My mom was admitted there over the weekend, and my sister pulled her out of there today. She was there for physical therapy to help get her strength back for walking. Both the staff and the ONE Physician/Medical Director were jerks. Plus, he is there ONE DAY A WEEK! Must be nice to make all that money for a part time job. Already in the 3 days my mom was there, my sister had to remind them to give her the TIME SENSITIVE medication she was on, they took her blood glucose monitor away and said she "wasn't allowed to check her own blood sugar". Why not? She is not there for her diabetes, she is there for PT. They told her she could only have 2 showers a week, even though she has orders from her doctor for daily showering to keep a would clean. Their doctor told her she was likely never going home, despite what her other doctors said. Also told her she should cancel her appointment with her endocrinologist which was scheduled for today (Monday), despite the fact that both her oncologist (she is now cancer free but had a recent scare) and her endocrinologist wanted her to see the endo and made the appointment last Thursday or Friday.
When my sister tried to talk to the facility doctor about it, and reminded him that she has medical power of attorney and that she should be included in any conversations, especially about cancelling appointments with specialists, he said "I'm a doctor and can tell her whatever I want". Someone needs to sue their asses off for a big payday. Maybe I'll call my cousin who is a medical malpractice attorney. BTW, I'm not some ignoramus, I'm an epidemiologist myself, so their big words, and degrees don't intimidate me. They may be "top rated" but that is just a sad indictment of how crappy we treat senior citizens in our country. Unless you have someone in your family with the right attitude to a be a pushy advocate for your family member, think twice about going here. read more