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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 420108" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I don't think we have Residential Treatment Center (RTC) as such in Australia. Undoubtedly if I searched, I could find some sort of placement for problem kids, but apart from a locked psychiatric ward, there isn't a lot of options. We could send kid to a jackeroo/jillaroo placement, a sort of wilderness camp/world's strictest parents placement. But nothing formal to my knowledge.</p><p></p><p>Where money can be made, there is always scope for exploitation. I used to work for a mob who had financial interests in nursing homes. I got to see their business practices. They have a bad rep, and I could see why. The main motive was money, not the welfare of residents.</p><p></p><p>As for parents walking away - some placements won't allow contact. I'm including nursing homes here - my mother was in a place like that, it was church-bsed, supposed to be brilliant. We had a really hard time getting to see her - two of my sisters and one brother managed to visit her regularly, but the place made it very difficult, kept them waiting literally for hours. Then when we complained (after she died) they saidf, "What would you know? Nobody evr visited her here." Which was not true, but clearly their standard line, because tey did their utmost to prvent visits.</p><p></p><p>My mother was there a month, got pneumonia because of their almost deliberate neglect. She was transferred to hospital (when my sister visited and called an ambulance) and given the choice there to fight the pneumonia or let it take her. She chose to fight - she also planned to fight the nursing home. Then she was told tat when she recovered, they had no choice but to transfer her back to the same nursing home. She said at that point, "Take me off my heart medications. Let me die. I will not go back there." She was not speaking out of depression, she was making a proactive stand. She died a week later, in the hospital.</p><p></p><p>So I am VERY down on ANY business int he health industry that does not put the patient welfare as a highest priority.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, I started complaint proceedings. And when it was clear that nothing was going to be done within the organisation, I sent the Dept of Health in to make a snap inspection. My connection with the nursing home company had given me some connections as well as knowledge of who to call. I believe they have now lifted their game.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 420108, member: 1991"] I don't think we have Residential Treatment Center (RTC) as such in Australia. Undoubtedly if I searched, I could find some sort of placement for problem kids, but apart from a locked psychiatric ward, there isn't a lot of options. We could send kid to a jackeroo/jillaroo placement, a sort of wilderness camp/world's strictest parents placement. But nothing formal to my knowledge. Where money can be made, there is always scope for exploitation. I used to work for a mob who had financial interests in nursing homes. I got to see their business practices. They have a bad rep, and I could see why. The main motive was money, not the welfare of residents. As for parents walking away - some placements won't allow contact. I'm including nursing homes here - my mother was in a place like that, it was church-bsed, supposed to be brilliant. We had a really hard time getting to see her - two of my sisters and one brother managed to visit her regularly, but the place made it very difficult, kept them waiting literally for hours. Then when we complained (after she died) they saidf, "What would you know? Nobody evr visited her here." Which was not true, but clearly their standard line, because tey did their utmost to prvent visits. My mother was there a month, got pneumonia because of their almost deliberate neglect. She was transferred to hospital (when my sister visited and called an ambulance) and given the choice there to fight the pneumonia or let it take her. She chose to fight - she also planned to fight the nursing home. Then she was told tat when she recovered, they had no choice but to transfer her back to the same nursing home. She said at that point, "Take me off my heart medications. Let me die. I will not go back there." She was not speaking out of depression, she was making a proactive stand. She died a week later, in the hospital. So I am VERY down on ANY business int he health industry that does not put the patient welfare as a highest priority. FWIW, I started complaint proceedings. And when it was clear that nothing was going to be done within the organisation, I sent the Dept of Health in to make a snap inspection. My connection with the nursing home company had given me some connections as well as knowledge of who to call. I believe they have now lifted their game. Marg [/QUOTE]
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