Rehab nightmare for our elders. I was SO nervous w...

Rehab nightmare for our elders. I was SO nervous when I heard my grandmother had to go to a rehab center instead of going home with rehab visits and someone recommended here bc my worried she would die from a rehab which my nightmare came true. She was a woman who always took care of herself until she had to be in the arms of the healthcare system.

I ll start by the aid who took care of her was terrible and possibly was the one who caused my grandmother death at the end with poorly transferring her. The Hoyer life is for the safety of the staff but there are a number of injuries with the machine and I believe they should change this. The nurses aren t attentive, they look at there chart more than asking or trying to communicate with my grandmother. They didn t know if she ate or not and still give her meds so they can make sher to check it off. Meds without food can destroy stomach lining and it happend to her as well as bleeding from one organ (don t know where this came from after a clear scan).

Secondly, the lack of integrity and dignity for the elders including my grandmother. The aid LIED to me when I went to visit my grandmother and she brings her food with just putting it in front of her not saying a word and walks to the next patient next to her and greets her with the meal because my grandmother didn t speak English and only speaks Italian. She still can FEEL rudeness and unwelcomed. Broke my heart! The lie comes in when I saw my grandmother dinner choices didn t look like something she would Order and when I asked the aid who ordered this.. she right away said her daughter called it in. Later ,I found out from my family they never got asked for her meal.
If the aid was lying about something like this, IMAGINE WHAT ELSE she lied about. Other days I come to visit, my grandmother was in her wheelchair with the bathroom door wide open in her face touching her wheeled table and the end of her wheelchair footrest. No dignity!! My poor grandmother who had no voice to tell them was starring at a back of a bathroom door for god knows how long. This place mental affected me and I work at an assisted living for memory care. I understand these feelings for someone who can t vocal. In this case language was the issue and this country needs to deleope a translator to give them the ability to have a voice. She became so depressed there and would ask me when can you take me out of here. She didn t like it and I can only imagine why. Breaks my heart so badly I loose sleep knowing her last days on this earth was at this location before the hospital. The rehab doesn t encourage them to try to stand and it s only in the morning. What is a rehab community for?!

Bottom line, stay away from this rehab and I will spread the word to the entire assistant living community I work for and professionals in the industry in honor for my grandmother who didn t have a voice. I will make sure she does now.