[Newsbot]

Title: 'Granny dumping' a burden for ERs
Category: Health
Posted By: wildrosegirl
Date: 2010-05-15 08:08:50
Canadian

[nanza]

shameless!!!

[Brenda]

nanza nanza:

shameless!!!

I disagree. It's not necessarily shameless as well hopelessness, exhaustion, the last resort.

$1:

The practice, nicknamed “granny dumping,” is an extreme example of the wider issue of senior citizens arriving at emergency simply because they or harried family members do not know where else to turn, say nurses and doctors.

[raydan]

When my father died, I knew that my mother could not live alone as I had seen the symptoms of Alzeimer.
I brought her to live with us and started the process to have her evaluated.
After 6 months, still without any date for that evaluation, it had become dangerous to leave her alone at home and my GF and I had reached a point where we were (sorry to say this) at our wits end.
We went to the hospital emergency and explained the situation to them.
They took her in, a day and she had a room and it took a few weeks to finally get that evaluation.

I hope I don't fall into that "dumping" category.

[tritium]

These bastards probably took all that parents money, home and left them with nothing.

I wouldn't be surprised if they are still cashing their pension cheques.

Society is just becoming more greedy and selfish.

[Brenda]

raydan raydan:

When my father died, I knew that my mother could not live alone as I had seen the symptoms of Alzeimer.
I brought her to live with us and started the process to have her evaluated.
After 6 months, still without any date for that evaluation, it had become dangerous to leave her alone at home and my GF and I had reached a point where we were (sorry to say this) at our wits end.
We went to the hospital emergency and explained the situation to them.
They took her in, a day and she had a room and it took a few weeks to finally get that evaluation.

I hope I don't fall into that "dumping" category.

No. You were looking for the best possible solution, and you got it. Sacrificing yourself is not helping anyone. 24/7/365 care is just not doable alone.

You didnt leave her with a note attached, you found the best solution. Kudo's to you and your gf.

[Yogi]

As Ray said, Trying all the 'proper' channels can be as frustrating and fruitless' as doing the 24/7 care. I do not condone this practice, but to a degree I can understand why it happens in some situations. WE have allowed those in healthcare to create an untennable situation!

[Scape]

raydan raydan:

When my father died, I knew that my mother could not live alone as I had seen the symptoms of Alzeimer.
I brought her to live with us and started the process to have her evaluated.
After 6 months, still without any date for that evaluation, it had become dangerous to leave her alone at home and my GF and I had reached a point where we were (sorry to say this) at our wits end.
We went to the hospital emergency and explained the situation to them.
They took her in, a day and she had a room and it took a few weeks to finally get that evaluation.

I hope I don't fall into that "dumping" category.

You did what you could. Some don't even bother to do that.