Hello again
Tonight my mother made it clear that she no longer what to be in the room with this roommate. And I don't blame her. I complained three weeks after she moved in with mom. I knew what she was going to be like.
Mom likes to sleep in the dark. Mom likes to sleep with the TV off. The staff took the string off the light on the wall, and her daughters put another cord onto the light switch. Like mother like daughters. They don't seem to get it that the light bothers mom. And they are only their two days a week for a limited time. I, on the other hand, am their everyday of the week.
It is not just this. The women has delusional episodes and hallucinations. When one mentions that there is no one there or there is nothing there, she gets aggressive and agitated. When this happens, which is allot of the time, this women keeps waking up mom.
Mom is tired allot lately, And this I can tie directly to her delusional episodes. What this means is the women is slowly killing mom. This is the truth. If mom is not getting the proper sleep, means she is not that hungry during the day, and she does not eat. This is turn is making her weaker and weaker. Thus leading to an early death.
But I complained and complained and nothing was done about it. This is how they treat people at this home. And this is straight up, abuse. They are depriving mom of needed sleep. taking anything away from someone that causes health issues and loss of enjoyment of life is ABUSE. PERIOD!
Most of the children of residents are to afraid of the staff at Al Hogg, as they make threats against them. They tell them if you don't like the way we do things, you can move your parent. I have heard this over and over again.
I am not afraid of anyone. Especially the staff of these homes. I am not afraid to file a complaint with the top of the food chain. This is the only way something is going to be done.
My sisters don't seem to even care that their mother sits in her own filth for hours and hours at a time. And she gets rashes and now has a open sore on her bottom. This is the direct result of my mother having to sit in her own soiled diapers.
Again, would you or anyone let a baby sit in their soiled diapers for any length of time. I think not. They why do our loved one's have to be subjected to this kind of abuse. And nobody does anything about it.
I wish I had money to live. So I could concentrate my efforts to looking after mom more, as well as pursue action against this kind of abuse. It is not just the home where mom is, no, it is most of these homes. They say there is not enough staff. I beg to differ. I see what the staff do, or what they don't do. You get what I mean.
I have started the Alzheimer's Dementia Seniors Abuse Action Coalition in the past. Only to have to stop pursuing it, as I could not afford to even keep the web site up and running, pay for the hosting. Or even pay for the domain name, for a few years. The name is still up on Google. And the traveling that I do, leaves me no time to do anything about it.
Another reason why I need to be living in White Rock. Plus the fact I can't stay here anymore.
I have other issues I wanted to discuss but it is late again.
GOD bless and good night
Kris Schmuland
