My wife's care home rang to say that she is not very well, with a pain to her right side and also a possible UTI. A call to 111 confirmed that an ambulance should be requested. The paramedics would decide whether a trip to hospital is necessary and, if so, whether I could join her there. A second call from the care home just now confirms that she is being taken to the specialist emergency care hospital. Against what they wanted or what the 'rules' say, the paramedics have allowed a member of care staff to go with her. How otherwise they would deal with someone with advanced Alzheimer's Disease who can't speak for herself I do not know. As for me, I am not allowed to go to the hospital to meet my wife and relieve the staff member. All I can do is wait for another update.
I am not sure what happens if she has to be admitted or, in those circumstances, how decisions about her care will be made. The hospital website suggests that an exception to the 'no visitors' rule introduced in March and tightened a few weeks ago may be made "For long-stay patients and those with dementia or where best interest decisions or exceptional clinical/social matters are being discussed, at the discretion of the nurse in charge". As her Attorney for Health and Welfare I would normally hope to have some say in my wife's care and treatment but if I am not allowed to go to the hospital then the Lasting Power of Attorney is effectively redundant.
I am not sure what happens if she has to be admitted or, in those circumstances, how decisions about her care will be made. The hospital website suggests that an exception to the 'no visitors' rule introduced in March and tightened a few weeks ago may be made "For long-stay patients and those with dementia or where best interest decisions or exceptional clinical/social matters are being discussed, at the discretion of the nurse in charge". As her Attorney for Health and Welfare I would normally hope to have some say in my wife's care and treatment but if I am not allowed to go to the hospital then the Lasting Power of Attorney is effectively redundant.
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