Bickford of Suffolk

"Poor Hygiene and Bad Manners at Assisted Living Facility"

I visited my grandma on Thanksgiving at the assisted living facility. Sadly, no one had bathed her. I asked a nurse to help change her and she said she'd be back soon. But time passed and I ended up changing my grandma myself. She was very wet and had a bowel movement. My grandma asked me, can you give me a bath? My bottom is burning." As I bathed her, I noticed dark patches on her legs. I thought it might be from being in bed too long. When I tried to wash these areas, they were so dirty that I kept having to rinse and repeat. My grandma told me she once asked a nurse, to clean her feet and was rudely asked if she thought she was God. I am not the power of attorney, which the head nurse often reminds me. But she's still my grandma, and I want her to have the best care possible.

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