Within three weeks of entering a MC facility, my wife has contracted a UTI. This has made her very anxious and fearful of everyone and everything there. The head nurse called me today and suggested that maybe my wife wasn’t ready for a MC facility yet. She also suggested that, when this lockdown is over, I bring her there during the day but take her home at night (the time they have the most trouble with her).
We've noticed (via a camera in her room) that they aren’t showering her regularly and they also aren’t changing her Depends daily because she puts up such a fuss. What should I do?
Antibiotics (if required) for UTI should improve things.
Changing/toileting/showering patients with challenging behaviours is just that - challenging. That's why you have chosen a MC unit with trained Aides. The facility should have a system of staff meetings to workshop strategies, implement then review progress as standard.
The Doctor may prescribe something for agitation as last resort after all behaviour strategies have been tried.
Good luck.
People in diapers get UTIs -- a LOT. It comes with the territory, so if this place can't handle that most basic issue, then she'd be better off somewhere with a better-trained staff.