Lynne,
I never said that all nursing homes are bad. What is disturbing is that
my Mother was
treated poorly in the nursing home she was in, she came home black and blue
all over and died the day she came home. When my Mom was in rehab and I
called to see how she was doing, the nurse said: "what are you worried
about, she's old...".
Is that supposed to instill confidence in a family member because it
sure didn't. Nobody
tied her hands to make her say that.
Nobody will convince me that nursing homes are good places to be. I
believe that in
most cases the opposite is true. My Mother got worse there, and was also
given
medications that were wrong for her.
Kevin
lynne myers wrote:
Kevin,
I know first hand after years of working in nursing homes, first as a
nurses aide then as an RN that falls are the biggest issue they all
have. It is not that they don't care if people fall and get hurt, but
with state regulations, atleast here in Michigan, it is very difficult
to prevent the falls. According to our state guide lines they all
have the "right to fall". Preventing falls without the use of any
type of restraint was one of the most time consuming and difficult
parts of my job.
Please understand that not all nursing homes are bad, and that alot of
the people who work in them care alot about what happens to the people
staying there, but alot of times their hands are tied.
Lynne
--- On *Wed, 1/5/11, Janice Nichols /<[email protected]>/* wrote:
From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] REHAB
To: "Kevin Wolfthal" <[email protected]>, "Akua"
<[email protected]>, [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 12:44 PM
Kevin, you did all you could for your mom - don't beat yourself up
about it. I would imagine there was I shift that was sloppy with
patients and the others were pretty good. This was something
you could not help. Janice
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Wolfthal
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 3:36 AM
To: Akua ; [email protected]
<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] REHAB
I am furious when I think about how my Mother was treated in rehab
after
her stroke.
She was allowed to fall out of her wheelchair at least 3 times that I
know of. They
refused to belt her in the chair even though she was paralyzed on one
side. When I
called a nurse once to ask how my Mom was doing she said: "why are you
worried
about her, she's old...". I am NOT kidding!
When my Mom was brought home for hospice, she was black and blue
all over.
The hospice nurse was wondering why, so I told her, "because the rehab
let her
fall out of her wheelchair three times". My Mom passed away on her
one day
back home.
I will do anything I can to avoid that kind of "care". I wish I could
have done
more for my Mom.
Kevin
