No. POA gives authority to act on person's behalf in financial matters. It is not authority over the person.
A healthcare POA or guardian can make decisions about living arrangements. The DPOA's role would be to pay for the arrangements out of the principal's funds.
The authority to act also involves the principal's own ability and desire to act. I have designated a healthcare POA for myself. If he waltzed in here tomorrow and said, "I'm downsizing you to a town house. I have one picked out" he would be waltzed right out again and the healthcare POA document would be changed before he got to the end of the driveway! When I'm not able to take care of myself, I may welcome him making that decision, but not before then.
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A healthcare POA or guardian can make decisions about living arrangements. The DPOA's role would be to pay for the arrangements out of the principal's funds.
The authority to act also involves the principal's own ability and desire to act. I have designated a healthcare POA for myself. If he waltzed in here tomorrow and said, "I'm downsizing you to a town house. I have one picked out" he would be waltzed right out again and the healthcare POA document would be changed before he got to the end of the driveway! When I'm not able to take care of myself, I may welcome him making that decision, but not before then.
Here is a good summary of the roles: https://www.agingcare.com/articles/things-you-can-and-cant-do-with-poa-152673.htm