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Skyview Group Home Alzheimers Care Home- DO NOT TAKE YOUR LOVED ONES HERE Las Vegas Nevada
I took my 86 year old grandmother to live in this group home 7 months ago. She was in the early stages of alzheimers and was incontinent so I could not care for her any longer. She walked and talked when she got there. She has been in the hospital for 3 weeks with stage 4 bedsores, dehydration, malnutrition and the infection from the bed sores caused kidney failure. They did not care for her at all.
I went to visit and she was sitting in a soiled diaper- they phoned the police when i tried to take her out of the facility. After I complained to the State and authorities they took her to the hospital. She now has contracture in both her legs from lack of movement.
These people are horrible. I tried to contact them on several occaisions to ask what happened and they tell me to subponea any information I am looking for. If they did nothing wrong why would they want a subponea for the records? They are under investigation by the district attorney office and several other state agencies along with a lawsuit i have filed against them. Every patient in there is heavily medicated and sitting in front of the tv- i witnessed it everytime ive been there. my grandmother can no longer speak from whatever trauma she has gone through with those people.
Janice Burch is supposed to be the administrator- they are required to have someone there to care for the patients 24 hours a day- on my last visit the only person there besides the patients was a janitor that was mopping the floors. This place is a disgrace- Janice Burch is a disgrace.
Taking peoples money to care for family members and spending it on anything but the patients care- living in her own almost one million dollar house- I am going to take them down.
Kelly
Las Vegas, Nevada
U.S.A.
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Linda
EL CAJON,California,
U.S.A.
Elder Abuse in care facilities is Common - Check for these signs to protect your loved ones.
#2Consumer Suggestion
Sat, June 28, 2008
Haldol (Haloperidol) is commonly used to chemically restrain elder patients which may cause severe medical decline, including loss of speech, low appetite, muscle rigidity and symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. Haldol is used as a chemical restraint on violent mental patients and is totally contraindicated for anyone over the age of 65 but it has become the drug of choice in elder care facilities. Haldol can make these elders drooling zombies that do not speak, eat, walk or use the bathroom. And when you ask why your elder is rapidly declining the care facility staff will simply say, "They're old" and you will never know they are being administered Haldol unless you demand their medical records. Autopsies of elders have shown traces of Haldol even when their medical records show it was never prescribed.
All issues regarding poor care or the declining health of an elder are totally at the control of the Attending Physician. This is where your problems begin and many times this Attending Physician is contracted by the nursing facility.
It is estimated that over 50% of elder patients may be receiving Haldol, Valium or other psychotropic drugs that inhibit the quality of their life and create an almost immediate appearance of rapid decline in their movements, ability to walk and use the bathroom and the ability to eat sufficient calories.
Dehydration is caused simply from lack of giving the elder sufficient water. This minimizes the number of times a caregiver must change their adult diapers.
Malnutrition begins with lack of sufficient calories (and perhaps no help with eating or unappetizing and poor nutrition food provided) and generally NO extra nutrients such as vitamins, minerals given to the elder. You give your children vitamin supplements, why wouldn't you give an elder even more nutritional supplements as their intestinal tract absorbs poorly.
If you spend an entire day at the care facility you will quickly realize how little care the elders get. Watch the other rooms with patients, see what percentage of total patients actually go to the dining room and feed themselves. If many elders are quietly bed ridden in their rooms it is an indication of pharmacology at work. And remember, since you are there they are giving your elder maximum attention.
If you simply put a few small ink marks on their body you will quickly discover they don't get washed off even though they tell you they are bathing the elder frequently.
The simple answer is you must care for your elders in your home or see them daily if you expect them to get decent care. You must have frequent contact with the Attending Physician and get copies of all medical records and review everything including their prescriptions administered.
Question everything. Google is a wonderful resource for quick answers. And don't ever be afraid to fire a physician or change care facilities.