Here's another case of Adult Protection. An elderly couple is moved their home, many states away, to live near the daughter. The mother is wheelchair bound, the father arrives with a low hematocrit, nearly passes out and I diagnose colon cancer. After a partial resection, peri-operative atrial fibrillation and a long recovery, he finally goes home. He is also diagnosed with Parkinson's.
Once home, either the mother, who has CLL, or the father is in and out of the office or ER for fevers, falling, etc. After multiple visits the couple and the daughter are implored, in no uncertain terms, to either hire 24 hour help or move them into assisted living. They refuse stating that "a man should not have to live out his days in a nursing home". Adult protection is called. By the time they call back, he is once again in the hospital after a fall at home. They take away the family's power of attorney and place him in a nursing home, 2 towns away.
Its the right thing, right? The last visit with the daughter and the woman broke my heart. But... I believe we did the right thing. What's nagging me is this: he can fall anywhere.....
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