BYC Café

[Ladies-Eight]

Never!!
He's just as welcome as the frogs. He has a job to do too and they don't bother me a bit.

I'm sorry but I'm scared to death of snakes.

 

[bobbi-j]

We removed 3 roosters (technically two and on cockerel) from the flock today.

The little black one gets a pass until we process the old hens, just to get a little more meat on him. The top and bottom ones will be canned, as they were a year old and tough as could be. The middle one got plucked and will be a roaster. Of the three of them, he was the heaviest.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

No. I heard one nurse reading the report from Absolut to another nurse. She said DH had an "unwitnessed" fall. This is what made me so mad.
Two days ago, after the FOURTH time I was called to tell me that he had fallen and hit his head, I asked, again, "what are you doing to prevent this?" I was told they were watching him "one on one". So, if he's being watched one on one, how was the fall unwitnessed? This fall was obviously a much worse fall than all the others because he split his head open.

The care facilities for the elderly and disabled in this country are deplorable unless you are extremely wealthy.

The care facilities for the elderly are not all deplorable.

It is very hard to provide one on one care related to the staffing being so low.

We use to ask the family to provide a sitter with residents like him.

I'm so sorry this happened.

I have worked in a care facility for the elderly and it is very interesting as to what goes on.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

The waiting lists go out months to a year or more. Many residents die before being placed.

No. I will be contacting his PCP tomorrow to tell her what is going on with him and request a telemed appointment so she can see the state his neck is in and hopefully order aggressive physical therapy to help him. He is in a neck brace now to try to support his neck in a better position.

What kind of work did he do?

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Unfortunately, care facilities are not allowed restrain residents in any way, even for their safety. (At least this is what we were told when my grandpa was in the nursing home, and that was about 25 years ago.) To “preserve their dignity”. Can’t buckle them into a chair, or use bed rails. Put mattresses on the floor instead. I have found myself wondering where is the “dignity” in laying on the floor, injured and unable to get up?
@DobieLover - I hope you get some acceptable answers and solutions. Is there a resident advocate you could speak to?

It is true that the facility cannot restrain a resident.

The facility will wind up in lots of trouble if they use restraints.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Cafe good afternoon one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 80s.

Have a great day!

 

[bobbi-j]

It is true that the facility cannot restrain a resident.

The facility will wind up in lots of trouble if they use restraints.

I know, and I get it. It would be way too easy to restrain a resident for the convenience of the staff (which is probably why they can’t use them at all anymore), but when it’s a safety issue, it just doesn’t seem right. I don’t mean tying someone down and immobilizing them. There really are no easy solutions, are there?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sorry, DL.

 

[bobbi-j]

@DobieLover - for the record, I’m in no way suggesting your DH should be restrained. I was thinking of my grandpa (dementia due to a massive stroke) who forgot that he physically was unable to walk and kept trying to get out of his wheelchair or bed.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I know, and I get it. It would be way too easy to restrain a resident for the convenience of the staff (which is probably why they can’t use them at all anymore), but when it’s a safety issue, it just doesn’t seem right. I don’t mean tying someone down and immobilizing them. There really are no easy solutions, are there?

You are ever so right.