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That's such BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Find someone who
will advocate for you. I would suggest using your computer to send a few
e-mails. Start with the lead nurse on duty, no response, go higher...owner of
nursing home, Insurance carrier, News channels. Get their attention and you'll
see results. Don't let them or her make you a victim. What the hell kinda name
is "POOCHIE" anyways???
Steve W
C6 Texas
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 5:02
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Need Advice
You can try
contacting the ombudsmen or the state dept of health. I understand her not
coming in your room went through the same thing with half the aids working at
the nursing home I was in. had the state out there so much they found me an
apt. helped me with finding agency and everything. Not saying thats the best
solution. I got a lot of staff fired because the aides and nurses come in with
attitudes preconceived from coworkers and Id let them have it with both
barrels. Looking back those 2yrs I spent in nursing home were the worse 2yrs
of me being a quad.
On 4/17/06 3:43 PM, "S. Dial"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey
Gang,
I'm having a problem and need to know what you think I
should do. During my first year in this nursing home I had a problem with an
aide named Poochie who I ended up filing a grievance on for neglect and
refusal of care who was from then on not assigned to me, she was later
caught sleeping on the job and let go, but has been hired back in recent
weeks.
Since her return I've been told of comments from her such as
"You know I don't go in Stephanie's room!" regarding answering my light or
coming in to care for my roommate.
This doesn't bother as I prefer
her as far away from me as possible, but today she and her partner, a young
man named Jeremy, were assigned to my hall. An aide from another hall had to
come feed me and informed me that Poochie had been assigned to feed me and
do my care and had refused so that was why she was feeding me.
Between having Poochie and this male aide on my hall I would have
been effectively without care if it wasn't for the kindness of Meagan who
fed me and then after finishing her people's care came back and got me up.
I did complain to the charge nurse, Adam, and tell him what had
transpired in the past and today and that basically I'd rather not have any
dealings with this person and he said he'd file a grievance against her. I
also tried contacting my social worker, Bambi Barber, to see if she could
help my situation only to discover she isn't in today. I'm feeling really
stressed and vulnerable over how my care is going to be managed over the
next 2 weeks which is how long she'll be on my hall, if management won't
agree to switch her. What can I do to solve this situation without undue
drama that keeps this person away from me?
Scared &
Sad,
Steph
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