[Bahbah]

why you think there's something missing here

I obviously have no direct or inside information, but my first problem comes with the suggestion that a hospital did not distinguish one kind of POA from another as this is very easy and they are exposing themselves to liability for a mistake like this so are motivated to take care. Second, the hospital would know whether a patient was terminal and that the purpose of a transfer to hospice is meant for terminal patients which would raise all kinds of red flags. Then, admission to a hospice requires very specific documentation, and I don't see that referenced. Just a few things that got my attention.

[Cboldt]

Second, the hospital would know whether a patient was terminal and that the purpose of a transfer to hospice is meant for terminal patients which would raise all kinds of red flags. Then, admission to a hospice requires very specific documentation, and I don't see that referenced. Just a few things that got my attention.

Aside from wondering if the entire story is a hoax, I did notice that the hospital and hospice are in the same family. And, if the hospital and hospice were told that granny was going to be taken off feeding, then according to the law, she was terminal. That's how it worked for Terri too. Scheduled natural death by starvation is adequate grounds for hospice admission. The mistake, as you pointed out, would have been to take a general POA as a medical one.

I can't figure out the reference to Florida either. Isn't this story set in Georgia?

[Coldwater Creek]

Glaucoma is not a terminal disease. Being 81 is not a terminal disease. Being blind and alive gets you extra IRS deductions.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

If the granddaughter had the appropriate POA, why would the hospice have reinserted the feeding tube at the nephew's request? Also, why would she have to go to court to get an emergency guardianship order if she had the medical POA?

[Deepest South]

Florida law requires that a hearing for an emergency guardianship must be held within three days of its request, and Magouirk's hearing was held April 4 before Judge Boyd. Apparently, he has not made a final ruling, but favors giving permanent guardianship power to Gaddy, who is anxious to end her grandmother's life.

So why do we care what Florida law says about a woman in a hospice in Georgia?

[An American Patriot]

"Second, the hospital would know whether a patient was terminal and that the purpose of a transfer to hospice is meant for terminal patients which would raise all kinds of red flags."

Really? Guess you must have somehow "missed" a pertinent part of the Terri "murder" scenario.

Did the Hospice where Terri (was ILLEGALLY spririted off two from a legitimate nursing home by her "husband" and Felos)spent FIVE YEARS, NOT KNOW, that she was NOT terminal?

GIVE ME A BREAK!!!

Yet they not only accepted her, they allowed her to remain there (contrary to their policies which suggests that they accept ONLY those who are terminal and has about SIX MONTHS, or so, to live) and thereafter, were willing participants in her State-sponsored "Execution."

[the808bass]

the hospital would know whether a patient was terminal and that the purpose of a transfer to hospice is meant for terminal patients which would raise all kinds of red flags. Then, admission to a hospice requires very specific documentation, and I don't see that referenced.

It doesn't appear that these tenets are as sacrosanct as hospice and the healthcare community would have us believe, does it?