I have decided that I need to write about the death of my Mother - Trudy L. Mom was a great woman and she died way to soon because of the care given to the elders of our great USA!
On December 16, 2007 my Mom got sick and was admitted to The Villages Regional Hospital in The Villages, Florida. She was there only a few days but because she had Polio when she was younger and could no longer walk, she needed to go to Lady lake Specialty Rehab to build up her arm muscles so she could move from her scooter to her bed, etc.
I talked to her every evening but noticed that she seemed to be getting weaker each day. She was tired and she just didn't feel well. After 13 days my sister and Father felt she needed to go back to the hospital - Rehab had no idea she was getting sicker. Infact, it appears that they never checked on her, all they did was give her pain medicine (I believe to keep her quiet).
After some tests it showed that she had developed 4 different infections.....C-Diff, MRSA, UTI, and Pseudomonos. She also had bed sores. She was admitted to the hospital on January 1, 2008. She continued to get worse, she couldn't eat at all and she was not lucid most of the time. We chose to have a feeding tube inserted through her nose to give her some nutrition but she pulled it out. The medicine wasn't working - we were told they could only treat one infection at a time. She was so sick and we were told she was dying. On January 15, 2008 we had to make a decision to have her moved to Hospice. She arrived there at 12:30 pm and we stayed there until 3:15am on January 16, 2008 when she died. I must say that Hospice is the most peaceful place on earth and I am thankful I was able to be with her right up to the moment of her passing.
My mother should not have died - The Rehab is to blame and my reason for writing is to hopefully save some other family from going through what we did. Lady Lake Specialty Rehab should be closed - the nurses have no idea as to how a person should be treated. They medicated her so they wouldn't have to take care of her - I believe what they did should be considered murder! My Mother was my best friend and they took her away because of their incompetence. Please if you have family or friends that need to go to Rehab - DO NOT let them go to Lady lake Specialty Rehab in Lady Lake Florida.
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my mom got cdiff in rehab too and she also died. she got weaker and weaker and died. and have you heard of post polio syndrome? it seems that the muscles weaken as they get older and cannot be strengthened. my dad had that. they said he should save them as much as possible. don't know if that affected your mom or not. interesting to find out though. get a copy of all the records (they have to give them to you if you ask) and read everything. i should have sued but did not. good luck.
hugs, bee
I have been hearing about so many elderly folks getting C-Diff in rehab - I know Mom's post polio syndrome didn't help the situation - she had beenn suffering with that for a long time - she could no longer stand or walk at all. I sent email to my sister (she has POA) since she lives near my parents but the rehab is giving her such a hard time - they said the records have to go to Corporate first (I believe they are changing the records so they look good.
Lynn
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