Mom cant come back to her home from rehab due to red flag?? Mom has dementia got confused/paranoid after a medication change unbenounced to me was wondering around bedrm & fell during night she has been stabalized at hosptal.I am her live-in caregiver,a nurse and daughter. & now i am told of a red flag about a call to adult protection is hindering her discharge home No more information was given to me or mom! how and who to talk to.to find out what this is about? I can only guess it was visiting nurses . mom refused a few visits because she saw the dr that same day and refused aid for shower. I told them no for her. .so could this affect my future job seeking as a nurse? I did nothing wrong but why were we reported?? VERY UPSET Someone should at least let us know something is a miss. Could it be nurse to nurse competition? They did overcharge mom for days they were not here and $400 home visit for a blood pressure check. which is outrageous. what do i do ? mom doesnt want to go nursing home i promised to care and have long term ins to help
I called the care agency (from the government) to send someone out to my house and called a sibling to be present at the meeting (this sibling has no input, doesn't do any of the caregiving or pay a penny to help and sees mother once a year) but I felt I needed a family witness/backup.
During the meeting mother denied sending it at first and said "that friend shouldn't have publicized what I wrote".
The caregiver reviewed all the files, asked her questions in front of us and took a very good look around, looked at the list of medications and saw that the house was fully modified with shower bars, and all the necessary modifications.
Of course I never got an apology from mother and the sibling just blew everything off and went on his way. I did get a further call from police to ascertain that the coordinator had kept her appointment and did I need any further help?
At the meeting I had a list of all the medications and all the drs. and all the upcoming tests and appointments, also a list of the times and visits and names of all the government care workers.
This all happened because of mother's narcissism, and expecting and wanting her own way all the time, especially with food. She was supposed to be following a strict diet from her dr. but still wanted to gorge on the "forbidden" foods and I was not going to let that happen so she would end up in the hospital yet again! She was also recommended by the dr. to lose weight but didn't want to do that, and was sneaking in food.
So you see what one bad day for a senior can cause!! Just be on your guard, document everything, keep lists and the truth always outs.
I am sure you will be ok but I do sympathize. This was the worst thing that had ever happened to me and now there are police records on this. It just made me dislike her even more that I already did......especially knowing how hard I had worked to keep her in optimum health!!
You are doing your very best -- stand strong and pray. Everything will work out and it should not affect your future. The very best of luck to you!
@ babylamb,
i think you should arrange a personal visit with aps. in theory they are supposed to find solutions to your caregiving difficulties as opposed to upsetting / dividing households. they cant override your mothers wishes without first deeming her incompetant and thats not as easy as it sounds. it requires a judge having a face to face talk with your mother and all involved. aps deals in allegations, judges deal in facts..
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