Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

A local woman is still determined to “right the wrongs” that she firmly believes happened to her following the deaths of her parents. The pain of losing her father at Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe continues to bring pain and sorrow to this woman, as she has lingering memories of how her father looked just days before he passed in 2017. To this day, Darlene Caesar has many questions where the answers are just as elusive as someone trying to catch the wind. Her journey to know the truth has just been that difficult. Still, Caesar perseveres for the truth. Caesar believes that justice in the form of the truth is the only thing that can help bring closure to two of the most painful chapters in her life. She is upset with several alleged events involving personnel at Glenwood Hospital over how her father’s care as a patient was handled that went against Caesar’s wishes. The first question Caesar wants to be answered is, why did the hospital admit and keep her father without her permission on July 31, 2017? Her father was said to have had an alleged stroke, so she wonders how he himself was able to choose Glenwood for his treatment. From there, things began to deteriorate rapidly, as Caesar would later be told that her father "did not want to see her". Caesar continued to press forward, wanting to know why the hospital's staff did not consult with the Patient Advocate as she did. They also did not consult their legal department. One of the biggest questions that Caesar wants answered is why did Glenwood allegedly ignore legal documents that she faxed to them, showing her legal guardianship/power of attorney papers at the time of her father’s admission to the hospital? A few days later, Caesar was informed that her father had a new power of attorney and that the hospital “had to acknowledge” those papers. In a strange twist of events, two days before her father died, Glenwood suddenly acknowledged Caesar’s legal documents. That led Caesar to believe without any doubt that Glenwood could not have been her father’s chosen hospital because his wife, Caesar's mother, died there. She made a pact with her father that she would never take him there. Caesar also wants an answer as to why her father’s doctor from St. Francis Medical Center was allegedly never consulted of her father’s admittance. Lies and deceit. “What did Glenwood Hospital have to gain by keeping me from my elderly father, who had Alzheimer’s Disease?” said Caesar. There is also the question of if Caesar’s father really suffered a stroke and when an ambulance took him to Glenwood. Caesar said that her father was coherent and told a neighbor that he “was fine”, as the neighbor said that her father was going to the hospital to “get checked out”. Caesar still wants to know why no one at Glenwood would talk to her or answer her questions. The answers that she wanted then are no closer to her than they were back in 2017. Were there any medical protocols broken or violated in Caesar’s father’s case, including malpractice? Caesar wants to know, as she wants to honor her parents memory and legacy by knowing the truth. She is convinced that both her father and mother dying at the same medical facility under very questionable circumstances “is criminal”. Caesar believes that, as she clings on to hope, that there is someone out there who will help her get the answers. Lies and deceit.