After my parent had a severe Stroke they were sent to saru..my parent had a feed tube and it was constantly coming out which nent xray every time it did this meant no rehab for that dsy till finally months after they inserted a bridal to stop it moving.
The hoisting that was done by phyisos was extremely painful for my parent and they were told to just breathe through it instead of finding an alternate solution. The 3 months my parent was there they had 1 shower.
The first meeting that family was to attend with all staff was heartbreaking and extremely poor , as the exact words that I recall from the phyiso were, sorry mate you will never walk out of here, I feel that was tactless and very unprofessional,,
On my return to WA before even seeing my parent I was pulled aside by a senior clinician and told my parent is not improving and they need the bed and they need to go to another hospital, this was also extremely upsetting as I hadn't even got to see my parent yet.., after I called a hospital hotline to find out if my parent can stay until a bed comes available in a care home and explained what the senior clinician said, the senior clinician then would no longer communicate let alone look at us, I feel this was very unprofessional and very poor for the person in their position.
On a whole the only good thing we're the nurses Since being at a care home , my parent has been showered every morning and is not bed ridden they are in a great routine , the hoisting was not painful and now have made better gains and is using a sara steady
"My parent's stroke"
About: Bunbury Hospital / Sub-Acute Ward Bunbury Hospital Sub-Acute Ward Bunbury 6230
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