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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1833385" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Very glad that she got away from Hospice.</p><p>So sorry that she and y'all have had to go through all of that with the hospitals, staff, drs, insurance. </p><p>Thank you for posting that, people need to be prepared to deal with a lot of unnecessary and awful things from the medical world when it comes to care and wellbeing of loved ones.</p><p>We went through very similar circumstances with my mother about 5 years ago.</p><p>She had always been a strong, intelligent and independent minded person. Up until she was 88 she was driving, going to church, doing things for church and friends, going to grocery stores, even doing taxes as accounting and budget work was her line of work. </p><p>Out of the blue she had an ischemic stroke. Because of her age and aftermath of the stroke drs and everybody in the hospitals wrote her off as just old and out of her head, which she was not. She was confused and overwhelmed by everything and not really capable of quickly responding but given time she could process her thoughts and communicate them. </p><p>We tried to be there as much as possible, but had to take care of cattle and could not be there all of the time but we're most of it. Even had a few friends come and sit with her in the hospital some and they witnessed the same treatment of her that we did.</p><p>We should have sued for neglect and abuse.</p><p>My wife had to clean her several times, and the nurses and staff claimed that they had. Apparently the hospital's cameras proved my wife was right.</p><p>My mother said that they treated her rough when taking her for tests and scans.</p><p>After another health incident we took her to another hospital. It was a little better at first but still very bad.</p><p>Her local cardiologist put her on a high dosage of a blood thinner after the stroke with a month she had a hemorrhagic stroke (brain bleed which debilitated her more). </p><p>The first incident at the second hospital was a drugged up icu nurse gave her the wrong medication, against the wishes of us. It caused an immediate reaction. They never did fully admit all the details but did enough that we could read between the lines. We overheard somebody likely a supervisor or dr calling for security and telling them to get the person out of there. We never saw that nurse anymore after that.</p><p>Another nurse was insistent on giving her a medication that had been changed a few days before. She argued that it was what she had given her the last time she was on duty and had never looked at the current chart.</p><p>Once out of ICU it got even worse. They rarely came in drs seemed to not make rounds. Assistants came in most times and said or did very little </p><p>Drs literally got in an argument with each other in front of my mother over whether or not to do a procedure. </p><p>I walked in her room early one morning to find a nurse talking mean to her, She couldn't get her awake to take pills. At one point my mother had her mouth open and the nurse just threw the pills in her mouth. I was on too good of behavior because my mother had always insisted that I hold my temper because I tend to have a very short fuse when I see something not right happening like somebody hurting or taking advantage of somebody. When she threw the pills that was it for me but I toned it down quite a bit but should not have. I snapped my finger to let her know I was there and watching and pointed at her and told that I knew she didn't think my mother knew what was going on but that she did and she would respond if she gave her a little time. I know they are in a hurry but she could have caused her to choke on those pills.</p><p>Another nurse told my wife that she did not believe anybody over 70 should be treated for anything. With people like that supposed to be caring for patients it is logical that patients are not receiving adequate care. </p><p>There was so much more that happened that it's too much to type.</p><p>There were a few good nurses and drs but they were the exceptions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1833385, member: 24816"] Very glad that she got away from Hospice. So sorry that she and y’all have had to go through all of that with the hospitals, staff, drs, insurance. Thank you for posting that, people need to be prepared to deal with a lot of unnecessary and awful things from the medical world when it comes to care and wellbeing of loved ones. We went through very similar circumstances with my mother about 5 years ago. She had always been a strong, intelligent and independent minded person. Up until she was 88 she was driving, going to church, doing things for church and friends, going to grocery stores, even doing taxes as accounting and budget work was her line of work. Out of the blue she had an ischemic stroke. Because of her age and aftermath of the stroke drs and everybody in the hospitals wrote her off as just old and out of her head, which she was not. She was confused and overwhelmed by everything and not really capable of quickly responding but given time she could process her thoughts and communicate them. We tried to be there as much as possible, but had to take care of cattle and could not be there all of the time but we’re most of it. Even had a few friends come and sit with her in the hospital some and they witnessed the same treatment of her that we did. We should have sued for neglect and abuse. My wife had to clean her several times, and the nurses and staff claimed that they had. Apparently the hospital’s cameras proved my wife was right. My mother said that they treated her rough when taking her for tests and scans. After another health incident we took her to another hospital. It was a little better at first but still very bad. Her local cardiologist put her on a high dosage of a blood thinner after the stroke with a month she had a hemorrhagic stroke (brain bleed which debilitated her more). The first incident at the second hospital was a drugged up icu nurse gave her the wrong medication, against the wishes of us. It caused an immediate reaction. They never did fully admit all the details but did enough that we could read between the lines. We overheard somebody likely a supervisor or dr calling for security and telling them to get the person out of there. We never saw that nurse anymore after that. Another nurse was insistent on giving her a medication that had been changed a few days before. She argued that it was what she had given her the last time she was on duty and had never looked at the current chart. Once out of ICU it got even worse. They rarely came in drs seemed to not make rounds. Assistants came in most times and said or did very little Drs literally got in an argument with each other in front of my mother over whether or not to do a procedure. I walked in her room early one morning to find a nurse talking mean to her, She couldn’t get her awake to take pills. At one point my mother had her mouth open and the nurse just threw the pills in her mouth. I was on too good of behavior because my mother had always insisted that I hold my temper because I tend to have a very short fuse when I see something not right happening like somebody hurting or taking advantage of somebody. When she threw the pills that was it for me but I toned it down quite a bit but should not have. I snapped my finger to let her know I was there and watching and pointed at her and told that I knew she didn’t think my mother knew what was going on but that she did and she would respond if she gave her a little time. I know they are in a hurry but she could have caused her to choke on those pills. Another nurse told my wife that she did not believe anybody over 70 should be treated for anything. With people like that supposed to be caring for patients it is logical that patients are not receiving adequate care. There was so much more that happened that it’s too much to type. There were a few good nurses and drs but they were the exceptions. [/QUOTE]
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