My mother has become a danger to herself and others. This is the second time she’s placed her hands on some one with full intentions of harming them.
This time her attempt was to strangle. Oaklawn has an emergency 1800 number. My uncles her POA/health proxy. He calls the number only to yet again get a run around. I’m sorry, you have an emergency-1800 number, here’s an emergency, my mother yet again needs help. We’re told to wait.
She’s been admitted once only for just over a week. We can’t place her in anymore shelters, we can’t provide housing for her. She’s forgetting to take her meds, she’s forgetting how to get herself from point-a to point-b.
I give them four stars because her treatment in goshen was unbelievable.we received great help and she had a wonderful support team.
Now that she’s in Elkhart my mother isn’t really a priority. It seems like the system has just completely failed her. We’re told to wait for months! Her meds have also been compromised for their testing; and this caused her to experience mania and loose housing once before.
Oaklawn’s the gate keeper for Elkhart counties community mental health. Which means they have the power to determine who’s turned away for help, and who receives it. The law (nationally) states that if someone becomes a danger to themselves or others they need to be stabilized.
I have full belief that we won’t be hearing from Oaklawn in regards to my mother today. If she harms yet again, or is harmed due to being left on the streets; I have no choice but to hold them responsible.