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Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:17 pm to tiger91
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Many of our residents were very active with activities before this .. movies, art, plants, music
Damn. I wish I could get my grandmother into something like that. She isn't even that old and she still lives at home, but she just has no interest in hobbies (never had any her whole life) so she just kinda sits around.
I guess the only good part of the virus on her end is that nothing has changed. She still goes walk around Central WalMart when she's bored, and that's about the extent of it besides visiting with my parents once or twice a week.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:17 pm to tiger91
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I keep hearing about protecting the eldery but when I asked the ADON if LDH had come in with a "strike team" that they kept saying they'd send to homes that needed help, she only sent emoji.
NO ONE came to help them .. NO ONE. The 5 RNs in management and 1 LPN staffed the covid unit ... they did feeding, changing, housekeeping, EVERYTHING. JBE & LDH sent no one.
JBE truly doesn’t give a shite about anyone’s mental health right now.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but I really wish there was a way to sue him and LDH for false imprisonment and pain and suffering.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:18 pm to tiger91
Even when not under Covid conditions, the level of health care at many of these places is deplorable.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:20 pm to LSUJML
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To hear they are losing weight
Fortunately most of ours are back to normal .. those that had covid were pretty much affected. The staff is great about snacks, other offerings at meal times and the food is pretty good .. I've eaten it and oh I'd have killed for todays lunch in all honesty.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:22 pm to EZE Tiger Fan
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You have no idea how much stories like this piss me off. A good friend of mine had lost their mom during COVID and she was forced to die alone. All they could do was wave at her through a window.
But if they wanted to go and destroy businesses or violently attack Trump supporters, they would have been given the green light.
Please know it's not the home ... it's the home following CMS rules. I know there are many homes that aren't up to par BUT there are many that are indeed up to par. I personally know of nurses who held the hands of residents who were dying and up to that point prayed with them at their request. It is indeed heartbreaking nonetheless.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:22 pm to tiger91
I'm glad you noticed this I'll admit it was really tough for me with a stroke and the time and rehab not being able to see anybody that really cared about me that knew me.
And I was only in that condition for a month and a half I think we're really missing out on the emotional mental and spiritual factor of recovery by isolating these people.
And I was only in that condition for a month and a half I think we're really missing out on the emotional mental and spiritual factor of recovery by isolating these people.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:23 pm to LouisianaLady
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She isn't even that old and she still lives at home, but she just has no interest in hobbies (never had any her whole life) so she just kinda sits around
They do have "companion programs" in many areas -- I'm not a social worker but if you think she'd enjoy it maybe ask if there's something like that in her area.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:24 pm to OWLFAN86
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I'm glad you noticed this I'll admit it was really tough for me with a stroke and the time and rehab not being able to see anybody that really cared about me that knew me.
And I was only in that condition for a month and a half I think we're really missing out on the emotional mental and spiritual factor of recovery by isolating these people.
Absolutely. And the volunteers WANT to go back .. and can't. I WANT to go back .. and can't. The singing from the church groups that volunteered was often horrendous BUT the residents didn't give a crap -- they enjoyed it.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:30 pm to Hangit
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Do they have devices and wifi? They can talk to all their buds that they can't be around right now.
Some do
A resident posted on a parish group FB page they couldn’t get a bath at my Grandpas nursing home
A lot of people were asking if the person was safe, if he was being neglected, some said they were calling the home, others said they were calling the cops
The post was removed pretty quick
They did stop baths in the actual spa for a while due go the virus / moisture in the air but they were helping people clean up in their rooms
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:31 pm to tiger91
quote:youre doing Gods work
tiger91
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:36 pm to OWLFAN86
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youre doing Gods work
Owlie I've been there for 12 1/2 years ... Only 1 resident is original to when I started. I've been there for the admissions of all of the others. My plan was to work until my last kid graduates college -- so 3 more years. That said, I've been working from home since March 11 and every time I saw another person on the discharged/expired list, I cried and said I didn't know if I could go back. I'm not sure when they'll allow me back in to work in house but IDK if I want to go back meaning idk if my heart can handle it. We've lost 25 if not more of my favorite little people. Ok there was one that was a PITA but still hate that she died.
