please be mindful of conservatees too

I would like to address an issue that leads to case conflicts and poor management. Often there will be a conservatorship calendar and several cases will be continued to several factors such as incomplete report, papework delays, psychiatrist absence, or patient issues. In the case of paperwork not being filed or public conservator issues, please be mindful that these patients are being detained against their will. The conservatee spends an entire day in the hospital with no room to leave. In the case of county psychiatric institutions, these are not comfortable places to spend your days. The beds are minimally comfortable, the rooms the same, doors constantly locked, and a limited few hours outside. The patients's days revolve around the clock hands and their scheduled meals. So when they find that they may have to spend another week or two in the psychiatric hospital due to legal complications, this does not pose fair to them. In an ideal world everything would happen within proper time frames so that they are not detained without proper cause for too long.

Similary after a conservatorship is established, the conservator may delay the paperwork when placing the conservatee. I have called over to LA county and our own, and sometimes have gotten a response that the letters of conservatorship are often delivered a week or two after a decision has been made. This is not quite fair for a conservatee who has been conserved and awaiting placement. The facility often requires proper paperwork for the conservatee to be placed. Without this paperwork in place, the conservatee may face another several weeks of waiting. From personal experience this waiting is very hard due to the lack of freedom and schedule. 

All I ask is that court is mindful of the conservatee's situation and try to expedite conservatorship paperwork since the conservatee's treatment is contingent on the right paperwork. So much of mental health treatment is paperwork which is a shame because it reduces the quality of time spent on treatment and patient care.