WHAT HELPED YOU
What families say actually helped when Power of Attorney was used to isolate, silence, or sideline someone they love. Not advice — lived experience.
Real strength. Real experiences. No excuses.
This page collects the things that actually helped families push back when Power of Attorney was used to isolate, silence, or sideline someone they love.
If something feels wrong, it usually is.
You’re not imagining it — and you’re not alone.
WHAT OTHERS SAY HELPED THEM KEEP GOING
(Not advice. Real survival strategies.)
• Documenting everything
“Dates, names, emails. It protected me when people tried to change the story.”
• Quoting the law
“Once I learned AWI Section 1 and repeated it calmly, the tone shifted.”
• Not accepting ‘the PoA says no’
Asking: “What legal authority allows this?”
• Knowing emotional harm is real harm
Isolation is not a ‘family issue’. It is recognised harm under the ASP Act.
• Contacting bodies without asking permission
ASP / MWC / OPG / Care Inspectorate / MSPs.
• Staying calm and firm under pressure
It stopped conversations being shut down.
• Finding another family going through the same thing
“I wasn’t crazy. I wasn’t alone.”
• Not giving up
“My fifth complaint finally opened a door.”
🌿 Important note
This page is based on public information and lived experience.
We are not lawyers — we’re families who learned the hard way.
Nothing here is legal advice.
Everything you share stays private unless you say otherwise.