The Shocking Truth And Real Solutions

The reader is urged to make his own conclusions				timers) is one solution for the family member
after reading this article. Everyone is independent				who leaves the stove or oven on. They can cook
in making their own choices for their own lives.				by microwave and thus be safe from oven or
Take what helps you from this article and use it				stove fires. What if your family member insists
to keep yourself healthy. If something you read				on using the stove or oven after they have
here does not apply to your life or your current				already caused a fire? Close the gas off. Have the
situation, then pass that information on to others				gas company come and close the gas off
whom it might help.				completely. When the gas company does this it is
Choosing independence instead of depending on a				done in a safe way. (Use electric heat and hot
nursing home or physical rehabilitation and care				water and keep the gas off). If you do not want
center can be the difference between life and				to close the gas off, divide the house and keep
death for you.				the oven, stove and gas-operated appliances out
If this sounds unbelievable to you, do some				of the rooms that the senior member has access
research on the net and see what info is available				to.
to you about nursing homes.				MEDICATION:
Most of the stories that you hear about nursing				- Purchase timers or alarm watches to remind the
homes are true. Society sometimes paints a				person to take the medication. Keep a list on the
picture of nursing homes or assisted living homes				refrigerator and a list near the television set with
being the epitome of freedom and independence				reminders of when to take the medication. Some
for senior citizens. But in reality, some of them				seniors and disabled people are permitted to have
are more like prisons than they are like hotels. If				home care or visiting nurse services visit and this
you are sitting in your own living room reading this				will help solve that problem. You can have
and if you are dreaming that when you get older				different members of the family telephone the
you will retire to a nursing home, think it over.				person and remind them by phone to take the
Think again, and please reconsider your retirement				medication. You can set up other reminders also,
plans. Depending on where you are located,				for example, you can tell the family member to
depending on the individual place that you choose,				take their medication when a certain tv show
your future life could resemble the life of an				comes on. (Time it to when the person needs the
inmate, only you will have willingly given away				medication. Check local tv service to be sure that
your freedom by choice. You could sit there and				the timing is correct. Remember that stations
think that I am exaggerating or you can keep an				change their shows and change their listings
open mind and hear me out. Listen to what you				frequently so use this only as a last-resort
might have to live with if you choose to live the				method of reminders. You can have a neighbor
rest of your days in a nursing home.				visit to remind the person if that is available to
You might have to:				you.
- Spend hours each day sitting in an				FLOODS:
uncomfortable wheelchair even if you do not need				- Floods are real problems in apartments where
a wheelchair.				the seniors or disabled people live. The solution to
- Spend hours each day waiting to be				this is reminders. If you know that your family
accompanied to the bathroom or wheeled to the				member leaves the water running, you can do a
bathroom.				few things to stop floods. First, always keep a
- Spend hours each day in a dining room that				large supply of towels and buckets around so that
smells like it really needs to be cleaned.				just in case there is a flood, there are proper
- Spend hours each day trying to figure out				clean up tools around. Second, if it is physically
where your own clothing is.				possible, see if you can safely limit the water
- Spend hours each day begging staff to bring				pressure inside of the apartment. So this way
clothing to your room so that you can leave your				when the faucet is turned on, the water will not
room.				come out like the pressure of a fire hydrant but
- Miss your rehabilitation therapy because the				will come out in a less forceful manner. Third, post
staff lost your clothing and you are not allowed				signs on the front door, and on all the bathroom
out of the room without your clothing.				doors, signs that state did you shut the water
- Spend days and even weeks waiting for a				off? You can make them funny signs with little
phone call because you have no phone in your				cartoons. That will add a little humor and it won't
own room and no staff will pick up the pay phone				seem like you are telling them what to do but it
when it rings.				will just be a gentle reminder. If you have a
- Eat what they bring you even though you did				neighbor who will check in or family member , of
not order that food. And beg them to change				course that really helps things along. You can
your menu even though you have put your				telephone the person a few times a day and then
changes in writing and they have made the				remind them to check the water before they go
changes in writing but they still bring the wrong				out of the house or before they go to bed. If
food to you.				you use all these methods, you probably can
- Beg and plead and cry for the staff to bring				avoid any floods.
