Petition · past parliament
Allow people to remove their relatives from care homes if they want to.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Not arrest them, like the woman was when she tried to take her 97 year old mother home, as reported by the BBC on 4th November 2020.
Care home residents should be allowed to decide where they live or if they have dementia, the person with lasting power of attorney should be able to decide for them. The Police are currently intervening to stop them for some reason. A care home is not a prison and the pandemic is not a reason to turn it into one.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 5 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Jan 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Jan 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.