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My sister and I had a falling out a few years ago to punish me. She has blocked my father from me. He is in a nursing home with no phone. She has complete power of attorney they will not let me know how my father is. He has tested positive for covid 19.  This was told to me by another sibling. I never hurt my father in any way shape or form. He is 87 yrs old. How can this be legal. Please help. Time is running out

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Yes visits will be limited. But he should be able to see his children all of them.and he is only allowed to facetime my sister. And im cut off completely .i dont know if hes getting better or worse. Power of attorney is to protect someone to to be used as a weapon. There has to be some way or someone that can hep
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Cwillie is correct. My MIL is in LTC and we are not allowed to even enter the facility, only allowed to FaceTime w/her. Your father probably has cognitive compromise and that's why there may be no phone in his room, or it could be a financial reason, since most NHs charge extra for the phone. Your only recourse is to pursue this in court to gain guardianship over him. You could write him a letter and mail it to him if he is still able to read or someone reads it to him (hopefully not your sister). Depending on the NH, you may be able to hand them the letter and request that it be read to him by staff. Maybe they'd do it but right now they are all overworked and understaffed. I'm sorry for both you and your father...may you have peace in your heart.
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The unfortunate reality at this time is that even if you had had access to your father before you might not be able to be with him now, many nursing homes are severely restricting the number of visitors allowed to sit vigil and some are not allowing any 😥
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