Medical Consent Form Question

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Does anyone happen to know if hospitals need a patient to sign consent to go into a physical rehab center? We know he has to go, but the social workers keep thinking they can get us not to notice they're signing him into one we can't afford. (And there is one we can afford but has limited spots. God already got him in once to that one, but then he took a couple of back steps, so he couldn't go. I suspect God will arrange it to get him in there again, but it will require extra effort on the social workers' part, and they'd just rather shove him off to one we can't afford.) I'm just checking if they ultimately need his consent.
 
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Any competent adult can decline medical treatment
 
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I am actually wondering if you could put restrictions on who can visit your husband in the hospital, I would talk with a nurse about it to be definite as I am in the process of learning this stuff myself and I know every hospital has different protocols regarding different things. I would also have a conversation with the doctor to see if he would be considered legally competent to sign legal documents. I am assuming that you make the final decisions with his health and if he is "incompetent" you and only you can sign the forms and if they try to move him without your authorization you would have some legal ground to stand on. Just please do your homework, but ethically and morally I don't think they can get your husband to sign forms by tricking him, then again look at what happening in the world around us, it doesn't really matter anymore. I will keep praying that God leads you in making the best decision for your husband.
 
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Hellooo said:
Any competent adult can decline medical treatment
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He needs the treatment. We need to not be in constricting debt for the rest of our lives.
 
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cmarieh said:
I am actually wondering if you could put restrictions on who can visit your husband in the hospital, I would talk with a nurse about it to be definite as I am in the process of learning this stuff myself and I know every hospital has different protocols regarding different things. I would also have a conversation with the doctor to see if he would be considered legally competent to sign legal documents. I am assuming that you make the final decisions with his health and if he is "incompetent" you and only you can sign the forms and if they try to move him without your authorization you would have some legal ground to stand on. Just please do your homework, but ethically and morally I don't think they can get your husband to sign forms by tricking him, then again look at what happening in the world around us, it doesn't really matter anymore. I will keep praying that God leads you in making the best decision for your husband.
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My family just had the crash course in what the laws are for people incompetent, because Dad has dementia and is officially "incompetent" according to the state, his doctors, and his lawyer, after we already knew that for a year.

But hubby is competent. He also is a bit stuck in "well, they know better than I do" mode. He's only said no once, and when lots of people constantly tell you "this is the best thing for you" and some of them saved your life that way, it feels like that.

Fortunately, social workers don't work on weekends, so we have this reprieve to learn before they go back to work on Monday.
 
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They can not sign papers for anyone if he is competent or you have Health Care POA or you are a spouse. If all of those are a negative your next move is to contact your local area Council of Adult Aging or County Disability Office. A wealth of help and information. Chances are if places are limited where you can afford to put him, he may need to go to a different place until there is room for him. If he is disabled, then you might even contact State Social Services to see if he can be placed on a waiver program and be taken care of at home with State funding/Medicare and,or Medicaid.
 
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