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Aaaarrgggghh! I'm beginning to hate P's nursing home
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 358964" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>THEY DO NOT NEED doctor ORDERS FOR ICE!!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p><p></p><p>Terry this is gonna sound weird, but I grew up basically in nursing homes. The grandma raising me thing and my Mom working them for about 15 yrs before she became a nurse. Plus volunteer work I did and my own employment in one.</p><p></p><p><strong>I would have thrown a two ton hissy fit from hades! </strong></p><p></p><p>Ok, folks, falls happen even in the best of nursing homes with the most attentive staff. Seriously, they do. Sometimes it's because the patient refuses to wait for staff assist. Sometimes the patient doesn't need staff assist but trips, stumbles, misjudges something, whatever. It just happens. Terry I don't remember if P requires staff assist to walk or not.</p><p></p><p>But waiting to call you for 2 hrs is a NO GO. No excuse. You should have been called asap, even if they were waiting on dr orders for xrays and the like. Not giving her ice to help with pain and swelling is just plain mean and unecessary.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p><p></p><p>As for the poop and the reeking depends on the floor.........you need to ream them a new one until they're in tears. And then file a formal complaint with the director of Nursing in the facility for <em><strong>ALL</strong></em> these things. The DON can't make heads roll if she has no clue what is going on.</p><p></p><p>I got a call from mother in law's nursing home yesterday. It was weekly skin check day and the nurse had found a 1 cm by 1/2 cm bruise on her fanny. She asked mother in law if she knew where it came from and mother in law said that the raised plastic commode seat is a tad loose and tends to pinch her when she sits on it. Nurse called in a work order and it was repaired within a couple of hours. They will keep tabs on the bruise until it is gone, and continue to keep me informed. And yeah, while most of the time I stare at the phone and think "did you really need to call me over something so trivial?" , yeah they do so I can't come back and say I was never told and accuse them of abuse/neglect.</p><p></p><p>by the way, yeah there are also times when you may find your loved ones with poop on their clothing. Even in the best of places staff do what they can to prevent such things......but sometimes don't find out about it until after the fact. I've had more than a few of those surprises myself. And if a facility is understaffed (and 99 percent of them are terribly understaffed) then it is even harder to keep up with all your patients.</p><p></p><p>I'm guessing though that P can get up to the bathroom......if poop was on the bed someone should have noticed when she fell.....same for her clothes........and just where did this xray take place that no one noticed???<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p><p></p><p>mother in law is stubborn and bull headed and about as independent as I am (which is a ton). She is also a fall risk so they had bed alarms, chair alarms, and the like. A few months ago I was contacted and told they had removed all the alarms. mother in law would ignore them anyway or shut them off and get up to go to the bathroom without assistance. There is no reasoning with her. She refuses to wait no matter how much we try to explain to her they can't always get to her the sec she hits her call light.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /> mother in law will fall in the near future. And I won't be blaming the facility.</p><p></p><p>I'd say you need to find a new place asap.</p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 358964, member: 84"] THEY DO NOT NEED doctor ORDERS FOR ICE!!!:angry::angry::angry: Terry this is gonna sound weird, but I grew up basically in nursing homes. The grandma raising me thing and my Mom working them for about 15 yrs before she became a nurse. Plus volunteer work I did and my own employment in one. [B]I would have thrown a two ton hissy fit from hades! [/B] Ok, folks, falls happen even in the best of nursing homes with the most attentive staff. Seriously, they do. Sometimes it's because the patient refuses to wait for staff assist. Sometimes the patient doesn't need staff assist but trips, stumbles, misjudges something, whatever. It just happens. Terry I don't remember if P requires staff assist to walk or not. But waiting to call you for 2 hrs is a NO GO. No excuse. You should have been called asap, even if they were waiting on dr orders for xrays and the like. Not giving her ice to help with pain and swelling is just plain mean and unecessary.:angry::angry: As for the poop and the reeking depends on the floor.........you need to ream them a new one until they're in tears. And then file a formal complaint with the director of Nursing in the facility for [I][B]ALL[/B][/I] these things. The DON can't make heads roll if she has no clue what is going on. I got a call from mother in law's nursing home yesterday. It was weekly skin check day and the nurse had found a 1 cm by 1/2 cm bruise on her fanny. She asked mother in law if she knew where it came from and mother in law said that the raised plastic commode seat is a tad loose and tends to pinch her when she sits on it. Nurse called in a work order and it was repaired within a couple of hours. They will keep tabs on the bruise until it is gone, and continue to keep me informed. And yeah, while most of the time I stare at the phone and think "did you really need to call me over something so trivial?" , yeah they do so I can't come back and say I was never told and accuse them of abuse/neglect. by the way, yeah there are also times when you may find your loved ones with poop on their clothing. Even in the best of places staff do what they can to prevent such things......but sometimes don't find out about it until after the fact. I've had more than a few of those surprises myself. And if a facility is understaffed (and 99 percent of them are terribly understaffed) then it is even harder to keep up with all your patients. I'm guessing though that P can get up to the bathroom......if poop was on the bed someone should have noticed when she fell.....same for her clothes........and just where did this xray take place that no one noticed???:angry: mother in law is stubborn and bull headed and about as independent as I am (which is a ton). She is also a fall risk so they had bed alarms, chair alarms, and the like. A few months ago I was contacted and told they had removed all the alarms. mother in law would ignore them anyway or shut them off and get up to go to the bathroom without assistance. There is no reasoning with her. She refuses to wait no matter how much we try to explain to her they can't always get to her the sec she hits her call light.:raspberry-tounge: mother in law will fall in the near future. And I won't be blaming the facility. I'd say you need to find a new place asap. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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