My LO was at Goshen's Morse House location. This long-term "care" provider may be a good option for you, if you think it is:
> A good practice to assume ownership & provide "care" w/out, thoroughly reviewing resident files, medical/residential history &/or understand triggers, like nearly drowning as a child or nearly being abducted as a young adult), history concerns & issues, & continuing trend of overdosing on heavy, aggressive medications (including 3 anti-psychotics & 3 anti-depressants all at the same time)
> Appropriate to medicate LO with '"boxed warning" drugs that the FDA warns against in the use of elderly & dementia patients as a means of "managing" them to assimilate &/or to reduce normal dementia behaviors (pacing, confusion, insecurity, etc) (these drugs have several risks, including an increased rate of death during treatment & increased cognitive decline).
> OK to dismiss, for 3 wks, serious health issue (swelling in lower extremities - known symptom tied to risk of cardiac arrest & a direct side effect of anti-psych med(s))
> Appropriate to send your LO to a psych ward w/out meeting admitting criteria for 8 days knowing that it would be mentally, emotionally, spiritually, & physically traumatizing.
> Acceptable, following release from psych ward, to place LO on Hospice because LO was rendered to such a traumatized state that LO was unresponsive to them; so, concluded that LO would die w/in a week (even though, LO was NOT diagnosed as dying by a physician & LO was fully responsive w/in 15 minutes of key family member's arrival. It is the equivalent of allowing & helping an LO to die when they were, in fact, not any where near death!
> Acceptable that your LO's teeth are not brushed on a daily basis (LO can & will brush teeth; just needs guidance) (health risks of not brushing - endocarditis, cardiovascular disease, & pneumonia).
> Allow your loved one's toenails to grow out so long that they cut into their toes & cause your loved one pain (health risks - infection, fungus & other health risks).
> Acceptable to not maintain a clean bedroom (allowing dust/dirt to build up on the floor when your loved one suffers from allergies).
> Acceptable to medicate your LO to "stimulate" their appetite when the root of the issue is that your LO doesn't like the food (like soup that looked like boiled blood; yet, solution to medicate w/ another "boxed warning" drug not approved by the FDA in the use of elderly patients w/ dementia - "boxed warning" is to alert consumers about serious adverse reactions, hospitalization, life-threatening side effects &/or death).
> On-going medication to solve for pain complaints & symptoms w/out diagnosis of root issue (per alz.org "Pain is under-recognized & under-treated among people with dementia, primarily because they can have difficulty communicating. Poorly managed pain can result in behavioral symptoms and lead to unnecessary use of psychotropic medications.")
> Have an imbalanced diet; frequently feeding high inflammatory foods to LO who is at risk for diabetes (per alz.org "Inadequate consumption or inappropriate food& fluid choices can contribute directly to a decline in a resident’s health and well-being." - since dementia is a disease considered to be caused by inflammation, thus, why it is referred to as type 3 diabetes, preventative nutritional care is recommended for that & many other reasons).
> Okay for a facility to threaten to restrict key family from LO when calling their attention to things that should be obvious care protocols & practices & have expressed concern for all of the above.
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