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That is great if indeed the nursing home will replace her lost hearing aide. I wasn't aware they would accept the responsibility for it. I personally wouldn't (& didn't) hold them responsible when she lost it. My brother started taking the hearing aide home at night and brought it back the next day. I would think NH couldn't afford to replace all the lost hearing aides - they can get lost anywhere- in the sheets, clothing, etc.
Good luck! You are fortunate if they replace it.
Is mom by any chance on Medicaid? If so, I believe they will replace a lost pair of hearing aids.
My Mom's hearing aid kept falling out because she didn't like having the ear piece pushed all the way in. Eventually I just took away the hearing aid as she could barely hear when using it. Mom had her glasses missing for a couple of day, but I did find them among the wires and braces under the hospital bed, the glasses were up against a brace where one couldn't see it unless crawling around with a flash light.
Sec. 2-103. A resident shall be permitted to retain and use or wear his personal property in his immediate living quarters, unless deemed medically inappropriate by a physician and so documented in the resident's clinical record. If clothing is provided to the resident by the facility, it shall be of a proper fit.
The facility shall provide adequate storage space for the personal property of the resident. The facility shall provide a means of safeguarding small items of value for its residents in their rooms or in any other part of the facility so long as the residents have daily access to such valuables. The facility shall make reasonable efforts to prevent loss and theft of residents' property. Those efforts shall be appropriate to the particular facility and may include, but are not limited to, staff training and monitoring, labeling property, and frequent property inventories. The facility shall develop procedures for investigating complaints concerning theft of residents' property and shall promptly investigate all such complaints.
So in other words, they only have to make reasonable efforts.
Hope this helps.