New Policies

[wildcard47833]

A small nursing home in Indiana wants to put in to place new policies

Such as giving showers in the middle of the night and getting up residents at 4 A.M.

My understanding is we would be required to get patients up at 4 A.M., dress them and then lie them back down in Bed.

What are the laws protecting even confused patients from this?

[ns lpn]

re:then my son told me (he'd worked for 5 years in another ltc) that it was against the rules to be waking and dressing people that early, and that in their facility they weren't allowed to get anyone up before 6, unless they wanted to be.

in our ltc it is also "not allowed" except with climbers, and those who request to get up but it is still done. the nurses don't report it b/c they either: (a)don't know or (b)agree with it and pretend they don't know or © know and disagree with it but don't act on it.

if ltc was more client centered and less money oriented we would not have these issues.

[banditrn]

re:then my son told me (he'd worked for 5 years in another ltc) that it was against the rules to be waking and dressing people that early, and that in their facility they weren't allowed to get anyone up before 6, unless they wanted to be.

in our ltc it is also "not allowed" except with climbers, and those who request to get up but it is still done. the nurses don't report it b/c they either: (a)don't know or (b)agree with it and pretend they don't know or © know and disagree with it but don't act on it.

if ltc was more client centered and less money oriented we would not have these issues.

ns lpn - at my son's facility - they did not get them up, and followed that rule - they had an extra cna come in to help get everyone up - then after that, would start showers. i have no idea if they still do it that way, because he no longer works there.

[augigi, CNS]

This is illegal in Australia.

[ns lpn]

This is illegal in Australia.

Should be illegal everywhere.