Power of attorney advertising campaign

Martha Wardrop, Green Party councillor, Hillhead, wrote the following in her blog:

On 11th December 2013, I received a briefing about the Power of Attorney TV Advertising Campaign at a meeting of the Dementia Working Group established by Glasgow City Council.

The need for this campaign arose from the delayed discharges from hospital when a person is lacking the capacity to make the decision to return home, be taken in to care or seeking an alternative option. This can result in the person being forced to remain in hospital leading to an increased risk of infection or complications. If the power of attorney is held by a third party or relative, this decision can be made promptly and the person returned to safe and comfortable surroundings within the community in line with their wishes.

Without the power of attorney, the State has to apply for guardianship and this is a time consuming and costly process, of on average 256 days.

There is a need to encourage discussion on the process to apply for a Power of Attorney and the option to apply prior to the loss of capacity.  

http://marthawardrop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/start-conversation.html

　
If the person without capacity (whatever that really means) can be returned to the community promptly via a third party `power of attorney` why can`t they be returned promptly without one? I mean all parties should know where the old person lives, surely?
But I don`t think this is about returning the old person home is it? It`s about putting the old person in a care home and getting a third party to deal with their finances - including covering the costs of the care home and selling off, or taking over, the old person`s house.
　

This is an abusive system set up by the state and there are no safeguards that actually work - no matter what the law says. The Office of the Public Guardian is another body like the Ombudsman working for the Government, as the true story in this blog reveals.  All that office does effectively is collects the registration fees for those power of attorneys it advertises for, whilst batting away the complaints for its lack of proper regulation.