The home was responsible for placing the aid on the cart at night and putting in mom's ear in a.m. This was an expensive hearing aid and my mom could hear fine when she was wearing it. Now the home says the audiologist could not get a reading on her and she just needs an amplifier. I can't believe they can lose a medical device and not be held responsible.
Carol
Someone needs to invent something to help with this matter.
These devices can be incredibly expensive to replace, especially if they go missing repeatedly. It seems to me if a nursing home has a protocol to handle this (locking them up with the meds sounds like a brilliant solution) they should be held accountable if the protocol is not followed.
So many elders need their hearing aids to help them remain connected to the world around them, and to lose/damage them is a huge issue for them.
My Mom's hearing aids you couldn't tell if she was wearing them or not, so you never knew if they had fallen out until after the fact.
The hospital tried one of those hearing devices that is attached to a heavy sided box the size of a pack of cigarettes with an ear piece. Unfortunately my Mom's hearing was so bad that didn't work. If it would have worked, no way of losing it or even stepping on the box itself.