Summary: A Case Study

REPORTER: The reporter/ in-law (Carolyn) called with concerns for the victim, Beatrice. According to Carolyn, the victim was released from the hospital (Specialty Hospital) on Friday (10/30/2015), and the home health personnel came over to check on her. The reporter said the victim can not walk, and Carolyn and her sister went and got the victim a pillow to sit down on. The daughter (Donna) wanted the victim to sit up because she has been lying down for 30 days. The victim wanted to lie down, and Donna began cursing and yelling at the victim. The reporter said “Donna went off on her”. The victim’s colostomy bag needed changing and Donna told her to change her own bag because she couldn’t stomach it. The reporter said the victim can not care for herself.
Saturday morning (10/31/2015), the victim went to dialysis; it is unknown what happened while she was there, but she is back at the hospital (Cross gates Medical Center/came around 2:00pm). On Saturday (10/31/2015), the victim told the nurses that her daughter popped her on her leg. The victim told Donna she needed to go to the restroom, Donna popped her and told her, “she needed to go to bed” (unknown when). Since the victim has been back at the hospital, Donna has not come by to check on her. The reporter said “there were two doctors who talked to Donna about the victim’s bedsore”; Donna told them she wasn’t making any more decisions for the victim. The reporter said they were trying to see if someone else could be the victim’s POA. On today (11/03/2015), Donna told the Social Worker she would not give up the position as POA. Donna has POA for the victim, and she is the victim’s caretaker. The reporter last saw the vicitm on today