I wasn’t sure where to put this, but would appreciate any advice.
MIL is ill. She has a life limiting illness (COPD/Emphysema). She has spent the last 3 months in hosp but returned home (a new assisted living apartment) last week.
She is absolutely adamant that she won’t go back to hosp again.
She is still V poorly, it’s very likely her lung(s) will collapse again. She has a care plan in place (in the home) and a doctor who has known her for years that will come out to her if we call him.
However, what happens if the care staff call an ambulance if she collapses/starts struggling?
Can she refuse to go? What if she doesn’t have the ability to refuse? She had a ‘DNR’ type thing in the hosp, but I don’t think that stretches to actually ‘going to the hosp’ IYSWIM.
I tried googling but just got a lot of newpapee reports about unhappy patients/families where hospital admittance was forced on them.
Can anyone help?
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exLtEveDallas · 27/11/2017 17:37
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