Hi Carmen, as you know I am sort of at the beginning of this process with my wife. I have her sign all documents concerning her care etc even though the facilities we are dealing with would prefer that I would do the signing. In Ontario having power of attorney does not necessarily mean you have power of attorney, a Doctor must first declare that the person for which you have power of attorney is not competant to make a decision on his/her own. In my experience Doctors are reluctant to make this judgement.
So far it has worked out well for us, we have worked with the Community Care Access units in our community and they have been very helpful.