Last night while I was visiting DH he was given his pain meds. I asked to look at the dispensing cup and discovered an 80 mg pain med, but no 20 mg pain med. The nurse said "Oops, I forgot it". Then they brought additional evening meds and his anxiety med was 1/2 the dosage he is supposed to get.
The head nurse and I went over the list of med they have copied (by hand) from the list (printed) of meds from the hospital and the discrepancy is unbelievable. They are missing at least 8 meds and have wrong doses on several more. This is unacceptable!
DH went to physical therapy yesterday for the first time. The facility has very old weight machines or else the maintenance is poor. He was working on his arm muscles and the ROPE that lifts the weights broke. A ROPE????? I have phone calls into our doctor and the admissions office at the local hospital that is well known for rehab. I hope to get DH transferred asap.
DH is much more alert and involved in his care and his surroundings. I think that this illness was in progress for a long time and we thought it was the dementia. I want a really good analysis of his actual dementia symptoms. We cannot let an infection or illness happen again and just pass it off as dementia!
Bless all of you and keep praying for everyone you know who is facing physical issues. Prayers can make miracles happen.
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