Delving deeper into the staff issues I asked my grandmother to describe if she has experienced any issues with response to call lights as my mother described earlier. My grandmother began her response to this question by stating that within this facility most problems are related to one another. As a result of this cycle, since the facility is so understaffed the response to calls is awful. The maximum time that is allotted to the staff to respond to a call is 8-10 minutes however, my grandmother frequently is forced to wait up to 35 minutes to be assisted. In addition, because the staff is overworked from being understaffed they are oftentimes rude and reluctant to help when they arrive. I closed our interview by asking her the same question
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With many reasons to think that Notting Hill should be a satisfactory facility, it turned out to be the complete opposite, my grandma refers to it as “jail.” However, this seems to be the case for most families around our country. Jane Gross wrote in a New York Times article about this common misconception: “Assisted living, a popular solution for elderly people who cannot live independently, is a ‘myth,’ Dr. Woodson said … Families often believe these facilities will meet all of their loved ones’ needs, enabling caregivers to focus on jobs and family, only to find this isn’t the case.” Many families are faced with having to decide what is best for a loved one in terms of what to do when they cannot live independently. Assisted living facilities seem to be the obvious answer, but many experiences show otherwise. Gross supports my observation that there is an inability to properly take care of patients in these specialized facilities. The article quotes a credible source, Dr. Woodson, a geriatrician (a specialty practice that focuses on the health of elderly people), who has a similar assertion as I do. This quote is very direct and includes keywords like, “families” and “loved ones” which helps to show how personal of an issue this
With many reasons to think that Notting Hill should be a satisfactory facility, it turned out to be the complete opposite, my grandma refers to it as “jail.” However, this seems to be the case for most families around our country. Jane Gross wrote in a New York Times article about this common misconception: “Assisted living, a popular solution for elderly people who cannot live independently, is a ‘myth,’ Dr. Woodson said … Families often believe these facilities will meet all of their loved ones’ needs, enabling caregivers to focus on jobs and family, only to find this isn’t the case.” Many families are faced with having to decide what is best for a loved one in terms of what to do when they cannot live independently. Assisted living facilities seem to be the obvious answer, but many experiences show otherwise. Gross supports my observation that there is an inability to properly take care of patients in these specialized facilities. The article quotes a credible source, Dr. Woodson, a geriatrician (a specialty practice that focuses on the health of elderly people), who has a similar assertion as I do. This quote is very direct and includes keywords like, “families” and “loved ones” which helps to show how personal of an issue this