(Tom: One of the things you should so as a matter of importance is to create a living will or power of attorney document to specifiy your wishes in these circumstances. Here’s a definition from https:\/\/eforms.com\/living-will\/:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Living Will, also known as an \u201cAdvance Directive\u201d, allows a person to state their end-of-life medical treatment and care. This document does not hold any bearings after death, it solely directs physicians to care for a person based on what is stated in their Living Will, especially with issues such as DNR (do not resuscitate). Without this document, it\u2019s difficult to judge an ill or incapacitated person\u2019s end-of-life wishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Medical Power of Attorney \u2013 Allows a person to select an \u201cAgent\u201d to make health care decisions when the patient cannot speak for themselves (due to surgery, incapacitation, or incompetence).)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Stacie Moore on Facebook:
\nMy aunt was admitted to St Heliers hospital 2 days ago for an infection, she has a complicated health history and this was just another infection, she\u2019s had many many before and it\u2019s usually sorted with some IV antibiotics. She was taken directly into a coronavirus ward & placed on there. We panicked and said she is immune compromised, why would you put her there? They said to us \u201cshe has the virus\u201d – despite not testing her or her showing any signs of the virus! We asked for a coronavirus test to confirm what they\u2019re saying, it came back negative but they have told us even tho she tests negative, it isn\u2019t correct because the tests aren\u2019t accurate and she \u201cdefinitely has corona\u201d. They\u2019ve now refused to give her any antibiotics or treatment and said she is end of life. This is somebody who went into hospital for a course of antibiotics which she desperately needed, they\u2019re now saying sorry it\u2019s definitely corona which we can\u2019t treat because she\u2019s \u201cso unwell\u201d, so instead we\u2019ll give her lots of sedation to keep her comfortable. When she dies they\u2019ll put coronavirus as her cause of death, despite there being NO evidence of this. Something really isn\u2019t adding up, I\u2019ve heard of this happening to people but until it happens close to you it doesn\u2019t feel real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EDIT<\/em> – There\u2019s a few absolute morons who are saying my post is fake because I have no friends on Facebook and no other posts. This is absolutely ridiculous, my Facebook is set to private so unless you\u2019re my friend you can\u2019t see the majority of my profile. Comments are also coming in every few minutes and I can\u2019t keep up\/reply to them all. This has got way more attention than I ever expected it to, I wrote this not for sympathy or attention, but to educate people and hopefully prevent anyone else going through this because it is a living nightmare. As soon as she went into a&e, they sedated her – this means because we are not power of attorney we have NO SAY over her care, PLEASE do not let them sedate anybody you know if they go into hospital, it allows the hospital to take full control of their care & make decisions for them because they aren\u2019t awake to make decisions for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Tom: One of the things you should so as a matter of importance is to create a living will or power of attorney document to specifiy your wishes in these circumstances. Here’s a definition from https:\/\/eforms.com\/living-will\/: A Living Will, also known as an \u201cAdvance Directive\u201d, allows a person to state their end-of-life medical treatment and … <\/p>\n