I had a death at my LTC home last night and had to call the funeral home to come pick up the body. When the attendants get there, we don't usually go in to get the body with them but for whatever reason I did last night. I wish I hadn't... They were so rough with the body it was unbelievable. I was absolutely horrified.
They grabbed the person by the wrists and lifted them. Their foot got caught in the bars on the stretcher and they just yanked it out. They almost dropped the body and then just shoved it back onto the stretcher!
I spoke with some of my coworkers and with some of my nurse friends that work LTC more often than I do and they all say this is common with the funeral home workers but I just can't accept that.
I am just so sad for my resident. We spent days providing the best palliative care possible and then after they passed away my RPN and I went in and cleaned them up a little bit out of respect and then these two men come in and literally throw them around...completely unnecessary.
Have you seen this? What would you do?