Saturday I went to visit my Aunt at the nursing home. She has a broken ankle and a fractured wrist. She also had a stroke which affected her left side where her broken bones are. she has been there for 8 weeks now. Her wrist was so swollen from it dangling I almost had a heart attack. She then told me she had sat in a dirty diaper for 3 hours. I went to the director and as kindly as I could told her she needed to remedy these problems. The nursing staff was told to elevate and ice her broken bones. They have not done so. I went and purchased a sling for her arm so it wont dangle any more. Its still swollen and she complained about them not changing her again Help what should I do next???? (The staff in rehab are complaining to me about whats not being done. They work in the same facility.)
Sounds like a lawsuit to me; so don't forget to take pictures. In cases like these what you say isn't as important as what you can prove.
-- ED
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