you to your room and wait for hours and hours				STRANGERS:
to get help because they are short-staffed,				- This should be easy enough to handle. Most
especially on weekends.				seniors who let strangers into the home are
- Wear other people's clothing because they have				those who have hardly any contact with family or
lost your own clothing. You will wear clothing that				friends. See if the person wants to get involved
does not fit you. And you will wear clothing that is				with the local senior center. This will give them
stained all because you have lost so much of				connections. Have visitors come frequently. Install
your freedom while living in that nursing home.				a peephole on the doorway or an intercom
- Be extra careful and extra vigilant when they				system and instruct them to protect themselves
are giving you your medication because				and not let strangers into the home. Take the
sometimes they give the wrong medication to				name off all the sales lists so that visiting
the wrong patients. (I saw in one instance where				salesmen will not knock on the door. Have an
they were giving the wrong medication to a				unlisted number. Most times salespeople find
resident and thank God the resident noticed the				residents by their listed phone numbers. So take
mistake and stopped them. What if this resident				the name and address and phone off all the lists
had been mentally-disabled and didn't notice the				that you can take them off of. And keep them
difference? That patient would have been wrongly				connected with other family members and other
medicated and would have perhaps died.				friends. (Most seniors who are scammed are
- Lose your freedom of choice in so many areas				scammed because they are found to be alone.
of your life.				When there are repairs to be done or when
- Be exposed to seriously mentally-ill individuals				legitimate service people or delivery people are to
that are bunked on the same floor that you are				visit, have a family member or two or three of
bunked on.				them be there at the house. This way strangers
- Be at risk of being attacked by patients who				do not know that anyone lives there alone. Word
wander the halls because they are physically-fit to				spreads fast, and almost always entire
do so but not mentally-fit to do so. This list is only				neighborhoods know when a senior or disabled
the tip of the iceberg. I have not listed everything.				person is living at home alone. Once the word
You need to decide for yourself if you will remain				spreads, that sole person becomes a target of
independent or not.				unscrupulous unwanted strangers or salespeople.
Does all that sound horrible to you? Does all that				If you think this is not true, listen to your news
sound unbelievable to you? Yes, it might sound				stations and find out what is happening in the
that way. But reality is that all of these things can				world.
and will and did happen to residents in one or two				WANDERING:
nursing homes and rehabilitation and care centers				- How do you stop wandering? It is hard but not
right here in the United States of America. Just				impossible. First, let the person know that they
recently there was a news item that one resident				should always have proper identification on them.
died of bedsores and of maggots in his eyes. How				And they should always carry their keys with
in the world can a nursing home not notice a man				them even if they are staying at home. Many
develop maggots? The reality of this is that				seniors get locked out and then if they have
maggots would not first appear in a human's eyes				Alzheimer's or if they are forgetful they will
but would first appear somewhere else on the				wander. All of this can be avoided. Keeping keys
body. The eyes are one of the last places that				handy, having a neighbor on alert, little things like
the maggots would appear. We know this just				this helps almost everyone. Having a busy
from knowing what happens to animals when				schedule helps stop wandering. When family
they get fleas or other insects in their bodies. If				members know that someone is to visit soon,
you have a kitten or cat, and that animal				they will be at home waiting for them. Having nice
develops fleas, the first fleas will appear on the				neighbors too, helps. Do everything you can do to
body or tail. Once the animal gets infested with				stay and be connected with people (people you
fleas, then the fleas will disperse to other parts of				know - not strangers). Sometimes it helps to use
the body like the eyes and ears of the animal .				memory-improving tactics --and using these also
Same thing with humans. Most likely those				helps stop wandering. Urge family members to
maggots first appeared on the human's torso or				use calendars, timers and to use the newspapers
other body part long before the maggots				to keep connected and to keep up to date on
progressed onto the man's eyes. Yet, this				what is really happening in their lives. The first
happened in a nursing home in the United States,				slipping into wandering is when a person goes for
not in a foreign country, but right here in the				days or weeks and does not know what day it is.
