What happens when a hospital stay leaves you unable to advocate for yourself?
In this powerful conversation, Melanie speaks with returning guest Jane Scharf about her unexpected health crisis, hospitalization, medication, loss of mobility, and the importance of having someone who can advocate for you when you cannot advocate for yourself. Jane shares her experience with being heavily medicated, confined to bed, losing mobility, and eventually regaining her independence after leaving the hospital. They also discuss consent, capacity, power of attorney, living wills, rehabilitation, and questions surrounding long-term care and healthcare policy in Canada.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction: Jane Scharf Returns
01:57 - The Fall That Changed Everything
04:00 - Discovering the Brain Bleed
06:00 - A Severe Reaction and ICU Stay
09:00 - When Medication Took Away Her Ability to Advocate
14:36 - "I Was Restrained in There"
15:00 - Consent, Capacity & Your Medical Rights
19:17 - What Jane Learned About the Healthcare System
24:00 - The Questions Nobody Was Asking
26:09 - Why You Need a Power of Attorney & Living Will
32:00 - Medication, Mobility & Loss of Independence
40:00 - What Happens When Patients Lose Mobility?
45:14 - The Research Behind Deconditioning
46:00 - Could Some Long-Term Care Patients Go Home?
48:00 - The Importance of Having an Advocate
54:51 - How to Challenge What Happens in Institutions
57:00 - Jane's Experience With Medical Decisions
1:02:00 - Healthcare, Long-Term Care & the Future
1:12:00 - How Jane Regained Her Independence
1:14:13 - Jane's Final Advice: Prepare Before You Need It
1:17:00 - Closing Thoughts
Connect with Jane: Facebook: www.facebook.com/mj.scharf.7 Website: www.grandjuryrising.caEmail: liaisonjane@gmail.com
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