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The Wolfratshausen district court issued an accommodation order for a homeless woman: But a specialist clinic sees no reason for the 47-year-old to be placed in closed accommodation.
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A homeless woman (47) continues to wander helplessly through Wolfratshausen.
Although the district court issued an accommodation order, a specialist clinic does not consider the requirements for this court order to be met.
Wolfratshausen - The fate of a 47-year-old homeless woman who has been crouching in Wolfratshausen's old town for weeks and who spends the night outside even in double-digit temperatures below zero touches many people.
According to a medical certificate, the woman should be urgently cared for in a psychiatric facility.
But the Agatharied specialist clinic sees no reason for accommodation (we reported).
The tragic case raises many questions.
One of them: Why can the clinic refuse the accommodation - even though the Wolfratshausen district court issued an accommodation order on February 2nd?
“It’s desperate”: Homeless people continue to wander helplessly through Loisachstadt
Rosemarie Mamisch, judge and press spokeswoman for the district court, provides the answer.
She says in advance: “Care and accommodation matters are not public proceedings,” which is why she cannot comment on specific cases.
However, in general, a court order requires a person to be a danger to themselves and/or others as a result of a mental illness.
A doctor will assess whether this exists within the framework of a certificate or report.
Mamisch: “If it is a temporary procedure due to an acute situation, accommodation is possible for a maximum of six weeks.”
During the placement, the clinics always use their medical expertise to check again whether the requirements for the placement decision are still met.
Rosemarie Mamisch, press spokeswoman for the Wolfratshausen district court
The local court's accommodation order authorizes the clinic to accommodate the person in question in a closed facility.
“However, the clinics always use their medical expertise to check again during the accommodation whether the requirements for this still exist.
So they assess every day whether there is still a danger to themselves and/or others due to a mental illness.” If this is not the case, “they have to release the person concerned in order to avoid deprivation of their liberty.”
As a rule, according to Mamisch, the maximum period specified in the decision is not used up.
“These are the requirements of a closed accommodation.
Regardless of the strict requirements, accommodation in an open facility is always conceivable.”
Specialist clinic: No danger to self and/or others identified
The experts at the Agatharied Hospital, which is part of the non-profit kbo-Lech-Mangfall-Kliniken GmbH, did not diagnose patient Müller as being a danger to herself or others.
Therefore, there is no reason for accommodation, as the Wolfratshausen police station, Ines Lobenstein from the local Caritas homeless aid agency and Petra Müller's father found out on February 6th.
With reference to the obligation of confidentiality, the Agatharied Clinic does not want to comment to our newspaper.
With great concern, I ask you to reconsider your judgment.
The father (84) of the homeless man in an email to the specialist clinic
Müller's father cannot understand the decision to release his daughter back into homelessness after five days.
In an interview with our newspaper, the 84-year-old points out the specialist medical certificate drawn up on February 1st by a psychiatrist in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district.
Müller “is in a state of homelessness, spends the day partly wandering, partly declaiming loudly”, she is “severely malnourished” and unable to accept help.
The 47-year-old's behavior indicates “high-level psychotic disorders”.
The psychiatrist comes to the conclusion: The “acute dangerous situation” can only be defused if the woman is cared for “very promptly” in a closed psychiatric facility.
In his certificate, the doctor emphasizes: The fact that the 47-year-old, who hardly eats and sleeps outdoors even in sub-zero temperatures, is in a “life-threatening” situation is something she “is unable to recognize due to her illness”.
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Head of Caritas Homeless Aid: “It’s desperate”
This statement is underlined by Müller's father, who sent an email to the Agatharied specialist clinic almost pleadingly.
His daughter is dominated by delusions.
“It is with great concern,” said the 84-year-old, “that I ask you to re-examine your judgment.” Despite being diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, his daughter considers herself to be healthy.
“She cannot realistically assess the impending consequences of her supposedly free will.”
The status quo is unchanged, reports Caritas employee Lobenstein.
On Friday, Petra Müller walked aimlessly through Loisachstadt in her stockings.
She refused the help offered, including a place to sleep for the next few nights.
Lobenstein: “It’s despairing.” (cce)
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