This happened to a friends of mine. The wife was banned from the hospital for 3 weeks while they withheld food and drink for 6 days. They declared him incompetent but tried to get him to consent to a feeding port while guardianship was being decided. They wouldn’t even put her calls through. They pushed his daughter to file for guardianship or they would have the court appoint one. I think this happens often.
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Is your friend and the person you are getting info from the wife or the daughter?
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I have never had problems with my POA being excepted. The Medical one read like a living will. The doctors would have had to go with Moms wishes.
I have a feeling there is more to this. A wife is not usually banned. The daughter can call the Ombudsman if she felt the hospital was in the wrong.