Maronita2020

Maronita2020 t1_j0s66wo wrote

Reply to comment by angelasnewboobs in Help for my father by noodle-face

In MA they are NOT permitted to discharge them to the street. They MUST find a bed for them (even if it is only for the night). I have been an advocate for the homeless so I know what I am talking about. IF someone is coming from a hospital they can either get them a bed usually at one of the shelters in Boston or at the Barbara McInnis House in Boston (as a step down from the hospital.)

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Maronita2020 t1_j0re3kr wrote

Reply to comment by noodle-face in Help for my father by noodle-face

Yes, but in MA hospitals are not supposed to discharge patients to the street. They are supposed to find a bed for them someplace. Why have they not deemed him a risk to himself or others? I think I would go to court and apply to become his guardian even though you have no idea where he is. I would also file a missing person report and get a picture sent to all the hospitals and homeless shelters.

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Maronita2020 t1_j0rbmu3 wrote

So if he is homeless and in need of care you should have him hospitalized and ask them to admit him to a nursing home if he is unable to care for himself. If they think he is of sound mind but is in need of care but not at the level of nursing home care ask them to refer him to Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Barbara McInnis House. This is a locked medical shelter. There are doctor and nurses on staff there.

NOTE: I am not a healthcare provider but rather a former advocate for the homeless. This is not professional advice, but rather my personal opinion of what should be done.

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Maronita2020 t1_iz4pa94 wrote

I wouldn't take advice from a person not known to be an attorney! I am NOT an attorney but if I was you I'd seek the advice of an attorney in order to not to go against the law as, I BELIEVE you can be on the hook if you don't follow the rules!

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Maronita2020 t1_iz0yhih wrote

I feel exactly the same way! Now having said that when I worked in group home's we were told that according to MA law the person that needs to use the facilities must use the one they identify with, and that if you don't you are subject to arrest.

I have NEVER seen the law written but that is what we were told! I can't tell you how many times I have had to go into a men's restroom that had multiple stalls even though I am a female because my clients were mail. The company said the law doesn't care if the caretaker is of the opposite gender or not; we must take them to their own gender bathroom.

When I visited a coffee shop which had a single stall men's room and a single stall ladies room we were told me could not enter the men's room unless the women's room was out of order. I suggested to the owner that she take off the gender identity and simply put restroom on the sign seeing they were individual bathrooms, but she wouldn't hear of such a thing. What's funny is it would help women the most seeing that out in public it is usually the women's restroom that has long lines.

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Maronita2020 t1_iye06mi wrote

Yes and when the turtles are ready to be released often their is a chain that occurs. If their are turtles that are ready to be released north of Baltimore then those states will usually drive the turtles to the next state that have some to be released and they take them to the next state that have some ready to go so multiple states don't all have to drive south to say Florida to release them (during the north's winter.)

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