Mum was discharged from hospital 28/1 and placed in a 6 week d2a.
It's a scruffy place, but scruffy doesn't matter but today, oh my!
First off I'm told she's run out of clothes, she had 7 changes. Told their might be a laundry backlog so I offered to go and check to see if I could find a change of clothes. Clothes piled up to head height, told the laundress has phoned in sick. Managed to find 4 pj bottoms .
Her fingernails were encrusted dark brown. At home this means she's had a visit to the loo. I'm not going to smell, it could be breakfast so I look for a bowl to soak her fingers
The hairdressing cupboard if full of bits of clothing , ditto an out of use bathroom (see photo).
Dinner she's given food she cannot chew ( I told them about this when she arrived) and knife and fork when she eats with spoon and fingers . Tried chopping and mashing and she still could not manage so got a bowl of mashed potato for her. Couldn't find any of the aprons in her room, so used a hand towel as a bib. While I was in her room a carer rushed in grabbed an incontinence pad from her wardrobe and ran off with it to another inmate.
While mum was eating mash saw a man sitting 10 yards away. He had just come Bach from hospital and was having problems cutting his food. Went over to cut it for him and his nose was dripping and snot running down his chin and in his mouth while he tried to eat. Luckily I had brought back kitchen towels from mums room so had to mop up his face and cut up the food.
Later the lady next to mum was helped up and had wet herself and the employee was complaining there was nobody available to help her as they had just gone on their break
A week Saturday mum was struggling but managed to walk about 50 yards with her frame. Now they are struggling to get her to stand to be transferred into a wheelchair to be pushed everywhere
Oh, and the dressing over her burst water blister on her shin has not be changed since 26/01 at the hospital and had stained through so I had to phone up the district nurse to complain.
Visited 3 other homes on my way back, have been advised to get assessment done asap so that she can either go home or we can move her .
No dignity there. Pretty horrified really.
It's a scruffy place, but scruffy doesn't matter but today, oh my!
First off I'm told she's run out of clothes, she had 7 changes. Told their might be a laundry backlog so I offered to go and check to see if I could find a change of clothes. Clothes piled up to head height, told the laundress has phoned in sick. Managed to find 4 pj bottoms .
Her fingernails were encrusted dark brown. At home this means she's had a visit to the loo. I'm not going to smell, it could be breakfast so I look for a bowl to soak her fingers
The hairdressing cupboard if full of bits of clothing , ditto an out of use bathroom (see photo).
Dinner she's given food she cannot chew ( I told them about this when she arrived) and knife and fork when she eats with spoon and fingers . Tried chopping and mashing and she still could not manage so got a bowl of mashed potato for her. Couldn't find any of the aprons in her room, so used a hand towel as a bib. While I was in her room a carer rushed in grabbed an incontinence pad from her wardrobe and ran off with it to another inmate.
While mum was eating mash saw a man sitting 10 yards away. He had just come Bach from hospital and was having problems cutting his food. Went over to cut it for him and his nose was dripping and snot running down his chin and in his mouth while he tried to eat. Luckily I had brought back kitchen towels from mums room so had to mop up his face and cut up the food.
Later the lady next to mum was helped up and had wet herself and the employee was complaining there was nobody available to help her as they had just gone on their break
A week Saturday mum was struggling but managed to walk about 50 yards with her frame. Now they are struggling to get her to stand to be transferred into a wheelchair to be pushed everywhere
Oh, and the dressing over her burst water blister on her shin has not be changed since 26/01 at the hospital and had stained through so I had to phone up the district nurse to complain.
Visited 3 other homes on my way back, have been advised to get assessment done asap so that she can either go home or we can move her .
No dignity there. Pretty horrified really.
Attachments
Last edited:
