She is a diabetic and has never seen a specialist. She relied on her primary doctor for these meds. She is in poor health and Dad is having trouble getting her to bathe, eat, test her sugar. Dad is also not in good health. He had a heart attack 6 years ago and is on medicine to help control his blood pressure. He uses a cane because of his back issues. If anything happens to Dad, I cannot care for Mom. She has always been a bit bipolar and the disease has made it even more so with her demands. I do have medical POA on both of them, but if Dad goes into the hospital, I don't know what to do. Should I contact a social worker now to figure out what needs to happen? Or should I contact an elder care lawyer.
You are power of attorney. Is that for financial as well as health? Do you know what assets your parents have? It may be time to move to assisted living now for them both if this can be afforded. If not the move, dependent on her health status to assisted living or to nursing home will happen if your father can either no longer care for her at home, or your father dies, leaving your mother. With her severe diabetes, which, specialist of NONE, WILL take kidneys, heart and other systems one at a time, Mom may actually preceed your dad.
This will be with her assets, or with medicaid.
Are you able to discuss this with Dad. Find out about getting a DPOA in place for financial management so you can make decisions as needed. Basically your post tells us where you are at, and tells us you recognize where you are going. Hopefully no placement need be done now, during covid times, as it is so much compounded in complexity. Wishing you good luck going forward.