1 Star User Review
My grandmother was here in the rehab section to build up some strength after she fell and was unable to get up or get herself to the phone. The idea was to allow her to return to her home and live independently with daily non-medical help. While I was only an infrequent visitor, it was remarkable to me that sometimes her speech and affect were close to normal, but other times she was unable to speak clearly, slurring her words, speaking much more slowly, and appearing dazed. I strongly suspected that she was given too much of her tramadol (which she had been taking for years for pain with no such effects), or perhaps being drugged with Seroquel or other psychoactive meds. Staff assured us otherwise. She was not permitted to get herself out of bed or her wheelchair to use the bathroom. If we had not requested that she be allowed to shower (although never alone, never washing herself), she would have only been bathed in bed. Personal hygiene, toileting, occasional cooking, walking from room to room were activities that she could handle before, however slowly. After 2 months, she changed from a reasonably healthy albeit frail lady to a near-invalid because she was not permitted to care for herself at all. After a brief daily physical education session, she was returned to her room, either in her wheelchair or in her bed for the night. On my last visit, she was put in her nightgown in her bed at 4:15pm because she had been unable to get off the toilet. Her physical therapist informed us that she was "regressing". Her speech became barely intelligible. I strongly believe these were medication effects. If this facility's mission is to return people to normal or near-normal functioning, they are failing miserably.