U.K. A retired nurse has been arrested for trying to take her 97-year-old mother out of a care home before the latest lockdown

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Unless the lady had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, I cannot see how this is anything but unlawful detention by the home( seemingly aided and abetted by the police) and legal redress is sought. I also would hope that the costs of her “stay” pending her “release” are not now being demanded by the home
 
Getting arrested for trying to kidnap someone is a pretty common consequence of that action.
 
I wouldn’t be at all surprised, the thing is that I don’t follow the American threads - we have more than enough silliness in the UK to deal with and I don’t really care who they elect, it’s their problem.
 
It’s a storm in a teacup.

The thing that would worry me most, if I were in a care home, would be somebody waltzing in, spreading coronavirus around, just because somebody was desperate to see their great-grandchild.
 
Any elderly person who lives in a care home can leave at anytime in the UK. The only exception for this is when a person has been assessed to lack capacity. It is law that it is assumed that everyone has capacity and that everyone has the right to make unwise decisions. So, to be deemed as not having capacity means that this lady would at the very least have advanced moderate dementia. It would then become a safeguarding issue if she was removed. She could very easily become disoriented and wonder off from her daughter’s home and put her self in danger for example.

Like others have mentioned this retired nurse would of known this and the care home and police were doing their job.

It’s such a hard time so they ALL definitely have my sympathies.
 
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Kaninchen said:
The thing that would worry me most, if I were in a care home, would be somebody waltzing in, spreading coronavirus around, just because somebody was desperate to see their great-grandchild.
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If that would worry you most, please do not watch this live feed from London, you will be terrified!

 
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