Just going to rant......
Washington State, and the Swedish Medical hospital and their social services suck.
Washington State does NOT legally acknowledge a "roommate" as someone who can make medical decisions. Roommate loosely used. Maybe Swedish Hospital's attorney wants to acknowledge it, but it's not legal if a person's adult child steps forward to sign the necessary docs to get the patient in suitable care.
Like OMG. This woman doesn't EVEN know me and she wants to put more credence in the delusional 30 second loop coming from a patient with acute dementia? She can listen to said "roommate's" BS, but nooooooo, she doesn't want to hear a dang thing from me after repeating slanderous allegations made by said roomate........:banghead:
What is it going to take to make this gal realize that my "dad" was nothing more than a "sugar daddy" to this "roommate", "roommate" can cut and run, he has all the assets, he enjoyed his paid cruises and trips around the world, living high off the hog, or more accurately put, the inheritance left by my grand dad to his grand children. What is the big deal? Is "dad's" Social Security paying for part of their current living situation and the old roommate will be out on his behind? Tough nuts, Mr. Boy Toy, sell one of the vehicles, a bunch of collector's items, or those dumb art pieces and oils/watercolors, etc.
I am trying to be as delicate as I can with this woman who obviously is predisposed to thinking that the "roommate" is an honest injun. No, I won't bring him down to Arizona because he has $250K owing in tax penalties from the 1980's and I don't want anything of mine attached like my mom did and had to fight the IRS. There's no paper trail, so who is the IRS going to go after? The child who steps up and puts them in their own house? Damn skippy!
How hard is it for this gal to just give me the names of the care facilities that are willing to take him? I don't need to go check them out, as long as they give him 3 hots and a cot, give him his meds, and keep an alarm on his bed so he doesn't wander off, I'm cool.
He has dementia, for cripes sake! He doesn't have a clue as to what's going on around him or where he's even at. It's not like he's going to play shuffle board and want martinis in the day room!!! I don't NEED to visit him because he doesn't EVEN know me anymore, or anyone else for that matter. He's got to be feed, have his diapers changed, bathed, and monitored 24/7.........All I can do is sign forms. He's not even going to know the who, what, where, or why, because his brain is decaying, it's not going to get better, one day it's just going to rot away and his organs are going to shut down. The End.
Zoey, thanks for the "heads up". Washington DOES want you to do EVERYTHING until just right before the morgue comes to pick up the body. "Dad" has good insurance, so find a home for him!
What the he** are these social service people getting paid for? I just found out "dad's" been in the hospital for 12 days. 12 DAYS. Why wasn't he titled out when he was admitted? He's a danger to himself. He's totally incapable of taking care of himself. WTH. And now she throws out that he's on anti anxiety meds, blood thinners, and high blood pressure meds.........ok, for what? Sounds like a heart problem there.....but she has no info about that or even the blood pressure meds..........Like REALLY?
Seriously burned up. Even the hospital wasn't aware that he was wandering the halls this morning, and he has a bed alarm on it.
And the dementia supposedly was cause by a fall on his face that caused an orbital fracture...add to that numerous other "falls" over the last 20 years....did anyone think this was/is "roommate" abuse? His "roommate" is 25 years younger than him, and has always out weighed him and is a good 8 inches taller.
Rant in check............this is *%$#ing ridiculous!