http://becauseitreallyispersonal.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/im-back-now/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:13:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://becauseitreallyispersonal.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/im-back-now/#comment-5549 rootietoot Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:21:50 +0000 http://becauseitreallyispersonal.wordpress.com/?p=1881#comment-5549 yeah, about the staff. Dad had a stern talk with the director. I'm not asking for an RN 24/7, just someone on staff with *at least* basic Red Cross or EMT training. Grandmother now has a personal sitter 12 hours/day, who's got some medical training (LPN I think). The facility has our permission (like they should need it) to call 911 if she even has an attack of the hiccups. Grandmother really likes it at that place, and doesn't want to move, so we're doing what we can to keep her there and still have adequate attention to her health care. In their defense, it is not a nursing home, just an assisted living place, and the people there need minimal help, usually. yeah, about the staff. Dad had a stern talk with the director. I’m not asking for an RN 24/7, just someone on staff with *at least* basic Red Cross or EMT training. Grandmother now has a personal sitter 12 hours/day, who’s got some medical training (LPN I think). The facility has our permission (like they should need it) to call 911 if she even has an attack of the hiccups. Grandmother really likes it at that place, and doesn’t want to move, so we’re doing what we can to keep her there and still have adequate attention to her health care. In their defense, it is not a nursing home, just an assisted living place, and the people there need minimal help, usually.

]]> http://becauseitreallyispersonal.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/im-back-now/#comment-5547 northern girl Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:14:29 +0000 http://becauseitreallyispersonal.wordpress.com/?p=1881#comment-5547 Welcome 'home'! Happy to hear you all survived the adventure. (Scary about your grandmother - aren't the staff in those places supposed to be, I don't know, trained to handles such things? Very scary.) Welcome ‘home’! Happy to hear you all survived the adventure. (Scary about your grandmother – aren’t the staff in those places supposed to be, I don’t know, trained to handles such things? Very scary.)

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