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WeCare256, it is *incredibly* unfair that you are being placed in this situation. All credit to you for going out to find answers.

The ethics are this. If your client is a consenting adult, and she is your employer, and you are sure that she understands her doctor's advice and the consequences of ignoring it, then she is free to make her own choices and you should follow her instructions in this as in any other. It is not an illegal order she's giving you. And it's not as though you're pouring the stuff down her neck. You don't have any right to restrict her purchases.

Having said that. If you are still uneasy about it, tell her so and tell her why and do your best to suggest better choices.

Her kids can take the matter up with her. They don't pay you, they don't give you instructions, what their mother eats and drinks is not their decision to make. You can explain to them how you're trying to support their mother's welfare, but you can also tell them not to take their frustrations out on you.

You can check with her doctor whether in his/her opinion your client is a consenting adult. Keep a log of the conversation, because it shows that you are mindful of your client's ability to make her own decisions.

Do you have insurance when at work? What does the policy say about issues like this?
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Cupofjoe34 Nov 2018
I worry about the law. It may be legal to consume but if the caregiver is doing the giving of a mind altering substance and something goes wrong, legally speaking the care giver is liable, like it or not. I feel it's a broad question with much more detail about the whole situation to say it's fine to buy her stuff but like I said before if it was a smoker on oxygen and the caregiver provided the legal cigarettes and she blew up, more than likely the caregiver is found guilty of neglect. I can't say this at all sounds like a good idea and should be brought to a superiors attention unless it's private care. But even then I would have to know much more than what's provided to give an answer to this for there ard laws that are for this precise reason. Safe guarding both parties in the end. Sometimes harmless things become life threatening and dangerous. I wouldn't continue to work in that situation for it's just trouble waiting to happen. That's my take. Thanks jo
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