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To: smokingfrog

Obamacare coming to a town near you.


2 posted on 03/17/2009 11:25:42 AM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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Julie Bailey, 47, was so concerned about the care being given to her 86-year-old mother Bella at Stafford Hospital that she and her relatives slept in a chair at her bedside for eight weeks.

We did the same thing here in the USA when my 93 year old Grandfather was failing.

Either my mother, my brother, my sister, my aunt, or me was with him 24X7 for three months.

We told the nurses and staff that we were going to be there, that we would not be unreasonable but that if we asked one of them to do something for our grandfather it would be something that NEEDED to be done, that we couldn't do ourselves, and we expected it to be done in a timely manner.

In the hospital this worked well. The nurses and doctors were polite and professional.
You could tell that they appreciated not having to be called every time he got thirsty, or needed help to the bathroom, or needed the bed adjusted, etc.

In the nursing home I had to threaten to make their work life a living hell.
They did call the police on me one time in the nursing home.
My Grandfather was writhing in pain about thirty minutes before his scheduled pain medication.
I went to the desk and asked that they give him SOMETHING for the pain.
The doctor had him on minimum meds and had left standing orders that he be given pain meds "as needed".
They told me that they would give him meds on his schedule and to leave them alone to chat.

I BELLOWED that if they didn't get down there right now I would make their lives a living hell.

They did go at that moment and give my grandfather pain meds - then called the police.

16 posted on 03/17/2009 12:12:54 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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