United States. After hearing this are you still				These things can be helped if caught in time. Urge
thinking of living in a nursing home for your senior				the person who is living alone to look at their
years?				calendars every day and mark off the day that it
Do this for yourself. Use a major search engine				is at the end of the day. This keeps a person
and put in the words nursing home, put yourself				connected to reality. Urge them to use alarm
on alert so that you receive any and all news				clocks even if they can wake up naturally.
regarding nursing homes in America (or in foreign				Anything that helps routine - helps them. Most
countries where you live). In less than one week,				people have large families. Have family members
you will receive hundreds if not thousands of alert				visit (invited of course. Call the person and say
news bulletins that will bring you all the news that				you are coming over; Ask if that is okay). Solve
is related to any and all nursing homes in America				some of the wandering problems by having help
or in your country. Most of that news will be bad				with shopping. Have meals-on-wheels deliver some
news. Most of that news will tell you of all the				meals. Call for take-out foods. There are many
horrible things that are happening to residents of				ways to keep from wandering. Have a gps device
nursing homes today. Try this and you will prove				if you travel by car. The main and most
to yourself that every word that I typed here is				important thing to do if you or your family
the absolute truth. Do yourself a favor and do				member wanders is to ensure that they always
whatever you can do to stay in your own home				have proper identification on them, along with
and in your own apartment independent so that				emergency contact telephone numbers. You can
you never have to wind up inside a nursing home				give them a Trac phone or a life-alert button . All
by yourself.				these are good solutions and good ways to stay
Near the bottom of this article there is a link for a				at home and not wind up in a nursing home or
page that tells you the truth about nursing homes				rehab center.
and rehabilitation care centers in America. Check				DISEASE and TERMINAL ILLNESS:
out that page if you ever consider living inside a				- Though this is hard it is not impossible. There are
nursing home. Check out that page if you ever				still ways to help family members or to help
are in need of services of a rehabilitation and care				yourself stay independent and stay living in your
center as most of these therapy places are				own apartment or home. Remember that most
located inside of these nursing homes. Once you				times, staying in your own place will prolong your
admit yourself to a rehabilitation and care center				life and keep you healthier than if you are going
you are opening up yourself to the possibility of				to give in to live in a nursing home. You can help
living in that nursing home for the rest of your life.				stay independent by having home care at your
I have actually witnessed someone go from mildly				own home. If you cannot afford home care, try
inactive (due to a surgery) to almost vegetative				and hire private help. Most people think this is
state due to the lack of care and negligence and				expensive. But trust me, this probably will be less
malpractice inside of a rehabilitation center that				expensive than if you go to a nursing home or
was housed inside of a nursing home. Once the				rehab center. Your life is worth more than all the
person was in the rehab center, they transferred				money you have so do not hesitate to hire help if
him upstairs to the nursing home, in error and				hiring help will keep you independent in your own
once he was upstairs the degree of care went				home and apartment. Try your best to stay living
from some to none. The center thought this				in your own place and do that by hiring help or by
person had no family so they proceeded to treat				getting home care (even if you need 24/7 home
him like they treat many who have no visitors				care, that will be better than living in a nursing
come there. And then one day when the visitor				home). In the nursing home, if you wind up in a
was able to finally visit, they found this patient				bad one, you will be a virtual prisoner and your life
laying in bed with nothing on but a diaper and				might be in danger. (Note, we said if you wind up
t-shirt. The patient was not allowed out of the				in a bad one. But the problem is that you might
room without clothing and there was no clothing				not know it is a bad one until you are actually
inside his room even though his family had				living there. Only the persons living there know
brought over seven shirts and six pairs of pants,				what the real conditions are like inside the walls of
and underwear and t-shirts that were brand new.				many nursing homes). Use all the rest of the helps
All of this man's clothing was lost and he was				mentioned when you have illness, helps like alarm
basically a prisoner in his room, in his bed due to				clocks and reminder timers, calendars and the
that lack of care, lack of organization and due to				connections between family and friends. If you
the loss of all (not some) of his own clothing.				have terminal illness, you are better off contacting
Finally, when family mentioned the situation to				hospice than you are contacting a nursing home.
staff, they scurried around to find someone else's				Most hospices have better reputations than
clothing for him (because they could not find his				nursing homes do. Take your chances with
own clothing). So that is what happened on				hospice before taking the chance with a nursing
weekends when the staff thought no one was				home. Most times hospice is free. (And if it is not
visiting. Another weekend, family came upstairs				free, it is probably covered by your insurance
and they were horrified at the odor on the floor				company). For food and other deliveries, use your
that the family member was staying on. They				same delivery people, do not try newer stores or
got off the elevator and smelled this horrible smell				companies that ring your bell or come to you
throughout the entire floor and the staff didn't				unsolicited. Always think safety first. Check out
even seem to notice the odor. Was the odor				your options of meals-on-wheels. You can find this
from patients who were forced to sit in wet				charity through the local Catholic Charities office
clothing and in wet diapers for hours at a time?				or through your local synagogues.
