Who is responsible for signing admission forms for a nursing home for long-term or respite care? Anyone or the health care proxy?

I am sure u have asked this question before earlier on. Its the Financial POAs responsibility because they are paying for it out of the principles money. Its not a health thing. Your proxy only covers dealing with Doctors and Nurses and making sure Moms wishes are being carried out and only if the principle is incompetent to make decisions. You have no way of knowing how the principle stands financially but the Financial POA does. So think like this, if it has to do with money, the financial POA signs the admission papers. You only get involved with the Nurse at the facility. If Mom goes on Medicaid, the FPOA signs her in because they have knowledge of her finances. Then you will deal with the Nurses and doctors.

This just goes on and on and on for you, doesn't it?

Yes, in this familial struggle it is the attorney you need to answer the questions in your own complicated case. In general a general POA (which you don't have and another family member does have) can sign this document unless you protest (which apparently you have in the past?). Usually a general poa does trump a Health care document. Legally that is. But again, a lawyer question. A question for the court.

We have discussed this over and over again with you on Forum, and it is now time for you to turn to legal help and take their advice on all these issues with your family, D.

Do know, if you are uncomfortable signing any forms you do not need to do so. EVER.

It IS odd that medical is seeming not even in the past to want to share info with you, but now some entity wants you to sign forms, but with all that is happening in your complicated familial struggle here, it would be difficult to conjecture exactly WHAT is happening.

Your family will likely remove you from any power at all, but again, that is attorney work, so that's on them. These family struggles over a weakened and fragile elder are one of my pet peeves which I have told you several times, so try to forgive my total lack of sympathy in all of this.

Also, D. You told us that you resigned your MPOA did you not?
Why then are you still claiming to have it and claiming you are being asked to sign. Because JoAnn is correct. The general POA who pays the bills is responsible for anything where the bills need paying. I sure do hope your brother does get respite care for your loved one, and that they do get a vacation, because with this constant foment I would think they badly need one.

The person who signs is the person who gets the bill, signing as POA for xxxx means they are signing on behalf of the person entering the facility. If the healthcare proxy and the financial POA are not the same person I wouldn't sign anything without legal advice.

Who's paying for this respite? If your Mom has an FPoA this is who authorizes the spending of this money and is ultimately responsible to pay for it on your Mom's behalf.

Yes I would think the person admitting her for respite care should be the One who signs .