A difficult situation........... ..

What price life for a very elderly person if there is no quality of life and they are not allowed to see their nearest and dearest?

Exactly, Callistemon.

It's desperately sad

I assume there is a DOLS in place

And the family don't have POA for health

This family hadn't been able to hug their mother for 9 months.

And this isn't an isolated incident. A friend of mine has just managed to get her mother out of a nursing home after much stress where the police were called more than once. Social Services finally found in her favour and her mother is now living at with her daughter,

My friend is not a criminal nor a bully. She just wanted to be able to care for her mother at home.

There was an interview with a woman from the Alzheimer's Society this morning. It's tragic how old people are being forced to live out their lives basically locked in bedrooms. Families are desperately trying to visit and not being able to. Patients with dementia are deteriorating and dying. It's a tragedy.

This family gave an interview this morning and explained how the incident had happened.

Link from the Mail, (which might cause consternation for some), but it does show a video of the daughter explaining.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8916831/Corrie-actresss-nurse-mother-tells-desperate-battle-stars-dementia-stricken-grandmother.html

why they are concerned at curtailed visiting for at least a month.
I thought I heard the granddaughter say they had not been allowed to visit for 9 months and it appeared that they were only able to talk to her through a window.

Some care homes have made better arrangements for visits even if there is not allowed to be physical contact.

What price life for a very elderly person if there is no quality of life and they are not allowed to see their nearest and dearest?

It would be unusual for the home to have PoA, wouldn't it?

I saw the news item and the situation is heartbreaking as similar situations will be for so many, but this case does raise important questions.

According to the article, the daughter did not have Power of Attorney for her mother’s health and welfare.
There is no mention of the elderly lady’s wishes, only those of the daughter. Were the police called because the staff thought she was being taken against her wishes? Did the home have PoA? There are a lot of unanswered questions

And for SSD to trigger helpful services in the home.