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I wish I had an answer for you and I'm hopeful that someone will answer. I've had a similar situation when my grandmother had to spend a few weeks in a Nursing Home for rehab and antibiotic therapy, they lost my grand-mother's eyeglasses. She was in the facility for about a week and when I went for a visit I noticed the eyeglasses she had on where not hers. The nurses/aids didn't seem too concerned about finding them even when I pointed out that if she is wearing these glasses then surely there is another patient walking around with her glasses. I gave the glasses she had as they were very strong tri-focal glasses and I preferred to have her go without than to wear glasses that were not prescribed for her. A week of so later when she was released, I went to pick her up and she had those same glasses on again. I reminded them nurses/aids again that these were not her glasses, but I would let her wear them home and I would return them when I got her a new pair. The Nursing Home, never offered to pay a single penny to replace her glasses. $500.00 later, she had a new pair of glasses. Similarly, during a subsequent but brief hospital stay, the nurses in the hospital lost track of her hearing aid! I was furious because they take an inventory of everything a patient has; glasses, dentures, hearing aid, etc, yet could really care less when these inventoried items go missing. Thankfully 2 or 3 days after her release, I got a call informing me that one of the night nurses had found it. But the point is, this is a $2000.00 hearing aid that the hospital just pretty much excused themselves of any responsibility of even though they had inventoried it when she was admitted. Its quite sad and pathetic. My grandmother wears dentures too so this is another item of concern for me when she goes to the hospital. I've told her that if she has to go to the hospital, I'm going to have to take her hearing aid away from her for the duration of her stay, which is sad because her hearing is not good, but that's the only "protection" against nurses and aids that really are not attentive and/or really don't care. I really hope your mom's dentures are found. You may suggest that they pay attention to other patients who may suddenly complain of problems with their teeth as they could potentially have your mom's dentures.
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