My new job is keeping me way to busy. I really do not like it. I like the job it is just that the people I work with are self serving bitches.
We are supposed to be providing a service that ensures the residents in nursing homes are safe and cared for. I find it improbable that someone who can make derogatory statements about the residents of the town, the home itself , and the workers are able to make an objective opinion about what they are seeing. To make snide remarks of someone's parentage, relationship status, or economic status are uncalled for. I do not want to be near you because how do I know you are not saying the same crap about me.
So we are working in West Virginia and they have this law or statute that allows a doctor to sign a paper that makes anyone they want to loose all their rights. This paper states that the person "lacks capacity" thereby giving decision making authority to someone else. I cannot imagine being unable to decide what medications I wan to take, where I want to go, if I even want to not be tied to a chair because I might fall down.
Other states do not do this. In order to do something even similar would be to have a court appointed guardian. That is only going to happen if you are so out of touch with reality or comatose. Time for WV to get with the times and get rid of that piece of paper and the stigma it places on people. This is a good reason to not live in WV.
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