lost panties

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I am almost at the end of the rope. I have a family member that is very upset and acting a fool because her resident's panties and skirts are missing. She pays $8 - $12 a pair for the panties that come from a specialty shop. We have tried a daily inventory and this has not worked. The family member does all the laundry. I need help please.

They could be in her roomates drawer. The laundry dpt. where I worked would get the residents clothes mixed up all the time. Also, we had a resident who would "rummage" in other peoples drawers and run off with stuff.

Panty raid is so funny. I had a pt. that stated she lost her glasses. She was transfered from ICU when I got her many days after. I had the security guards come up to get a statement. She couldn't remember what they looked like or when the last time she "saw" them. Makes it interesting sometimes! I hope you get the problem resolved with "The case of the lost panties!" :)

Pay her the $12 and send her to counseling. Why does she feel the need to spend $8-$12 on panties for an old lady? I buy mine at Victoria's Secret and never spend more than $4. KMART 6 pack of panties $6.99.

LOVE the panty raid comment!

:lol2: :lol2: I would reimburse her ONCE! Then tell her that either she spends less or that's it!!

Is the resident up and about? How do you know she's not ditching them somewhere?

The nurse thought the skirt was a SHEET??? Ummm...how big exactly was the skirt?

Specializes in cardiac med-surg.

doctor has an unusual fetish ???????

:typing Have you checked E-Bay???

Specializes in cardiac med-surg.
:typing Have you checked E-Bay???

you, my dear, are even funnier than i !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rotfl:

Specializes in Geriatrics.

I talked with the family member today. She will not let us lock her clean clothes in the closet, only the dirty ones. Dang!!!! That was a good idea.

Specializes in Developmental Disabilities, LTC.

c'mon, nrsbetrn, just give her the panties back...

obviously you've taken them, for whatever reason, & you're just upset because the family's caught on to your thieving ways...& this thread is just part of an elaborate cover-up on your part as part of your defense:lol2:

if you need drawers that badly, i'm sure your pals @ allnurses.com can set up some sort of collection fund to help you out so you can stop victimizing your residents!

good lord! i sincerely hope that if anyone in my family ever ends up in a home, the least of my concerns will be their flippin' underpants!

Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

Haven't we all had to deal with these less than rational family members? I had a demented patient who told her daughter that I had taken her for a ride in my convertible...the story was I arrived at the nursing home at 3 o'clock in the morning, snuck her out the back door, tossed her in my car and drove her to the Big E in Western Mass a 3 hour drive from here. The daughter found me in the hall and demanded to know why I had taken her mother for a ride in my car without her permission!!! Takes all kinds of nuts to fill the Planter's Jar!:clown:

Specializes in ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP.

My grandmother is an assisted living/LTAC -

She tells us about trips to the local Frisch's Big Boy (which is no longer in existence), the Furr's cafeteria (which is) and how people are always taking her places. She doesn't go anywhere - not often. She thinks the dining hall is a bingo parlor some days - other days it's a church.

It's funny - but we know she is off her rocker - how can some of these family members believe half of what their little people tell them?

Specializes in cardiac med-surg.

"don't get your knickers in a knot !!!!!!!!"

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