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Cousin P in ER for cat bite yesterday
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 569999" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I forgot to mention this on the thread about rehoming Nipper. BEFORE you start to search for a home, ask Animal Control what the law says about rehoming an animal with a bite history. When we lived in OH we were shocked to learn that if we gave an animal with ANY record of biting away, we would ALWAYS be liable for damages caused by the animal biting someone. no matter how many homes he had, or if it went through the SPCA or humane society or any other group, as the people who owned him wehn he bit the first time, the financial liability would be ours for the rest of his life. the law in OH was very clear. We had to pay to have this cat put down because any time he didn't get what he wanted, he would go and find Jess and bite her, hard. If she wasn't home he would wait and as soon as he saw her he would go over and chomp on her. We HATED having to put him down, but we couldn't risk that liability and we couldn't keep an animal who kept biting with no provocation except not getting what he wanted the second he wanted it. </p><p></p><p>I hope the Health Dept has a FIT at M assisted living. Their actions were nothing short of neglect and in my opinion totally unacceptable. So they had 2 emergencies. So. What. If that is all they can handle, they need to only have 2 patients. Period. No excuses make this acceptable. That wound should have been checked daily. My gma was in assisted living for about a decade and on the independent side they would examine any injury or wound twice a day. Minimum twice a day. I was there when Gma had cut her hand on something and even though it was minor they came and checked it right after breakfast and again right after dinner. When she went to the side with more help they checked those things three to four times a day. No bandage was EVER left on for over 24 hrs! Not ever. </p><p></p><p>This place isn't inexpensive and they need to be more responsible and responsive to P's needs. she is not capable of verbalizing her needs as well as some people, and that is why they need to figure out how to do their jobs more effectively. in my opinion this just is unacceptable and maybe you need to complain to the corp office or owners or whatever the top mgmt that runs the place is. You also should problem ask DHS to do some spot checking to be sure that they are up to standards. Here there is a dept in charge of elder care facilities and they are part of DHS and they would take this very, very seriously. Any infection that requires IV antibiotics is very severe and likely could have been prevented from getting that bad with prompt, proper care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 569999, member: 1233"] I forgot to mention this on the thread about rehoming Nipper. BEFORE you start to search for a home, ask Animal Control what the law says about rehoming an animal with a bite history. When we lived in OH we were shocked to learn that if we gave an animal with ANY record of biting away, we would ALWAYS be liable for damages caused by the animal biting someone. no matter how many homes he had, or if it went through the SPCA or humane society or any other group, as the people who owned him wehn he bit the first time, the financial liability would be ours for the rest of his life. the law in OH was very clear. We had to pay to have this cat put down because any time he didn't get what he wanted, he would go and find Jess and bite her, hard. If she wasn't home he would wait and as soon as he saw her he would go over and chomp on her. We HATED having to put him down, but we couldn't risk that liability and we couldn't keep an animal who kept biting with no provocation except not getting what he wanted the second he wanted it. I hope the Health Dept has a FIT at M assisted living. Their actions were nothing short of neglect and in my opinion totally unacceptable. So they had 2 emergencies. So. What. If that is all they can handle, they need to only have 2 patients. Period. No excuses make this acceptable. That wound should have been checked daily. My gma was in assisted living for about a decade and on the independent side they would examine any injury or wound twice a day. Minimum twice a day. I was there when Gma had cut her hand on something and even though it was minor they came and checked it right after breakfast and again right after dinner. When she went to the side with more help they checked those things three to four times a day. No bandage was EVER left on for over 24 hrs! Not ever. This place isn't inexpensive and they need to be more responsible and responsive to P's needs. she is not capable of verbalizing her needs as well as some people, and that is why they need to figure out how to do their jobs more effectively. in my opinion this just is unacceptable and maybe you need to complain to the corp office or owners or whatever the top mgmt that runs the place is. You also should problem ask DHS to do some spot checking to be sure that they are up to standards. Here there is a dept in charge of elder care facilities and they are part of DHS and they would take this very, very seriously. Any infection that requires IV antibiotics is very severe and likely could have been prevented from getting that bad with prompt, proper care. [/QUOTE]
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