What was the odor from? Even the dining room				INJURIES:
smelled of this foul odor. One family member of a				- Falls and injuries are some of the main reasons
different resident actually brought their own				that some wind up in nursing homes and in
odor-repellent because they were almost vomiting				rehabilitation and care centers. So, avoid falls and
from the odor on the floor. This is what some				spills. You can do this by going slow. For Heaven's
nursing homes are like.				sake, slow down. Know that in this time in your
Why isn't this on the front page of the news? It				life there is never a reason to rush so much that
is not on the news because the nursing homes				you break a leg or other limb. Slow down! You
and rehab centers prepare the place and put it				can save your life by slowing down. It is common
into better condition when they believe they will				knowledge that once a person reaches a certain
have the most visitors. In other words, during				age, the most common cause of death happens
holidays or during the most heavily-trafficked				due to a fall. When seniors or disabled individuals
visiting hours, the facility puts on more staff and				fall it is more serious than when a fully-abled
assigns more staff to those areas where the				person or younger person falls. You will have
visitors will be. By doing this, the nursing home and				more complications and less chances of survival.
rehab centers can present a place that appears				You will need to survive the medical system. That
decent. Then once all the visitors are gone, the				means once you enter the hospital you run the
staff mysteriously disappears to somewhere else				risk of serious infection even if you are there for
and hte conditions in the nursing home go back to				just a fall. It is public knowledge that thousands die
the horrible conditions that existed before the				each and every year from hospital infections. So
visitors came. That day when the place smelled				once you go into the hospital you are at risk. And
horrible, ti was very early--before the majority of				if you go in there older or handicapped, your risk
the visitors came to visit. The place would smell				is more than the average person. So, slow down.
like that horribly for hours, and then before the				Prevent falls and prevent accidents. This is the
larger number of visitors were to visit, the staff				very best thing that you can do for yourself.
would then get busy changing the residents				Slow down. I cannot repeat this enough. Most falls
diapers or getting the odors out of the rooms so				happen in or near the home and the majority of
that when the visitors came to visit they would				falls happen because someone was rushing to do
see that -supposedly-- that residents were being				something. Other falls are due to stroke. You can
cared for. No one would know the truth unless				avoid that by watching your diet and your
they had been there one or two or three hours				lifestyle. Take good care of yourself and your
earlier. (For example, if they expect the most				body will take good care of you. If you are
visitors late afternoon on a Saturday, that means				smoking or drinking, save your life right now by
all Saturday morning, residents could go without				stopping those unhealthy habits.
their diapers being changed and no one would				Those are all possible solutions that are available
know and no one would care. That probably is				to you if it fits your lifestyle. Do only what you
what caused the horrible odor throughout the				can do safely. You make the decisions yourself if
hallways that day. (A combination of diapers' odor				you want to be independent or if you want to
and unclean floors and unclean laundry laying				live inside a nursing home or rehabilitation and care
around in the hallways probably was the cause of				center. The author urges you to make intelligent
the disgusting odor in the hallways). Why didn't the				choices for your life. The author of this article is
residents complain? They probably did. The ones				not a medical or legal professional but writes for
that are able to be verbal do tell their family				entertainment, information and resources only.
members what the place is like but when the				The author urges you to make your own
family finally comes to visit, the family sees that				decisions for your life. Regarding the suggestions
the place looks nice and they think the seniors are				or advice in this article, use only what is safe and
making up stories. Another reason why this is not				helpful to you considering your own lifestyle and
front page news is because usually when these				your own present living situation. Brainstorm with
places are having their inspections they are				your family and friends and come up with the
warned ahead of time and they have a chance to				best solutions to your own problems. Remember
clean the place up. There is a vicious cycle going				that only you know what is best for you. Read
on in many of these bad nursing homes and no				the book, THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin
family members are aware of what is happening				DeBecker. This is a book that urges you to
to their relatives. Do not kid yourself and do not				believe in yourself and trust your own instincts.
