The story behind Get Your Stuff Together, revolves around Without Consent, a feature screenplay written by Lion and the Rock’s Executive Producers, Janet Greenwald & Laura Greenwald.
Jan and Laura, one of the only mother and daughter writing teams in the industry, wrote Without Consent after the circumstances surrounding the untimely death of Jan’s mother Elaine Sullivan, propelled the duo into the world of healthcare and politics as they fought to enact the lifesaving Next of Kin healthcare laws in California and Illinois.
From this story, which was inspired by actual events, came three healthcare laws in two states, the Next of Kin Education Project, an organization dedicated to patient and family safety, a 1.5 million hit blog and their books At Your Fingertips and Get Your Stuff Together.
Does a hospital have the right to treat a patient who can’t communicate, without consulting her family, her doctor, or her medical history?
For six days?
One hospital did and it cost a 71 year old woman her life.
Can her daughter and granddaughter keep the same thing from happening to anyone else?
The Story Behind Without Consent
This story is very personal to us, because it’s based on our actual experiences.
We found out the hard way how vital it is to keep your family safe no matter where they are – even when they’re in the hospital. In fact it’s imperative to have that part of your lives absolutely organized, armor-plated, undefeatable and secure.
We’ll never forget the day we realized it wasn’t.
Elaine Sullivan was an active seventy-one year old living on her own in Chicago. One day while getting ready to take a bath, she slipped and fell, striking her head and mouth on the side of the tub. Her neighbors realized they hadn’t seen her all day and called the paramedics, who went in and found her, conscious, but unable to speak.
