Her name is Faye.
By the way, she was moved to a “rehab” facility that turned out to be a nursing home the day after I left. The more I read about this place the worse I feel about it. I’ll be going up again Thursday to check it out. I think I may have to pitch a royal hissy fit. They don’t have phones in the rooms or even a potty chair for bedside!
Prayers up for Faye and for you Kimmie. Praying for kind treatment from the medical team and staff and a speedy recovery.
You have got to be kidding me, no bedside comode? What do they think she is suppose to do fly to the bathroom? A hissy fit would not even begin to describe my reaction if that were my mother.
Check the MD orders for one. If there isn’t an order, ask why there hasn’t been one written, then get one. If there is one, there better be some splain’ why there isn’t a commode there. When an MD writes orders, a nurse has to sign off on them reflecting that those tasks were achieved. The only way around this is if they show that they ordered one. But in the meantime they should be finding her a temp one.
Also, you have the right to have copies of her patient’s bill of rights, as well as a copy of their policies and procedures. How does the staff treat the clients? Ask to pay for a meal so that you can sample the same food your Mom is eating? Is there a calendar with daily if not numerous events per day? Meet with the activity’s director. What kind of activities can she bring to your Mom to provide social interaction until your Mom is mobile.
Get her a cell phone and charger. Plug it into the outlet by her bed. Then she will have a bedside phone. If you have an old one that is big and bulky, and doesn’t do text messaging, the staff will not be interested in stealing it. Sorry to say this, but it is the truth.
Continued prayers.