[justche]

Anytime family members are in the hospital - our family tag teams to make sure there's someone there all the time. We learned this when I had a sibling in a coma. Things didn't get "forgotten" when family members were there.(He also stopped "accidently" rolling out of bed) With crap like this, I'd stay 24/7 without other family assistance if it were my daughter in the hospital.

[Ancesthntr]

I agree with your prescription - never leave the person alone. Of course, one would do this for the much more important reason of comforting the patient (dying or not) than to prevent abuse, but the 2nd is a very beneficial byproduct of showing simple human decency to your family.

[beezdotcom]

Anytime family members are in the hospital - our family tag teams to make sure there's someone there all the time. We learned this when I had a sibling in a coma. Things didn't get "forgotten" when family members were there.(He also stopped "accidently" rolling out of bed) With crap like this, I'd stay 24/7 without other family assistance if it were my daughter in the hospital.

This can't be said enough. Enough crap happens even when well-meaning hospital staff are fatigued and underinformed. (We've caught medication errors and improper therapy applications every time we've stayed with family members). I hadn't even thought about the potential for sickos like this - but just one more good reason to 'never leave someone alone in the hospital'.