Conservatorship of J.M. CA3

BACKGROUND

Grave Disability Between April 28, 2014, and May 29, 2014, Joyce was placed on a section 5150 hold three separate times. Two of those holds were based on a finding that Joyce was gravely disabled and resulted in her being admitted to Woodland Memorial Hospital.2 Joyce was admitted to Woodland Memorial Hospital on May 15, 2014, and released on May 23, 2014. She was then re-admitted on May 29, 2014, (again based on a finding she was gravely disabled) after less than six days at home. Joyce was not released from this section 5150 hospitalization during the pendency of these conservatorship proceedings. The current hospitalization occurred after the police department received an anonymous call to do a welfare check on Joyce. Law enforcement found her house disorganized, with broken windows and broken glass on the floor. She was not able to care for her basic needs. Dr. Kanchanakin, a psychiatrist at Woodland Memorial Hospital, saw Joyce every day during both section 5150 commitments at that hospital. On the two occasions Joyce was released from the hospital she was given a discharge plan, which included medication. Joyce did not take her medication following discharge and,…