#bedsores — Public Fediverse posts

Essential read: #death & #dementia in #assistedliving. But the daily suffering, #Bedsores, #restraints, #overmedication.

F for care
A for linguistic malevolence: "a fatal elopement"

#Florida, which should be the gold standard isn't: "In Florida, the GAO found, deficiencies had been documented in 40 percent of facilities."

$15.39 hourly average staff salary.

"In one California facility, staff tried to secure a broken door w/trash bags & a tin can."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/assisted-living-wander-patient-deaths/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001 (gifted)

#EndAlz

Essential read: #death & #dementia in #assistedliving. But the daily suffering, #Bedsores, #restraints, #overmedication.

F for care
A for linguistic malevolence: "a fatal elopement"

#Florida, which should be the gold standard isn't: "In Florida, the GAO found, deficiencies had been documented in 40 percent of facilities."

$15.39 hourly average staff salary.

"In one California facility, staff tried to secure a broken door w/trash bags & a tin can."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/assisted-living-wander-patient-deaths/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001 (gifted)

#EndAlz