StickStickly
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Nursing homes are hell that older people can't escape. I've seen one home take over an hour to start an exercise group. All of the sweet old people were just sat in a circle looking bored and desperate. One lady said she's never getting out of there alive. Her kids just dropped her off.Being in the medical profession the best advice I can give is if u end up in the hospital always make sure ur proactive about ur care or have family watching ur back. Ask whenever they give u pills/perform a test, want to recommend a treatment, basically question anything. Not in an @sshole kind of way but always be aware of whats going on to u. Outside of intensive care units every floor is understaffed in a hospital, some severly understaffed. Even if u have a good nurse its not possible for someone to look after 7 or 8 patients in a proper way. Not to mention u might run into an agency nurse or one who just has no idea what the hell they're doing and its not that uncommon. So u gotta look after urself otherwise ur running huge risks...obviously u might get looked at as a difficult patient by some but who gives a fukk. Thats ur health in the end.
Its even worse with doctors because they're looking out for 20-30 patients at minimum, who's history they barely know in passing. U think they're always gonna know whats best? Hell naw...if they start ordering tests and shyt that dont make sense be sure to question that heavily.
Nursing homes I dont even wanna get into...if u actually love ur family member ull never consider posting them up in one of those deathtraps
Some nurses and aids should not be in helping professions and are just in it for the money. They'll well neglect with a a capital N your loved one and they will die much earlier than they should and the facilities shrug their shoulders blaming old age. It's so sad. I can't imagine putting my parents in one. Now retirement homes are better and if you are looking for a great place make sure they are EDEN certified.
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