It was in the big open activity area, in front of reception. He has only been in the place for a week, and we are still adjusting to the philosophy... not constraining, letting them be free to sleep openly in recliner chairs, on couches ..rather than having to be in a a bed.( except at night)....... I like the philosophy... until I heard about sleeping on the floor. I have a call in to the facility,,,,but wondered if there was any context. It really upset my Mom when she found him there.
Take care,
Carol
I've never heard of a place allowing it. I would keep my eyes open for other "policies".
Say something. Don't let this go. My father was allowed to "go missing" from the NH because he was at a local dialysis center, and his blood pressure dropped, which required hospitalization. Because the dialysis center thought the NH would call us, and the NH thought the dialysis center would call us, the end result was NO ONE called us to tell us my dad was hospitalized. We learned of his hospitalization when we called to check on him and were told he wasn't there, and they didn't know where he was, because he never returned from dialysis the day before. Important information that should have been relayed to the hospital by a family member was not, because we weren't told he was hospitalized. Because of his health issues, he could have died, and we wouldn't have known until the hospital called us to ask us to pick up his body. (In fact, he died 2 months later, so I'm not kidding - that was a very real possibility.) The NH administrator was extremely upset and embarrassed that this had happened, and re-wrote their facility's policies to ensure that THEY always contact the resident's family and don't rely on anyone else to do it, so they know that they aren't the ones dropping the ball.
Best of luck to you.
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