IMPORTANT QUESTION: Is it safe to enter a nursing home for non-covid care?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I wouldn't. YOu don't know what you would be carrying in, and you don't know what the staff has carried in.
HippieChick58
Level 9
Apr 24, 2020
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Nobody in out here, if a resident needs care beyond what the nurses can give, an ambulance comes to remove them to an ER. (which, good luck to them... )
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Apr 24, 2020
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At Mom’s independent living facility they are not taking any new patients in the nursing care facility.
Barnie2years
Level 8
Apr 24, 2020
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Very few nursing homes allow visitors at all tgese days, and are pretty careful with their employees too. Residents who are emergency admits, or go to the hospital and bring things back, are a different story. I don't know how theyre quarantined, but those people are quarantined at least somewhat. Having been in a few of those places, assuming you mean the most basic places that are largely medicaid funded, i really can't imagine. And i have no idea whats going on in states like Georgia.
MarkiusMahamius
Level 7
Apr 24, 2020
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I'm trying to get my folks into an assisted living memory care unit right now. The problem is that they aren't safe AT ALL not being in one.
1of5
Level 8
Apr 24, 2020
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Thats why I posted the article. I would be concerned in making such a tough decision now.
1of5:
@sassygirl3869 I've got 2 1/2 years of research/effort into finding them the right place and convincing mom it's her descision to move. Already have a deposit down and room reserved, just can't move them in now because of the virus. Neat-o.
Best part is last week mom tripped over thier cat and went to the ER where they're understaffed and stressed beyond normal. Shes got mid to worsening dementia and with the concussion she forgot why she was even there - They rushed her through without x-raying her ribs and sent her home with 3 undiagnosed broken ribs. Oh yeah, shes got osteoporosis so why should they think to check for broken bones? Had to video conferance twice with different doctors before shd could even be taken in to be examined.
At least the pot store here is still open.
@1of5 awful this is happening.
My Mother in Law's nursing home has for the past six weeks allowed no visitors in or residents out of the home for any reason what so ever, to minimizes infection.
LenHazell53
Level 9
Apr 24, 2020
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Must be tough for your wife and you.
@sassygirl3869 Yes and we just found out yesterday that everyone in the home is in solitary confinement now, with staff in full PPE (that they had to buy themselves) delivering meals to them 3 times a day and medication 4 times a day.
That is a living hell, they may as well be in prison.
@LenHazell53 so sorry to hear. I was a patient in a nursing home 5 years ago and saw and heard all.
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