Nancy Dean

Review of Northeastern Health System-Tah...

A friend of mine had heart surgery in the past and...

A friend of mine had heart surgery in the past and the care was awesome. On the other hand, my mother is currently a patient in Solutions treatment center at Tahlequah City Hospital. It is a mental health facility for the elderly. As far as elder care treatment, I wouldn't refer my worst enemy to this unit. They keep the patients zombied out. I was told by one of the nurses that they have to keep people with my mother's disease that way. She also told me that they don't let these elderly people go to bed during the day. My mother attempted and they told her she couldn't. I was a witness to that. She did it anyway but told me they were going to get her up. My mother is 92. This is no way to treat a 92 year old woman. I told my sister and asked the nurse to tell my sister what she told me and she lied and denied she told me those two facts. Proof is in the pudding. My sister sat there with my mother and saw that she was zombied out and also knew she had to stay out in the main area and wasn't able to go to bed so obviously the nurse lied to her. This place is horrible. I relate it to 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest'. All of the patients look spaced out. I hope this text can save other elderly people from going through this torture. I love my mother dearly and I have cried for 3 days seeing her in this place. It is a poor excuse for a facility. I rated it one star, only because it wouldn't let me rate it less than that. Tahlequah City Hospital should get rid of this unit. It is horrible.