon, as they couldn't force him to go if he didn't want to. It didn't make any difference that I couldn't take care of him, they were bringing him anyway. And they did. The EMT's brought him in on a stretcher, and the hospital had sent him home without a diaper on, so he was soaked in pee, and I was left to tend to him. I don't think I was ever so mad in my life as I was that day, so yes the hospitals seem to be able to do whatever they darn well please, without taking in account of what the family members say or want. I hope and pray that you have better luck than I did.

If the hospital social worker says to your mother "you have been abandoned"; SO what?

Your mother is in charge of her own life. YOU are not responsible for her.

Please understand that you are not responsible for your mother's poor decisions or happiness.

I am sorry to be so harsh, but you need to stop being afraid of your mother's anger. It can't hurt you.

Praying here! Stand your ground. Good for you and your sister for acting in your mother’s best interest.

Let us know how you’re doing.

Hang in there Otherwise, DO NOT pick her up. You are not her legal guardian, you cannot be charged with "abandonment". And you are right in not pursuing guardianship. Stay strong.

Push back:

"Nurse in behavioral unit spoke to my sister yesterday and said mom has been so worked up and angry she's been assigned her own nurse to keep her calm."

24 hrs. later the team is going to release her?

Are they going to send that nurse home with her for 24/7 care?

My daughter has worked NH/Rehabs for 20 years. She says in the two states she has worked, hospitals can discharge unsafely. NHs/rehabs can't if the person has been evaluated for 24/7 care.

Good thing you have a lawyer. Doctor will need to find a reason for her to stay. Remember Medicare and her supplimentals make the decision to discharge her too. Has she been in over 3 days, if yes maybe you can have her sent to rehab. Have her evaluated for 24/7 care. If its found she needs it, then get her into LTC with Medicaid paying if she has no money. This is the time to get her the help she and you need.