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In reply to the discussion: Senior homes refuse to pick up fallen residents, dial 911. 'Why are they calling us?' [View all]marble falls
(58,848 posts)... for a couple of good reasons: to prevent injury or further injury to the fallen. To prevent injury to those attempting to lift the fallen.
Most care facility workers are trained commensurate to their low wages. Health care workers have a very high rate of work incurred injuries. If I fell, I'd rather be lifted by trained EMS and not by the largely out of shape, under-educated attendants in the 'home'.
Thank provenance I'll be placed in VA home when the time comes. The first two questions I get every appointment at VA they ask: Have you fallen recently and do I feel safe at home. I've had to call EMS four or five times in the last few years to get my neighbor off the ground.
It's not a casual process. They use a large leather belt with loops on it. And four personnel lift. This is after a serious triaging to be sure there are no injuries first.
Also: It gives an opportunity for outsiders to see what seldom scheduled inspections don't in terms of current conditions of the facility. That just might save lives all by itself.
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