Dad, Not Yet

Dad was already on his Alzheimer's journey when the virus hit. Siblings and I got Mom to the care center daily before the virus but we don't get to see Dad since the facilities got locked down.

Hospice has been called twice on Dad but he is a tough old bird and still with us, confused as he must be. Since we haven't been able to see him, he has fallen out of the bed half a dozen times. No telling how long he lay on the floor before being discoverd. A couple of falls ago he was taken to the hospital for hip replacement surgery. At the care center, a kind nurse would call Mom and let her talk to Dad, that doesn't happen from the hospital.

Dad is already confused and the going back and forth from care center to hospital has to confuse him more. Last week he fell again. The care facility is required to keep Mom notified. So the last fall sent him to the hospital again and we spent the day wondering if he broke the hip that just got replaced. He didn't, only fractured his head.

One would think that the care facility would put up rails on the side of the bed as to keep the patient from falling, however here in FL that is illegal for nursing homes to use rails because it restrains the patients? One would think common sense would over rule a law that is letting a patient repeatedly fall out of bed.

And gues what .... there is NOT a fricking thing we can do with the virus going on. Oh and Dad tested positive for Covid but no symptoms....so far so he has to quarentine but where, the hospital can't keep him and he can't go back to the care center testing positive.