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In my experience it's relatively easy to get admitted to a "memory care" facility even if someone shouldn't be there. All it takes is a dementia diagnosis and a
by omgwtfbyobbq 7y ago
In my experience it's relatively easy to get admitted to a "memory care" facility even if someone shouldn't be there. All it takes is a dementia diagnosis and a bunch of doctors who don't care enough to look harder.
- bsder 7y agoI have no clue where you're located, but that simply is totally alien to my experience. My mother had to have 3 independent assessments before they would authorize permanent admission. And her Alzheimer's was beyond obvious once you knew what to look for. A friend of mine wound up in a hospital mental health care facility in California, and within 48 hours had a state appointed patient advocate who immediately started forcing the doctors to justify their assessments. The doctors played some games, but at the end of 10 days, he was released as he should have been since whatever the "episode" was had clearly passed.
- omgwtfbyobbq 7y agoWe're in California as well. The state is pretty good with involuntary holds where someone is being deprived of their rights, but anything that's voluntary doesn't fall under that, even if the patient and/or their family made that decision based on tall tales a physician or physicians spun.