It happened to my grandmother. She was in a hospital because she had broken her hip. A black nurse insisted that my grandmother had to have a bath and have her hair washed and forced her to stand naked over a tub while she washed her hair, even though it caused my grandmother great pain. When the hospital questioned the nurse, the woman claimed my grandmother called her the N word. Nobody in my family had ever heard my grandmother use that word at any time.
All the hospital did was apologize and move the nurse to another floor. My grandmother’s mental health immediately deteriorated and she had to go into a nursing home. She was delusional most of the time and died after a few months.
Yeah, if I ever have to go into a nursing home, I hope it’s in one of the Dakotas.
That is so sad...I’m so sorry your grandma had to experience that.
We have a rule in our family...no one is ever alone in the hospital.
I know some folks have no other choice, or cannot be with their loved ones at all times. We rearrange everyone’s schedules to make sure our family members aren’t alone, there.
I know nursing homes are a different story. This just makes a sad situation a bad situation....that’s only going to get worse.