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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's been your experience and how to avoid it? How can offspring's help without disrupting their own lives? How can government help? How can all of us help as  society to give people comfort and dignity when they are helpless? [/quote]

My mom was at a local place that was nearly $9k a month more than a decade ago.  My siblings and I dropped in to visit our mom unannounced on a regular—like at least several times a week if not daily at all hours of day and night.  I held meetings w staff regularly, wrote to ombudsman etc.  
  
Gave CNA’s gifts (checks and other), required that she be assigned regular CNA’s when they worked.  Not random CNA’s —after finding soiled diapers in her sink.  And I still came in one day to find her with a huge edema on her lip.  Her lip was hanging down at least 2 inches and was swollen.   Someone either hit or dropped her.  I’m guessing they hit her given she was not brushed elsewhere on her face.  It was horrible and no one could/would answer.   She could not speak (dementia) [/quote]

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