Hi All, I need advice please.
My mom was admitted into hospital last Thursday for assessment.
She had been getting up in the early hours and doing lots of things like taking the cussions off the settee, pictures off the walls, scattering sugar, porridge oats and coffee all over the house. We made an emergency appointment with her consultant at the mental health hospital and he wanted to admit her straight away but we had to wait for a bed. She was admitted a week ago today on the 5th. We had to tell her the "smiley" doctor, as she calls him wanted to do some tests and we were to take her. When the nurse told her she had to stay in for a few days she cried and said she would never have gone if she knew.
The doctor said she will be in there for several weeks but she will probably never go home again as she will be found a place in a care home.
We have been to see her every day and she has settled in well. There are only six patient's in the unit. She has made a friend and she was so happy , laughing and joking, it seemed just a little bit of mom back, until Monday. She has gone quiet and is now shuffling around and very confused.
THIS IS WHERE I NEED ADVICE
Yesterday when I got there, I knelt in front of her,gave her a kiss and held her hands. Her wrists were covered in bruises. She hadn't got a clue how they got there. I asked if I could bath her as she hadn't had one at all. I was told she had refused one that morning. I took her and undressed her and she has bruises on her upper arms.
When I had settled her in the lounge I asked to see the nurse in charge. She got moms care file and asked if I was aware that she had a fall the night before?
"No I wasn't"
She hadn't been told herself.
When I told her about the bruises she asked me to show her.
My hand fitted perfectly where the bruises are and my thumb print was in the exact place.
It looks as if someone has held mom's wrist's.
The staff nurse said she really didn't know how it had happened but said she would inform her manager and sent for the doctor who came at once to look. Again I put my hand around mom's wrist and voiced my fears, she just nodded.
Mom was put in there for her safety she was never bruised at home.
Have I done enough by bringing it to the attention of the management ?
Thanks
Suptowngirl
My mom was admitted into hospital last Thursday for assessment.
She had been getting up in the early hours and doing lots of things like taking the cussions off the settee, pictures off the walls, scattering sugar, porridge oats and coffee all over the house. We made an emergency appointment with her consultant at the mental health hospital and he wanted to admit her straight away but we had to wait for a bed. She was admitted a week ago today on the 5th. We had to tell her the "smiley" doctor, as she calls him wanted to do some tests and we were to take her. When the nurse told her she had to stay in for a few days she cried and said she would never have gone if she knew.
The doctor said she will be in there for several weeks but she will probably never go home again as she will be found a place in a care home.
We have been to see her every day and she has settled in well. There are only six patient's in the unit. She has made a friend and she was so happy , laughing and joking, it seemed just a little bit of mom back, until Monday. She has gone quiet and is now shuffling around and very confused.
THIS IS WHERE I NEED ADVICE
Yesterday when I got there, I knelt in front of her,gave her a kiss and held her hands. Her wrists were covered in bruises. She hadn't got a clue how they got there. I asked if I could bath her as she hadn't had one at all. I was told she had refused one that morning. I took her and undressed her and she has bruises on her upper arms.
When I had settled her in the lounge I asked to see the nurse in charge. She got moms care file and asked if I was aware that she had a fall the night before?
"No I wasn't"
She hadn't been told herself.
When I told her about the bruises she asked me to show her.
My hand fitted perfectly where the bruises are and my thumb print was in the exact place.
It looks as if someone has held mom's wrist's.
The staff nurse said she really didn't know how it had happened but said she would inform her manager and sent for the doctor who came at once to look. Again I put my hand around mom's wrist and voiced my fears, she just nodded.
Mom was put in there for her safety she was never bruised at home.
Have I done enough by bringing it to the attention of the management ?
Thanks
Suptowngirl
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