Mum has had stomache & back pain on & off since last December (maybe before) & has been in & out of hospital, had lots of tests but they can't find anything wrong with her.
Last Friday Mums neighbour Louise called to say Mum was not at all well & her Dr was called. A nurse went, called me from Mums & said the would be going soon as she thought Mum might have to go to hospital. Dr went & spoke to me, said Mum shouldn't be left alone & was trying to get her into the elderly care ward at the hospital. Dr called me back, no beds available so she was sending her to A&E. I spoke to A&E, they said Mum was in pain, said only bed available was in the Acute Surgery ward. Called the ward & Mum was comfortable & had a good night but they were going to send her home
Advised that there was no one to stay with her when she got home & had carers going 3 times a day but they couldn't stay with her. It was decided to keep Mum in another night.
Called next day, Mum was being sent home, advised they needed to call the carers as she had no food in & Louise (who is 70) couldn't get out that day to do the shopping. They asked who did Mums shopping, I said Mum does but doesn't get the rights things & food gets thrown away & now Louise has started to do the shopping as Mum won't let the carers do it. If Mum went home she would go out herself & I didn't think it would be a good idea if she went out after coming home from hospital. The Staff Nurse said, "it's not an ideal situation (meaning Mum can go shopping herself) but Mum wants to go home.
Eventually Mum arrived home about 6:30 7:00pm last night. Louise went into Mums when they brought her back, within 5 mins Mum was saying her back & stomach was hurting again. Spoke to Mum, she was very confused & when I asked her why she hadn't told the hospital staff she was in pain, she said, she haven't been in hospital but had been in someone's home! Louise said no medication for pain was missing from the dossette box,msg was going to give her some. I said maybe the hospital had given her the painkillers so I'd call to ask them. Carer then came & I said I was calling the hospital. Called them & they'd given her some paracetamol around 5:30 so could give her anymore. Called carer back & she said she would give Mum some codeine instead.
Louise called me this morning, Mum still in a lot of pain, carer then came & I said I'd call her Dr when they opened. Carer called back 5 mins later & said she wasn't happy to wait for the Dr as Mum was in a lot of pain & asked me if that was ok, of course I said yes.
1st responder came within 10 mins, carer called me & said they wanted a word with me. They advised Mum needed to go to hospital & an ambulance was on its way, Mum was given antibiotics last Thursday for a possible UTI but looks like the hospital never gave her any while she was there & thinks the infection could have gone to her kidneys
Not sure if the staff on the Acute Surgery ward understood about Mums dementia/Alzheimer's & as think Mum wanting to go home was the fact she thought she was in someone's house & not an hospital, if they'd have talked to her they may have found this out but not sure.
Mum on her way now to hospital & I'm so frightened for her as I don't think she really knows what's going on
Lima
Last Friday Mums neighbour Louise called to say Mum was not at all well & her Dr was called. A nurse went, called me from Mums & said the would be going soon as she thought Mum might have to go to hospital. Dr went & spoke to me, said Mum shouldn't be left alone & was trying to get her into the elderly care ward at the hospital. Dr called me back, no beds available so she was sending her to A&E. I spoke to A&E, they said Mum was in pain, said only bed available was in the Acute Surgery ward. Called the ward & Mum was comfortable & had a good night but they were going to send her home
Advised that there was no one to stay with her when she got home & had carers going 3 times a day but they couldn't stay with her. It was decided to keep Mum in another night.Called next day, Mum was being sent home, advised they needed to call the carers as she had no food in & Louise (who is 70) couldn't get out that day to do the shopping. They asked who did Mums shopping, I said Mum does but doesn't get the rights things & food gets thrown away & now Louise has started to do the shopping as Mum won't let the carers do it. If Mum went home she would go out herself & I didn't think it would be a good idea if she went out after coming home from hospital. The Staff Nurse said, "it's not an ideal situation (meaning Mum can go shopping herself) but Mum wants to go home.
Eventually Mum arrived home about 6:30 7:00pm last night. Louise went into Mums when they brought her back, within 5 mins Mum was saying her back & stomach was hurting again. Spoke to Mum, she was very confused & when I asked her why she hadn't told the hospital staff she was in pain, she said, she haven't been in hospital but had been in someone's home! Louise said no medication for pain was missing from the dossette box,msg was going to give her some. I said maybe the hospital had given her the painkillers so I'd call to ask them. Carer then came & I said I was calling the hospital. Called them & they'd given her some paracetamol around 5:30 so could give her anymore. Called carer back & she said she would give Mum some codeine instead.
Louise called me this morning, Mum still in a lot of pain, carer then came & I said I'd call her Dr when they opened. Carer called back 5 mins later & said she wasn't happy to wait for the Dr as Mum was in a lot of pain & asked me if that was ok, of course I said yes.
1st responder came within 10 mins, carer called me & said they wanted a word with me. They advised Mum needed to go to hospital & an ambulance was on its way, Mum was given antibiotics last Thursday for a possible UTI but looks like the hospital never gave her any while she was there
& thinks the infection could have gone to her kidneys Not sure if the staff on the Acute Surgery ward understood about Mums dementia/Alzheimer's & as think Mum wanting to go home was the fact she thought she was in someone's house & not an hospital, if they'd have talked to her they may have found this out but not sure.
Mum on her way now to hospital & I'm so frightened for her as I don't think she really knows what's going on
Lima
