The Irrelevant Power Of Attorney

This blog is mostly written tongue in cheek. Some points may be informative. Please provide your feedback.
If you suffer from self-irrelevancy, please seek professional advice.

Hello. You've got your will and power of attorney set up. Are you now free as a bird? No more worries about your future? Believe it or not, there is a case where a power of attorney is irrelevant.
If you live in a house, and you are not on a nursing home waiting list, and something medical happens to you where you can no longer stay at your home, doctors will decide where you go. Not your power of attorney.
The following is something my mother told me. One of her friends ended up in a nursing home several hours away because the nearby homes were full. This went against this person's wishes to stay home. The power of attorney was out of the equation. And unfortunately it probably contributed to an early death.
Please get your name on a waiting list to handle this irrelevant power of attorney situation.

Regards,
Irrelevant