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Mum's had a 'fall'

As some of you may know, my MIL had a leg amputated 6 months ago due to poor circulation. She also has dementia. Shes lives in her own home....her choise....she flatley refuses to consider going into a care facility/ home. She has a social services care plan in place and carers visit her 4 times a day to get her up, put her to bed and prepare her meals. Hubs visits her every day on his way home from work and we visit twice a day at weekends. She can not move herself at all. She cannot get herself into her wheelchair. The wheelchair is a manual chair but she doesn't have enough strength in her arms to use it. She was promised an electric chair, but 6 months on....theres no sign of it.
Hubs was on his way home from work today and the care agency called him....mum has had a fall....could he get there asap. They had called an ambulance about 4.30 pm.He was there within the hr. Mum had actually fallen off the Sara Stedy stand the carers use to move her around the house! She was lying on the floor with her foot stuck around the frame and a gash on her big toe. The young female carer didnt know what to say, just.. 'she fell off' but if its being used properly, that shouldnt really be possible. It looks like the carer had forgotten to put the break on, and its moved when it shouldnt have. 2 managers from the agency then arrived and the young woman was spoken too. Seems she has been suspended pending an enquiry. All this time, poor Mum is just lying on the floor. Hubs and his sister( who is here on a visit and had popped to the shop) have covered her and given her a pillow and shes drifting in and out of sleep.
Its been 4 hours now... still no sign of that ambulance....
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WelshLovely · 46-50, F
Aw lovely, I feel your pain on this one. My Mam had a fall at the end of December and we had a 9.5 hour wait for an ambulance. For various reasons we've had to call an ambulance twice since and the shortest wait we've had is 6 hours. Luckily (in a way) by the time we've made it to hospital, things have been that serious that she's been taken straight into majors, but its been hell on earth.

Hope things settle down asap for you and that there are no serious consequences for you guys or MIL x
RubySoo · 56-60, F
@WelshLovely thank you.
I hope all is well for you and yr mum at the mo too. X
WelshLovely · 46-50, F
@RubySoo I don't want to tempt fate at the moment lol x
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
4 hours that's outrageous!
I really hope she is okay after all this.🙏
No offense,but this is what some of us want in the states to nationalize health?
We get nervous here if an ambulance takes over an hour to arrive.
A 5 hour wait to be seen at hospital would seem equally ridiculous and negligent.
When I read what you've gone through and your family, I have to believe with all it's flaws,that private insurance is the better option.
We do have government insurance, too,for lower income folks, but most of our insurance is through our workplace through private companies.
I just can't believe the things you guys have to go through to get care.
Gusman · 61-69, M
So sad when these things occur,
I hope that your mil is properly cared for when she does go to the hospital.
It seems like society is going backwards when it comes to looking after our vulnerable citizens.
Priorities are wrong with few people in power willing to make a change for the better.
RubySoo · 56-60, F
@Gusman i think its unlikely they'll keep her in. They have to take her in niw to do bloods because shes been imobile for 5 hours....but told she could be waiting in the ambulance up to 5 hrs before someone is free to do the test....
SteveTomms · 56-60, M
So sorry to hear all of this Ruby. Wishing your MIL and all of you the very best!!! Thinking of you!
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
I'm totally exasperated. I really don't know what to say.

And they are saying that it's going to get worse. 🤬
WHAT?!

Wow...the ambulance issue...ugh.

Compounds her already-bad problem!
RubySoo · 56-60, F
@SomeMichGuy yeap...its diabolical...
RubySoo · 56-60, F
@RubySoo they have just arrived. They need to take her to hospital ...get this....to do blood tests because shes been imobile on the floor for 5 hrs!!!
But, they have also said its possible she may have and up to 5 hr wait to get into the hospital when they get there!!!
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4meAndyou · F
@RubySoo Your whole country is SO effed!!! Sorry for all of you!
Thrust · 56-60, M
Oh that is a disgrace. 4+ hours
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RubySoo · 56-60, F
@MsSwan Wales UK
The national health service......

 
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