An 82-year-old nursing home resident in Deltona, Florida, taken to the hospital for breathing problems, was found to have maggots in one of his eyes, an infected breathing tube, a partially inserted catheter, and bed sores.
Yet the facility - University Center West - claims no neglect, and says that the man received constant care from multiple hospice workers and two certified nursing aides.
However, it’s kind of hard to say the man was taken care of when he has maggots in his eyeball, not to mention his other ailments. Add to that the fact that the facility had been cited for 19 deficiencies since June 2006, and it’s even harder to say he received appropriate care.
The man has since died. It is unknown at this time whether he died as a result of the neglect he suffered.
The sad thing is that if it were not for the maggots, the man’s plight would never even have made it into the news. Patient neglect is rampant in nursing homes, and it is up to the family to ensure their loved ones receive appropriate care.
Folks, if you have a friend or relative in a nursing home, visit regularly and always visit unannounced. If you see something wrong or questionable, even with another patient, make sure you verbalize your concerns, and also put those concerns in writing. That’s the only way to ensure your relative is not being mistreated, since the nursing home will then have reason to fear a lawsuit.
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Source: Local6.com “Police: Central Fla. Nursing Home Resident Had Maggots, Sores”
Does posting stories like this accomplish anything? Do you just post them because they are controversial or do you connect with them at all.
I hope they so some good. But I don’t understand how. Your blog confuses me anyway–I guess the whole idea has a reason and I am too dumb to figure it out
I am happy you bring it to the forefront for a day, and possibly lots of people will see it but then is it seen the following day?
Hi, Frank; nice photo.
Of course I connect with the articles, or else I wouldn’t take the time to write about them in the first place; in this case, I connect to it because my own father has been in and out of nursing homes and personal care homes for decades.
I do not post anything just because it is controversial, as historically speaking most of what I blog about is actually quite obscure to the average person.
However, though this blog may seem confusing to you, I assure you that there is a method to my madness. Those who do get it usually characterize it as a form of performance art.
My blog entries regularly get comments long after they were originally posted (in a few cases involving scams I’ve outed, I get comments years after I wrote the original entry), so yes, people will be able to read this entry (or any other) long after it was written.
Hello! Thanks for commenting on my blog!
Yes, I agree people really need to visit their loved ones on a regular (unannounced) basis! My own grandmother was in a HORRID home. They would give eat person one little ravioli to eat for lunch or dinner…that is what they did to all the residents…but what happened to my grandmother was they never gave her anything to drink.
My grandmother has been pretty much bedridden for a while (she can walk but need help) and they would put a pitcher of water on a table out of her reach…so she just didn’t drink anything. She ended up in the ER because her meds screwed with her system really bad because she was so dehydrated. When asked the nurses why they never gave her water, their reply was it was available to her (in the form of a pitcher out of her reach that she was unable to walk to).
She is in a different nursing home now, thank goodness!
This is very sad. I refuse to have my family put into a nursing home because of all the neglect. I know that sometimes families can’t deal with their aging parents or they just need too much care for them to take care of them but a nursing home can become a torture for them.