Nursing Home & Senior Care Options

[Don Alaska]

I might have told this story already in another thread, but here goes:

My late sister's mother-in-law had to be placed in assisted living. Because of pain, she was put on some sort of patch, maybe lidocaine. Every 3 days, the old patch came off and the new patch went on. One day, she was found unresponsive in her room and was rushed to the hospital.

At the hospital, it was found that she had twelve patches on her. Twelve. Of course, the old patch still kept putting out doses of lidocaine (?) long after a couple of days. So she had twelve patches, all pumping out varying amounts of whatever substance it was.

She was in the hospital for a couple of days and snapped back just fine. When it was time for her to be released back to the living facility, they said they couldn't accept her unless my brother-in-law paid for 24-hour nursing. Oh, yes, it was THEIR fault, but they wanted HIM to pay.

A strongly-worded letter from an attorney took care of that quite quickly and they welcomed her back with open arms, considering the alternatives. Why would he want her back there, you ask? Well, it was the best one in town and she was as happy there as she would have been anywhere outside her home. AND, now they were on alert to not make any more mistakes.

Sometimes attorneys can be very helpful at little cost. As you said, a letter from a lawyer's office notifies people that the issue (whatever it is) has been brought to the attention of someone who could take them to court.

 

[Don Alaska]

My experience with nursing homes, although quite limited, has been generally positive. I have seen no evidence of mistreatment or neglect, but in all cases, there were relatives nearby who visited several times a week to check on those relatives and friends living there. I have never experienced "warehoused" patients, although I know they exist.

 

[Shirley Martin]

I hope my post about the nursing home Hubby was in doesn't scare anybody from going to one. There are a lot of them in cities near me. I haven't delt with any of them, but I know people who have. According to word of mouth, all of them are rated from good to excellent. The one he was in was sold and is under new management. It is said to be much better.

 

[Marie Miller]

My first judgement of an assisted living place, is the smell. If it smells like urine and diapers full of , then I go no further. It is a constant job keeping an assisted living place smelling good, but it speaks loudly of the care one will get there.

It depends on the individual facility.

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SIL refers to me as not family so I do not know where MIL is.