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[quote=Anonymous]OP here-yesterday was another heck of a day.

Dad has been just out of it, talking incoherently, involuntary movements-we see him daily (Mom does, on workdays I don't because of my schedule except I saw him Thursday after leaving work in a panic because of his decline) and Mom sent me a pic of a wound/scrape on his shins. He doesn't walk-how does one get those? I believe it was a fall! No one said anything to us. I called the facility (I was at work, I work most Saturdays) and they were like, oh we'll investigate and the wound nurse will look at it Monday.  'it's Saturday' I was enraged!

Work was over, I left and immediately went to the facility. They were like, oh we'll check him for a UTI monday 'again, it's saturday'. My poor mom was overwhelmed and my dad was clearly suffering-I said, I'm calling his primary dr. Dr said 'take him to 'local hospital' ER and don't bring him back there!'  I then told them to arrange transport or I was calling 911. I wasn't 'asking' I was 'telling', I was furious. They did and we went to the ER where he was found to have a UTI and was admitted! He did not have a stroke or seizures, thankfully.

Needless to say he is NOT returning to that facility. I'll work with case management to figure out something else. I don't know how much capacity he will regain after the UTI is cured, but once we have that baseline we'll figure out next steps. [/quote]

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