Not joking here - my husbands grandmother passed away in a “better’ nursing home - the Dr. put her cause of death down as
DEHYDRATION.
Yes. Thing is she paid her own way there for the first four years, then MOST of her funds were gone. Medi-caid/care had to pick up about 50% after that, but we still paid her private medical insurance.
And she died of DEHYDRATION. The nurses didn’t do SQUAT - even about informing us there was a problem.
Cruel witches. Horrible. How can people be so disgustingly heartless.
A woman I know cares for her elderly grandmother at home, along with homeschooling her two or three children. I don’t think her grandma is bedridden but does need someone at home with her all the time.
That’s what families are for, and used to be like. Of course some elderly have such medical conditions they can’t be cared for at home, but even in some cases, a health home care visit a few times a week would make the home care practicable, and of course much cheaper than a nursing home staffed with butchers and murderers.
Sorry to hear about your husband’s grandmother. Cruelty to the helpless and the elderly makes me enraged.
did you want her to have one nurse....and its not nurses..its nurses aids....for all HER needs?....or were the other patients to be ignored....
did she have diabetes?...heart failure?...renal failure?...was she an aspirator?....not able to eat or drink enough....???
did you want her on tube feedings?
WHY did NO family take her home?....complain all you want...but if family is not going to take responsibility, than there is no room to criticize....
Why did the family leave grandma in such a rotten place with such rotten caregivers?....