Do social services have the rights to put an elderly person in a home without that persons permission?
Q. My elderly grandma as been in hospital 2 weeks & the doctor agreed to let her home. However the family as been arguing over aftercare arrangements & 1 family involved social services. Social services will be placing my grandma in a residential home but she doesnt want to! Are they aloud to do this? What action can we take to stop this?
Asked by LJC - Thu Jun 11 12:48:10 2009 - - 5 Answers - 2 Comments

A. Even if your grandma gave the family member who wants to put her into a home a medical power of attorney, she can revoke that if she is of sound mind. There is a concern about who will provide adequate care for your grandmother when she comes home from the hospital. Depending on her conditions, provisions can be made for home care. Contact your local senior services office to ask what sort of support they can offer. Does someone need to be with your grandmother all the time? If so, can the ones who want to help her stay at home take turns? Social service people in the hospital seem to want to push the elderly into nursing homes right away. It makes you wonder whether the nursing homes are giving them commissions. When the… [cont.]
Answered by Pascha - Thu Jun 11 12:59:50 2009

What does social services look for when an adoption is taking place?
Q. When looking to adopt social services or some kind of agency comes to your house and does an inspection. What do they look for? What kinds of questions do they ask? I am looking to adopt my step children and would like to be as prepared as possible. Any websites would also be appreciated. Thanks! What about how many kids per bedroom? I have another baby on the way and I have heard about too many of one sex in the same room is not good.
Asked by Amanda - Fri Jul 3 13:29:30 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. They look for any hazards in the home, check the upstairs to make sure there is a fire escape plan in place. Check your background, smoke alarms, CO2in place, size of your home, where you are working, what are your plans in case of an emergency[and we all have them] how many bedrooms, how many children etc etc. In regular foster care and adoption they measure your bedrooms to determine how many children can sleep in each room.[I've measured a few]Example--a bedroom 14 by 14 can sleep five---with 6 children in the home max. any questions just send me an e-mail.
Answered by cricketlady - Fri Jul 3 16:37:25 2009

What are some Community Services that look good on a College Application?
Q. I live in Los Angeles, so if you can have specific examples that will be great. But you can also provide general examples of some Community services.
Asked by Reed Space - Sat Jul 4 00:58:09 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Ideally you'd want to do community service that's meaningful to you. I see that you enjoy sports, so volunteering for a youth sports league would be good. If you're into technology, try to find one of those groups that's into "bridging the digital divide" and provides access to computers to the disadvantaged. Really so long as it's meaningful to you, then you're in good shape.
Answered by Marc B - Sat Jul 4 01:02:01 2009