How can facilities turn way Alzheimers or Dementia patients due to the meds they are on?

Can this disease become that unpredictable that behavior problems can’t be controlled with medication? That’s a frightening thought to me.

I know other conditions are like this as well. I know several parents who struggle with behavior problems with their adolescent kids and adult children with autism.

They have had to deal with severe aggression and feel lost too. They love their children so much and meds aren’t helping them either. I know others that have struggled with mental health issues too. It takes awhile to find the right drugs to manage these conditions.

We have made fantastic strides in medicine but obviously we have a long ways to go. Money is needed for more research and it’s so expensive! It’s just sad.

So where do these people go? Stay at home and families are tortured, a mental institution or a facility they may not be fully pleased with but out of the three, any facility is better than none.

Families aren’t prepared to deal with the stress. They aren’t professionally trained to know what to do. It’s an awful situation all around.

I personally would rather be dead than suffer with a horrible disease or illness that couldn’t be controlled.

One of the best facilities in a 20 mile area is a religious non- profit CCR with a small 20 bed memory care unit

while I wish mom could be there and receive better care - they plainly state that they do not dispense anti-psychotic meds and do not put up with unruly behavior from either residents or family members

there are very few facilities that can or are willing to handle the challenges of dementia and those that do often require a private caregiver as they don't have staff to devote to just one person

agree with the other responses here, and unless your family member is being discharged from his current facility for his behavior then try and make the best of it - there are so few facility options as it is

They "Cherry Pick" as does every business. Truth is that humane shelters often do so as well, going for the "pretty faces" that they consider adoptable. It is a sad example of the fact we were taught at our parents' knees, that being "Life isn't fair". Of course were there laws against "disability discrimination" they would come up with some other reason such as "we don't have a bed at present". That said, you wouldn't want you elder placed in a place completely unequipped to handle the problems that will present. So sorry you are going through this.

Of coarse they can, they have a responsibility to all patients. Might be time to let it be, and accept the circumstances. He is safe, he is cared for that is all one can ask for.

Yes, absolutely facilities get to decide who they can and cannot handle.

Sorry about your problem. And yes facilities can turn people away for behaviour problems. They need to protect other residents and their staff.

Haileybug,

You have been asking variations on this question for quite some time. It should be clear at this point that none of the forum members can change the situation for you.

Your family member is in a facility where he is being taken care of. You are not happy because of the distance from it to where you live and want him moved to a facility closer to your home.

In this post you are asking if he is being discriminated against. How? He is in care, as far as I can recall from other posts, you are not concerned about the care he is receiving.

I understand that this situation is challenging for you, but please keep in mind there are people on these forums whose family members have been on wait lists for care for months, if not longer. Your family member is receiving care, albeit at a distance from your home.