Lyn Update and advice needed
Check your insurance, and also check to see if you have any other choices that would be even closer to home.
And above all, take care of yourself so that you can be there for Lyn. We love you and will support you no matter what - you can always come here to vent your feelings and frustrations.
Huge hugs. Prayers are continuing and have never stopped.
Terry,
I can't speak directly to the Kindred Hospital, but my mother (and my grandmother until her death last fall) lives at Regency Place in Greenwood. That is a Kindred Communities nursing home. Also, my step-mother works at a Kindred Communities nursing home in Terre Haute. They have gone out of their way to make my mother's stay there as comfortable as possible (going so far as to let her keep a canary in her room). And my step-mother would not work for a place that mistreated the residents. So I would say that if you want to get Lyn closer to home, the Kindred Hospital is probably a good choice.
Having said that, I will also say that you will need to stay on top of Lyn's care. He can't speak for himself right now, so you will only be able to assure yourself that he is getting everything he needs by talking to the staff and doctors on a regular basis. But this is true no matter where he is at. To the staff and doctors he is one of many patients they are responsible for, to you he is number one. It isn't that they don't want to give him the best care, but whenever people are spread thin, the "squeaky wheel" gets the oil. Just be proactive in his care and I'm sure which ever facility you choose will take good care of him.
I'll keep you both in my thoughts.
I came to visit you and Lyn Tuesday but you weren't there. I'm sorry I missed you. I would have liked to meet you.
I wanted to echo what some of the others have said. I'm not familiar with these facilities but I have experience with facilities in Ohio where my two grandma's stayed over a 15 year time span. These are "our" precious loved one's and no one at these places will love them or care for them the way that we would, like someone else said. Unfortunately these places are understaffed and though they try to do their best, they simply are spread too thin. Your patience is really tested over and over as you wait for call buttons to be answered, meds to be brought, & lack of sensitivity, etc.
My grandma had a stroke and lost her ability to speak. When a patient can't communicate with the staff or you, it is imperative that family members became very proactive in their health care. I cannot emphasize this enough! Grandma would gesture and act like she was trying to tell us something but we just couldn't understand her. Staff discovered she was being mistreated by another patient.
There is no perfect facility but just keep your eyes and ears open and be watchful. Trust your instincts when something doesn't seem right. God will give you the answers you need. If you can find a good facility closer to home, go with it because it will be like your second home. You will be going back and forth endlessly, and you need to take care of yourself to take good care of Lyn. It becomes very exhausting mentally as well as physically so the less driving you have to do, the better.
God IS with you as you are preparing to make this decision and he will lead you to the right one for you and Lyn. Hopefully I can meet you both next week.
Hugs and Blessings,
Kathy
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