We didn’t dump my grandmother on anyone but took care of her ourselves ... and one nurse they sent in to help still robbed us. Never trust, never turn your back.
Years ago we had a family who was famous for just dropping grandma off at the ER and then leaving town for a week or two. They would literally drop her at the door sitting on her suitcase. Try to justify that admission for the RVUs.
My mother “lost” both of her wedding rings the first week that she went into memory care. We never found out if it was a resident or a worker.
Jewelry theft by healthcare workers has a long history.
Colorado, I’m not surprised.
The sad truth is that family members are often as bad as the hired help.
Does the author speak English?
“...in many cases. People are just happy to dump their “loved ones” off.:
“We care so you dont have to” (From the TV show “Frasier” wherein Niles and Frasier are shopping geezer homes for pop).
“I’m sure this happens far more than anyone knows. “
Lots of democrats out there.
Sounds like a scene from BLACK SABBATH (1963)
Years ago,while working in a big city ER,we got a memo from the legal department stating that in the future all patients who were transported from our unit to “Ward X” (the morgue) had to be accompanied by at least one female.The word I heard (unofficially) was that there was some article in some periodical targeted at hospital administrators,or lawyers, stating that there had been one,or more,reports of patients being “violated” by hospital personnel after death.
I worked with a young woman who was present when her grandmother had a fatal heart attack at home. They were waiting for the ambulance, and during that wait she decided to remove all of the rings her grandmother was wearing. It was a smart move. My grandmother had a massive heart attack while she was out with my late brother and his wife. When the family came to view the casket, she was wearing a plain gold band instead of the diamond engagement/wedding rings that she normally wore.
I can’t tell you how many times I verbally lashed staff at my Gran’s nursing home until management started firing and hiring better staff; it greatly improved after a Christian organization took over almost overnight because they cleaned house. (Now it’s Bridgeway Christian Village.)
I was there at minimum once a week (I was on dialysis at the time, at 21), but usually two to three times. There was generally a family member there once almost every day, but she needed PT and care that we couldn’t provide at home or afford otherwise, plus a wheelchair can’t move easily in our house; it was built in the ‘40’s and is very narrow, whereas Gran was not.
Staff learned not to fvck with my Gran, because I didn’t tolerate anything, and neither did my mom, who was a service coordinator at that facility previously. I was about as imposing as a 5’2” woman can be without cussing or threats.
There are crappy nurses and PCTs everywhere, and it’s hard to avoid them. The best you can do in a hospital is ask for someone else, but when you aren’t lucid and have no family, that’s a GD nightmare. People who do this kind of thing to the vulnerable need severe punishments.
I thought this was going to be about a PBS Frontline employee. Would have been a better story.