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[quote=Anonymous]OP here back from my trip . We are planning to move him different memory care facility.  We found another facility that seems much better equipped to manage vascular dementia and all of the complications that come with it.

Further affirming out decision, when  I visited my dad I found the one-on-one aide fast asleep with the door closed while my Dad just hung out in his wheel chair.  .I was furious and when I notified her supervisor, all I got back was “I’ll look into it.”

Plus, this reclining wheelchair does not really go into a fully upright firm position so they have been having him eat in a somewhat reclining position, which is in clear violation of his care plan and safe eating plan.

And, when the PT/OT people came, they take my dad walking in the hall and he does fine.  But they still won’t allow the one one one aides to walk with him - I think because they are just incompetent and untrained.

This is a relatively expensive facility overall and the move will actually save a lot of money, although it was not money that motivated the change.

And after we move him I think I will report this facility to the state because I do think this use of a reclining wheelchair is an unlawful restraint.  [/quote]

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