Joined: 1/30/2023
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I recently found out that Stonybrook University Hospital did not want to feed my mom but wanted to keep her hospitalized for a week claiming they were waiting for her UTI test results?
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Joined: 3/11/2019
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UTI test results have come back the same day for my father if taken early. Do they have any other concerns that they've shared with you?
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Joined: 12/4/2011
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Blossom Pearl, yes, I have seen this happen. In fact, one lady was not eating, and they told her son she needed a feeding tube. Wonder if she would have eaten if he came and fed her. I did feed my mother when she was in the hospital, or her paid caregiver fed her.
Feeding people takes a long time which the hospital aids and nurses do not have. I observed dementia patients fed in nursing homes. They roll them in on their wheelchairs and place them on one side of a table. The aid sits on the other side and feeds them all.
With today's staff shortages I'm sure many hospitals are like the one you mention.
I prayed for you and your mother.
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