I'll cross the bridge when it gets here.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:36 pm to LSUJML
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A resident posted on a parish group FB page they couldn’t get a bath at my Grandpas nursing home
I don't mean that it's funny but that's funny!!
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:39 pm to tiger91
The bad thing is my Grandma was an excellent cook
He deals with the breakfast & lunch & we were bringing him supper every night
He has been complaining about the food constantly, it’s his biggest gripe
They had BBQ hamburgers, they got a hamburger patty & HALF A SLICE of white bread
We bring him salt, pepper, sugar, Tony’s, hot sauce, salad dressing...he just thinks that food should be just like at home
The bad thing is with serving them in their rooms the food is cold & it doesn’t matter how good it is when it’s cold
If they would just allow us to drop off hot meals it would make things better for him but they don’t have the staff to answer the door & run meals to rooms
When I drop off supplies it could be an hour before he gets it
He deals with the breakfast & lunch & we were bringing him supper every night
He has been complaining about the food constantly, it’s his biggest gripe
They had BBQ hamburgers, they got a hamburger patty & HALF A SLICE of white bread
We bring him salt, pepper, sugar, Tony’s, hot sauce, salad dressing...he just thinks that food should be just like at home
The bad thing is with serving them in their rooms the food is cold & it doesn’t matter how good it is when it’s cold
If they would just allow us to drop off hot meals it would make things better for him but they don’t have the staff to answer the door & run meals to rooms
When I drop off supplies it could be an hour before he gets it
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:42 pm to tiger91
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They do have "companion programs" in many areas -- I'm not a social worker but if you think she'd enjoy it maybe ask if there's something like that in her area.
She wouldn't do it. She complains about loneliness but isn't interested to join any of this stuff as much as we've encouraged it. She leans on my mom to keep her entertained, but my mom is 52 and about to join my 54-year-old dad in retirement. They have a marriage to go enjoy.
For the record, grandmother hangs out with mom and dad 1-2 times a week and has lots of family she chats on the phone with. Just wish she had any sort of passion or interest in ANYTHING.
When we take her places, she just kinda politely smiles like she's bored or miserable. LOL. Then she's calling trying to do the same thing a week later. Its weird.
I think that's just people who were raised in very rural simple times/area like she was. When my grandfather was alive, they just sat each in their rocking recliners all day long and sat quietly or did word search puzzles or look out the window at the neighbors.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:43 pm to LouisianaLady
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:46 pm to tiger91
It was very sobering to realize that I was probably the only person at home that would ever get out alive
My roommate , once they moved me out of isolation. does not know where he is and they all told me that prior to covid he was walking around is one of the more social people in the home
My roommate , once they moved me out of isolation. does not know where he is and they all told me that prior to covid he was walking around is one of the more social people in the home
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:48 pm to tiger91
My great aunt currently has coronavirus in a nursing home. She keeps calling my mom and asking where her mother and brothers are at. They're all dead :(
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:48 pm to OWLFAN86
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My roommate , once they movef me out of isolation. does not know where he is and they all told me that prior to kovid he was walking around is one of the more social people in the home
That's pretty frightening imagining being on your end of that. Were you afraid you'd contract it?
Posted on 7/6/20 at 3:51 pm to tiger91
My grandmother has Alzheimer’s and hasn’t been “visited”other than a couple of window visits and FaceTime. The employees use their own phones to allow residents to at least do that.
You’ll never convince me that the “lives saved” by these draconian measures were worth the mental and economic repercussions.
You’ll never convince me that the “lives saved” by these draconian measures were worth the mental and economic repercussions.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 3:52 pm
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