4 years ago
While many of the staff in the medical building we...
While many of the staff in the medical building were capable and kind (including the majority of the aides) there were several who did not do a thorough or careful job of looking after my mother who was there for rehabilitation after a stroke. When on outright refused to clean her when the same young woman didn't make it to her room in time to help her to the bathroom, this aide was reprimanded and told not to interact with my mother again. I have to wonder why she was not fired, and worry for the person she was supposed to care for who might be unable to speak up for their own rights.
In addition, the food they served was uniformly of the school cafeteria variety, sometimes contained "mystery meat," and lacked any fresh vegetables or fruit other than the occasional tossed greens.
When my mother was released, the level of information and instructions for home care were barely existent. They kept her in the medical building, literally, until her medicare coverage ran out, and once they could not bill for her, seemed to lose all interest, including telling us how to manage her insulin levels or the foley catheter with which they sent her home. She sat in her wheel chair waiting for us to pick her up, and they barely noticed as she left after more than a month there.
Despite the beauty of the place, and admittedly it is beautiful, with manicured landscapes and antique furniture in the main apartment building (not the medical building - it is standard Modern American Nursing Home), I felt like a patient was only important to the entity as a whole in terms of their dollar value. This is very disappointing.