Hi
sorry for another thread on my dad but I am really worried.
My dad is in hospital recovering from sepsis (from UTI). He is in a side room on his own at the other end of the ward no where near the nurses station.
When we went in for visiting today (2pm-4pm) his door was closed. The auxilary nurse was in there only just getting him out of bed and washed. His pad was soaked through and blood stained. She said his long term catheter had fallen out??? How does a catheter fall out (he has been catheterised since Feb 2012).
I suspect he was trying to get out of bed, climing over the rails and pulled it out as the catheter bag is attached to the side rails of the bed.
Lunch is at 1.30, so I asked the auxillary if he had had his lunch and she said she offered him macarroni cheese but he didnt want it (he hadnt had breakfast and why would he want to eat when sat in a sodden pad in a wet bed). She hadnt even got him a yogurt or a sandwich.
My concerns are :
- is he being left all morning/night without anyone checking on him?
- why is he only being washed and gotten out of bed at 2pm?
- no one monitors what he eats or bothers to help cut up his food?
- my biggest worry is now his catherter is out they haven't put a new one in as they are going to see if his bladder works on its own. He original had the catheter put in last Feb in the same hospital as he kept going into retention and not emptying his bladder. After 18mths with one can his bladder really start working again properly? will they actually monitor him properly to know if his bladder is working or not?
I am so worried about this I am not sure what to do. I was going to phone up again tonight at 9pm to check he is ok and to make sure they know about the catheyer being removed. I really have no trust in them. They just don't seem to care any more.
sorry for another thread on my dad but I am really worried.
My dad is in hospital recovering from sepsis (from UTI). He is in a side room on his own at the other end of the ward no where near the nurses station.
When we went in for visiting today (2pm-4pm) his door was closed. The auxilary nurse was in there only just getting him out of bed and washed. His pad was soaked through and blood stained. She said his long term catheter had fallen out??? How does a catheter fall out (he has been catheterised since Feb 2012).
I suspect he was trying to get out of bed, climing over the rails and pulled it out as the catheter bag is attached to the side rails of the bed.
Lunch is at 1.30, so I asked the auxillary if he had had his lunch and she said she offered him macarroni cheese but he didnt want it (he hadnt had breakfast and why would he want to eat when sat in a sodden pad in a wet bed). She hadnt even got him a yogurt or a sandwich.
My concerns are :
- is he being left all morning/night without anyone checking on him?
- why is he only being washed and gotten out of bed at 2pm?
- no one monitors what he eats or bothers to help cut up his food?
- my biggest worry is now his catherter is out they haven't put a new one in as they are going to see if his bladder works on its own. He original had the catheter put in last Feb in the same hospital as he kept going into retention and not emptying his bladder. After 18mths with one can his bladder really start working again properly? will they actually monitor him properly to know if his bladder is working or not?
I am so worried about this I am not sure what to do. I was going to phone up again tonight at 9pm to check he is ok and to make sure they know about the catheyer being removed. I really have no trust in them. They just don't seem to care any more.