cateyes1 ~ My husband was in a rehab. facility when he was knockdown w/mersia. It would have been easy to treat but w/his diabetes,kidney failure,& a triple bypass; his body didn't have the chance to heal!I blame all for his death! From the doctors,nurses,social works,all staff had a hand in his demise. He finally recovered from the mersia so what do they do instead of sending him to a cardiac rehab center they send him to a rehab center where there is no medical monitoring systems like in the hospital! I wanted him out of there & in2 a facility that will treat his pre existing conditions.I should have fought harder to get him out! I don't care how many times they've renamed this facility...the same people work there & the same people kill the patients there!I've a track record of peoples that died there. My Husband's Grandmother,His Mom, & then he went into rapid death mode there!The nurse treating him just stared as he went into shock!She snapped out it after I screamed at her to do something!The staff doing cpr didnt look like they knew what they were doing. I con't understand why there was a group of assistant aides just standing there watching, like it was a movie!As my Husband was dying; They didn't even bother to remove his room mate out!He was in there; force to hear the last gasps & sounds of a dying man!
I plan to inform my Dr.if I get sick, to place me anywhere but that facility!Hospice would have been better!
My advice 2you, whether, it's hospice, rehab centers or even hospitals.Trust No ONE! You are the #1 protection for your parents.Be assertive,question,question,
question,questions, everything!There's the net, do back ground checks on everyone, back ground checks on the history of the facility they're in. Visit them during different times, don't start a pattern of your visits. Keep them on there toes!Your Parents' lives is in your hands. Don't ever give it away.