Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:08 am
Hi this is my first post. My Mum has Alzheimer's and is in residential care. After a fall in the home 2 years ago Mum had to have a hip replacement and has not walked since. There have been a lot of ongoing issues around personal care where my Mum has been toileted on her bed although we have been asking for this not to happen. To cut a long story short Mum was rushed in on a 999 call last week, unconscious and vomitting. Turned out that she was dehyrated and constipated. Her stomach was full of toxins ue to the constipation and this was causing the vomitting. Still waiting for answers to why she was unconscious.
We have again instructed them to hoist Mum onto the special tilt shower/commode chair that was bought but a care staff member has advised that they do not have the appropriate slings to do this as they have been advised that it is illegal to hoist a person with Dementia onto a toilet/commode?
Is anyone aware of this legilsation? We are at our wits end and do not want Mum to go through more than she is going through at the moment. This is not the first time that she has been hosptialised for deydration/constipation athough this was the worst as we thought that we were losing her.
HELP!
We have again instructed them to hoist Mum onto the special tilt shower/commode chair that was bought but a care staff member has advised that they do not have the appropriate slings to do this as they have been advised that it is illegal to hoist a person with Dementia onto a toilet/commode?
Is anyone aware of this legilsation? We are at our wits end and do not want Mum to go through more than she is going through at the moment. This is not the first time that she has been hosptialised for deydration/constipation athough this was the worst as we thought that we were losing her.
HELP!