be a Pollyanna when it comes to the subject of				Here is a link about nursing home conditions in our
nursing homes and rehabilitation and care centers.				world,
These conditions exist and they exist today!				I hope that you make the safest and most
I urge you, that if your family member is				correct decisions for your life and for your future.
complaining of horrible or bad conditions inside of a				If you remember nothing from this article at all,
nursing home, please believe what they are saying				kindly remember these four most important
to you, because most likely they are telling you				things:
the one hurndred-percent truth. You need to
believe the residents if anyone is going to get to				1. Have faith in God, and believe in God. Trust
the bottom of the disgusting conditions that are				your own instincts and read the suggested book
happening inside of some nursing homes today.				listed above.
Now they have people trying to hide this condition				2. Go slow. Slow down; avoid falls. Take good
and trying to tell people that the horror stories				care of your health. And stay connected always.
are not true or that they are exaggerated. When				3. Pass this article on to as many people as you
you hear this and when they tell you that ,				can pass it on to. You just never know who
remember these words, it is really happening in				might need to hear all of these words to help
some nursing homes and inside of some rehab				them in their own lives.
and care centers, right here, right in the United				4.
States of America. It is happening right under our				I appreciate your comments, ideas, suggestions
noses and not many are paying attention to it				or criticisms, and look forward to hearing from
because they are not believing this could possibly				you today or in the near future. Now you have
be happening. You are reading the words that are				learned how to protect yourself and your health.
telling you the truth. Some nursing homes and				Do everything that you can do to remain
some rehab and care centers in America are				independent in your own home or in your own
treating residents and patients horribly and they				apartment. Trust me you will not like spending
are getting away with it because they can get				your life inside a nursing home or rehabilitation and
away with it. I beg you to believe your family				care center.
members when they complain to you about				Disclaimer: I am not saying that no patient should
conditions inside of these centers.				ever go into a nursing home. My message is clear
The reasons why people end up in nursing homes:				that it is best for human beings to do whatever
- They cannot be left alone in their own homes or				they can legally, emotionally, and physically do to
apartments because they have started fires with				remain out of nursing homes and physical
the stove or oven.				rehabilitation centers if they can safely avoid doing
- They do not know when to take their				so. I am saying that if you can recover or live in
medication or they forget to take it.				your own home or apartment, you are usually
- They have flooded apartments because they				much better off doing that. Make your own
forget to turn the water off.				decisions for your life but make your decisions
- They let strangers into their homes and that				with information and real facts.
puts them in danger.				Here is a link describing a true story of a patient
- They wander off into the streets and their				at a nursing home who had maggots inside their
family has found them and put them in nursing				wound
homes.				Let me leave you with these last few thoughts. If
- They have Alzheimer's or some other disease				you must live in a nursing home, stay connected
that makes it impossible for them to remain				with family and friends by the telephone, visits
independent.				and by the internet. Insist on having a telephone in
- They got an injury (i.e. broken hip) and they				your own room if you are living there . You need
could not afford to stay in their own homes				that telephone connection as a life-preserver.
safely.				Trust me on this issue, you must have a
Those are some of the major reasons why older				telephone if you live there. I found this out the
people or disabled people end up in nursing homes.				hard way, when I discovered that in some nursing
(There are more reasons but those are some of				homes and in some physical rehab centers the
the most prevalent reasons). Knowing these				staff does not answer the pay phones (that are
reasons and knowing the solutions to these				supposed to connect residents with their friends
problems can keep you or your family members				and relatives). Sometimes it takes hours and
independent and out of the vicious cycle and circle				sometimes days to connect on the pay phone at
of nursing homes and physical rehabilitation and				these centers. So, insist on a phone inside your
care centers. So, you are asking, what are the				room if you are staying at a physical rehabilitation
solutions to these above-listed problems?				center or a nursing home. If you have an internet
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT				connection in the recreation room, use that
AND OUT OF NURSING HOMES AND				connection to stay connected to the people that
REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTERS:				you know. That might be your link to your health
FIRES:				and to your sanity and freedom. Stay connected!
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