Heres a new twist on caregiver drama: bedbugs

[Anonymous]

I just learned that my dad’s house has been infested with bedbugs from one of his agency caregivers. He has dementia and is in his SFH with some caregivers we know personally and a few supplied by an agency. One of the agency’s people brought them into my dad’s house ( she mentioned it our caregiver). We are now doing a full professional treatment. Just when you thought that life couldn’t get more sucky. I am terrified of getting them and can’t see myself visiting at thanksgiving. I was supposed to be doing a clean out with my sisters then. Like dementia doesn’t already bite.

[Anonymous]

Sorry to hear that OP. Talk about a lot going on. That is really crappy and I feel for all of you. Hard to believe a caregiver could be so negligent.

[Anonymous]

What a rotten development. So sorry.

[Anonymous]

This happened to my cousin. They had just brought home their medically fragile 14mo home from the NICU and had employed a night nurse. The child has a trach tube and needs to be watched at all times. The nurse brought bedbugs. It’s almost comical how much the universe dishes out to people sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Oh no!!! We just got caregivers for my mom and the bedbugs thing definitely occurred to me. Are you able to take steps to avoid a reinfestation? My fear for you is that that other caregivers caught bedbugs from your dad's house and will bring them back

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened to my cousin. They had just brought home their medically fragile 14mo home from the NICU and had employed a night nurse. The child has a trach tube and needs to be watched at all times. The nurse brought bedbugs. It’s almost comical how much the universe dishes out to people sometimes.

Comical? You sound like a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happened to my cousin. They had just brought home their medically fragile 14mo home from the NICU and had employed a night nurse. The child has a trach tube and needs to be watched at all times. The nurse brought bedbugs. It’s almost comical how much the universe dishes out to people sometimes.

Comical? You sound like a jerk.

Yes. Comical. We were laughing, asking ourselves what could possibly be next. And do you know what was next? My cousin needed back surgery from an injury that was greatly exacerbated by the amount of time he spent hunched over the nicu crib. You cry and you laugh.

[Anonymous]

You have my sympathies. My mom brought bedbugs home after visiting her ailing sister overseas. She was taking care of my dad, who had terminal cancer. So yeah, it was an especially trying time. Fwiw, I visited often and stayed over several times, took precausions, i.e., never left luggage on the floor, undress and throw everything in the dryer for 30 minutes when I get home, etc. And I never brought it to my home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happened to my cousin. They had just brought home their medically fragile 14mo home from the NICU and had employed a night nurse. The child has a trach tube and needs to be watched at all times. The nurse brought bedbugs. It’s almost comical how much the universe dishes out to people sometimes.

Comical? You sound like a jerk.

Yes. Comical. We were laughing, asking ourselves what could possibly be next. And do you know what was next? My cousin needed back surgery from an injury that was greatly exacerbated by the amount of time he spent hunched over the nicu crib. You cry and you laugh.

Maybe your kid is next. Oh, not so funny?

[Anonymous]

What do you expect when you hire unknowns to come in and take care of family? I feel for you OP, I really do, but this is part of the package when you hire out. This is why there is regulation in professional facilities.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never heard of a caregiver bringing bedbugs into a client’s home and I’ve had various caregivers come into my home with no pest or hygiene issues. I’d raise hell and switch agencies if that happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of a caregiver bringing bedbugs into a client’s home and I’ve had various caregivers come into my home with no pest or hygiene issues. I’d raise hell and switch agencies if that happened.

And then what? This will get worse and worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happened to my cousin. They had just brought home their medically fragile 14mo home from the NICU and had employed a night nurse. The child has a trach tube and needs to be watched at all times. The nurse brought bedbugs. It’s almost comical how much the universe dishes out to people sometimes.

Comical? You sound like a jerk.

PP just sounds like someone who has had enough time to process what happened. Once you have cried enough, it may take years but it is possible to laugh. It doesn't always make a person a jerk.

[Anonymous]

OP is the caregiver from an agency? Do they have insurance that could pay for the treatment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happened to my cousin. They had just brought home their medically fragile 14mo home from the NICU and had employed a night nurse. The child has a trach tube and needs to be watched at all times. The nurse brought bedbugs. It’s almost comical how much the universe dishes out to people sometimes.

Comical? You sound like a jerk.

Yes. Comical. We were laughing, asking ourselves what could possibly be next. And do you know what was next? My cousin needed back surgery from an injury that was greatly exacerbated by the amount of time he spent hunched over the nicu crib. You cry and you laugh.

Maybe your kid is next. Oh, not so funny?

NP — lighten up. Some families deal with tragedy through laughter. I’ve never laughed so hard as I have at family funerals, with, not at, my family. My cousin telling stories about how hilarious her mom was, right up until the end. It’s all the grief and stress coming out in the giggles.