Smoking

Any of your facilities smoke free? We will be pretty soon. I'm not a smoker and am a little glad that we will be cutting down on all the breaks, but on the other side....that means no smoking for residents. Isn't that thier home?? How does/ would the state look at this?

We are a smoke free facility for our residents. This is their home, if they choose. They know we are smoke free before they come and they have the choice of where to live.

We are going smoke free for staff starting in September. We are offering a smoking cessation program for staff. I have a feeling that the hardcore smokers are going to go out to the car and there will be butts all over the parking lot. We'll see how it goes.

We are a smoke free facility for our residents. This is their home, if they choose. They know we are smoke free before they come and they have the choice of where to live.

We are going smoke free for staff starting in September. We are offering a smoking cessation program for staff. I have a feeling that the hardcore smokers are going to go out to the car and there will be butts all over the parking lot. We'll see how it goes.

We are 'smoke free' but patients can go outside to smoke. It is considered a right.

We are 'smoke free' but patients can go outside to smoke. It is considered a right.

You know, I have a problem with this. If they want to tell staff they can't smoke that's one thing...but, residents? Is it really hurting someone when they go OUTSIDE to smoke? This is ridiculous.

Old people lose everything when they go to a home. They fit their life's posessions into a small semi-private room. They're told what they're gonna eat, when to go to bed, they have to wait on someone to take them to the bathroom...don't get to go places like they once did,....and the list goes on.

To take their right to smoke away is overboard.

Is that home going to take away their sweets too? What about the person that is 300+ pounds and that puts the food away?

Utterly unbelievable and some of you are ok with that?

You know, I have a problem with this. If they want to tell staff they can't smoke that's one thing...but, residents? Is it really hurting someone when they go OUTSIDE to smoke? This is ridiculous.

Old people lose everything when they go to a home. They fit their life's posessions into a small semi-private room. They're told what they're gonna eat, when to go to bed, they have to wait on someone to take them to the bathroom...don't get to go places like they once did,....and the list goes on.

To take their right to smoke away is overboard.

Is that home going to take away their sweets too? What about the person that is 300+ pounds and that puts the food away?

Utterly unbelievable and some of you are ok with that?

I'm sure it infringes on resident's rights and I would certainly be on the phone to the ombudsman with this. If that didn't work...well, there are other places to call.

I'm sure it infringes on resident's rights and I would certainly be on the phone to the ombudsman with this. If that didn't work...well, there are other places to call.

We have 450 apartments where there are many people who, believe me, would not be safe smokers! They set smoke detectors off constantly just with their unsafe cooking practices! :) We are a community that promotes health, and are a faith based community. We are not willing to risk burning the place down. I am not providing staff to "smoke" people. When you do that, it's never a convenient time, never often enough, etc. ~ been there and done that! We did have a resident who came to us end stage COPD, smoker from the minute she was here. She was on hospice, O2, not expected to make it. Now it is a year later and she is smoke free, O2 free, alert and oriented, off of hospice and enjoying her life here. We had another resident from a nearby facility who was temporarily placed with us and he was a smoker. I did turn my head when staff took him out to smoke. He had stated he wanted to stop, we got him a patch, but the urge was great. We assisted him with finding placement in a smoking facility.

Again, our job is to provide a safe and healthy environment for all of the residents in our community. No one is forcing them to choose to live here! It reminds me of a friend who moved to a real upscale development. You were not allowed to hang out laundry there. She knew that from the beginning and yet she rallied and shouted and carried on about the fact she could not hang wash outside!?