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 <jan...@centurytel.net> wrote:
From: Janice Nichols <jan...@centurytel.net>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] REHAB
To: "Kevin Wolfthal" <wolft...@optonline.net>, "Akua" <a...@artfarm.com>,
tmic-list@eskimo.com
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 ; tmic-list@eskimo.com
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
