Abuse is allowing to fall out of wheel chair and having to be admitted to ER then hospital for sewed up, several UTIs, tearing of skin, pulling out of bed.
Lois, the way you phrase your question makes it sound as though you think you could do better.
What relationship are you to the POA and to the person in the nursing home? Do you have any hands-on experience of caring for this person, or anyone similar?
The only thing you mention that sounds like abuse in itself is the "pulling out of bed." How sure are you that that has happened? All of the others can be extremely difficult to prevent, especially in a person with dementia.
Why do you feel POA is "allowing" it? Falling out of a wheelchair is not unusual in a nursing home. Residents are not allowed to be restrained. There r special chairs where the seat slants back a little to make it harder to get out. Also alarms that go off when the person tries to get up. But the nursing home usually makes the decision to use these. UTIs for some are an on going thing. Different antibiotics sometime need to be tried before they find the right one. Tearing of skin in common. The skin thins out to the point all you do is touch the person and the skin tears. Now the pulling out of bed I don't understand. Like requested, we need more info.
The duty of a POA is not to babysit the person who is in a facility. The POA can make financial decisions and placement decisions, it’s not up to them to be there 24/7 for the resident.
My mother fell regularly at her facility. I was always called and filled in on her treatment and what happened when she fell. Usually it was because she tripped or walked out without her walker.
UTIs are also common. An elder’s personal hygiene isn’t the best and that can cause them. I requested that my mom be tested monthly.
Have you witnessed the staff pulling the person you’re writing about out of their bed? Or pulling someone else out of their bed? Was the person crying out in pain?
Do you dislike this person’s POA? Is this why you are writing that they are “allowing abuse”? Are you related to the person in the nursing home or the POA? If you are going to make accusations of nursing home abuse, you need to have proof that it’s actually abuse. If there are bruises, photograph them. Document what you see. Go to the POA and ask if they’re aware of what’s going on.
Yes, bruising is common in the elderly. It doesn't take much. Helping someone up out of a chair can cause bruising. My Mom had a big bruise on the top of her hand. It came from trying to get between tables with her wheelchair. She kept hitting the corner of the table. I wake up with a bruise and cannot tell u were I got it.
What relationship are you to the POA and to the person in the nursing home? Do you have any hands-on experience of caring for this person, or anyone similar?
The only thing you mention that sounds like abuse in itself is the "pulling out of bed." How sure are you that that has happened? All of the others can be extremely difficult to prevent, especially in a person with dementia.
My mother fell regularly at her facility. I was always called and filled in on her treatment and what happened when she fell. Usually it was because she tripped or walked out without her walker.
UTIs are also common. An elder’s personal hygiene isn’t the best and that can cause them. I requested that my mom be tested monthly.
Have you witnessed the staff pulling the person you’re writing about out of their bed? Or pulling someone else out of their bed? Was the person crying out in pain?
Do you dislike this person’s POA? Is this why you are writing that they are “allowing abuse”? Are you related to the person in the nursing home or the POA? If you are going to make accusations of nursing home abuse, you need to have proof that it’s actually abuse. If there are bruises, photograph them. Document what you see. Go to the POA and ask if they’re aware of what’s going on.