Heidi Lopez

Review of Las Colinas of Westover Rehabi...

The reality is this. Not one nursing home is equip...

The reality is this. Not one nursing home is equipped to take care of that many patients with the staffing they have. Even the facilities that have low ratings have staff who genuinely care for the residents. If handling a sick elderly patient was so easy, you'd think the better option would be the family to do what is necessary to take of them on their own but many cannot be bothered with the constraints of doing so. I can't begin to describe how heart breaking it is for staff to see that these patients have family who could take them home with help of a provider and won't be bothered. Won't come and take the patient out for a nice outside errand, nothing. Families go at first, they make sure to give their over bearing demands to the staff as to give the impression they are a " hands on" family, but eventually those visits fade and happen less and less often.

Veterinarians will tell you that the best place for your domestic animal to die is at home in familiar surroundings with the people they know. Even if it appears that they aren't aware, they are. So why leave your family member in a facility to die and then complain about compassion? Where's the love for your family. Geez.