If you have any friends in nursing homes, friends who seem to be in La-La Land all day, check their daily meds. You'll often discover that the facility is keeping them doped up and dumbed down, intentionally.
If you have any friends in nursing homes, friends who seem to be in La-La Land all day, check their daily meds. You'll often discover that the facility is keeping them doped up and dumbed down, intentionally.
I can't speak to nursing homes, but we went through a similar issue with my mom.
Long story short: Diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer a year and a half ago (no jabs, former smoker and has dementia), got lucky with immunotherapy, but with all of the ongoing changes in her health she ended up on several "meds".
It got to the point that we were seriously considering home hospice a few months ago. I had moved in with her after the diagnosis, was here primary caretaker and it was starting to be overwhelming
We questioned why she was on all of these meds when she appears to now be cancer free (Praise God!). Her doctor, bless him, took her off everything. That was almost two months ago.
In less than two weeks, she went from unable to wipe her own backside to walking around without even a cane.
This is despicable! I’ve kept my parents out of there and have cared for them personally. Lost my dad in August 2021, but at least he never had to go to a nursing home. Now my mom is really struggling and I am doing everything to keep her home. What these facilities are getting away with now is criminal!! It’s all about the money, and short staffing purposely because it’s easier to drug them up!
That happened to a friends mother who was in a physical rehab hospital. There was more than likely a language barrier [she was Belgian] and even more likely she wasn't a very cooperative patient, so easy way to deal with them. In their minds. But the friend figured it out quickly and all hell broke loose.
If you have any friends in nursing homes, friends who seem to be in La-La Land all day, check their daily meds. You'll often discover that the facility is keeping them doped up and dumbed down, intentionally.
I can't speak to nursing homes, but we went through a similar issue with my mom.
Long story short: Diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer a year and a half ago (no jabs, former smoker and has dementia), got lucky with immunotherapy, but with all of the ongoing changes in her health she ended up on several "meds".
It got to the point that we were seriously considering home hospice a few months ago. I had moved in with her after the diagnosis, was here primary caretaker and it was starting to be overwhelming
We questioned why she was on all of these meds when she appears to now be cancer free (Praise God!). Her doctor, bless him, took her off everything. That was almost two months ago.
In less than two weeks, she went from unable to wipe her own backside to walking around without even a cane.
It was SOP in geriatric medicine when I trained in family medicine in the '80s to review all drugs annually and try to get rid of as many as possible.
My, how things have changed. And in this case, NOT for the better.
Praise God indeed!
Lord bless her, and you. That story should be required reading for all assisted living facility directors!
This is despicable! I’ve kept my parents out of there and have cared for them personally. Lost my dad in August 2021, but at least he never had to go to a nursing home. Now my mom is really struggling and I am doing everything to keep her home. What these facilities are getting away with now is criminal!! It’s all about the money, and short staffing purposely because it’s easier to drug them up!
That happened to a friends mother who was in a physical rehab hospital. There was more than likely a language barrier [she was Belgian] and even more likely she wasn't a very cooperative patient, so easy way to deal with them. In their minds. But the friend figured it out quickly and all hell broke loose.
Sorry to hear that. Our corrupted healthcare system is scarier than Sepsis.
Yes so they don’t have to worry about them barking orders or calling them