My grandmother has recently been admitted to a LTC facility for rehab reasons. Right now she can not walk, and they have only been able to get her up in her wheelchair. She is a large woman, so it is at least a 2 person transfer.
I got some disturbing news from my mother about grandma's situation. The doctor ordered her foley to be D/C'd. I just assumed that they would transfer her to a potty chair or at least use a bed pan. They are making her where a diaper! :angryfire She is not incontinent, never has had a problem in that area! She lays in a dirty diaper all night long because no one will change her :angryfire and she is too timid to do anything about it.
I told my mother that grandma should not be in a diaper, that she can refuse it. She should ask for a bedpan. I figure if she hits the call light for the bathroom and they don't come for her, they will have a bigger mess on their hands.
She has also not had a shower in 3 weeks. They hardly clean her with a bed bath. I would think if they can transfer her to a wheelchair, they can transfer in to a shower chair and take her into the shower room!
I don't know what to do. It is my dad's mom, and when he hears all of this he is going to hit the ceiling! :angryfire I'm afraid of how he is going to respond.
I guess what I am asking, am I crazy to think she has the right to a shower, and the right to choose not to be in a diaper and lay in her own urine all night long?
Please help, I don't know where to begin or who to even speak to at the LTC facility.
Sorry about the long story, but I just had to get that off my chest. Any info would be appreciated!
