Question: Hello,I am very concerned about my 89yr old father. He is in Farmborough United Care Unanderra (Illawarra Region).
Mentally Dad is quite good, he has deteriorated since my mother passed away in January this year. My main concern is the level of care he is getting. He is a paying customer at the nursing home and it isn't cheap. He has a GP a Dr Noonan, I think. The problem is he doesn't get to see him unless the only RN on board at the Nursing Home requests him to come. He is getting alot of pain in one foot that has feeling with a sore that yesterday I didnt open the dressing but it seemed to smell. I think it may be a pressure sore and isn't being attended to properly. Dad said the staff dont seem to beleive when he tells them how much pain he is in. They are giving him Panadol 2x3 per day. His other leg/foot is numb. He has become immobile in the past month. He therefore has be hoisted. He has been told not to drink many fluids because of output, they only put one nappy on per day. Not good for UTI's surely?Let alone enjoying an afternoon cuppa, and to drink water, when you feel like it.I asked Dad about having in-dwelling catheter put in he said they don't seem to want to do that because he gets infections. I said to him you are going to get infections anyway because you arent drinking enough. Let alone dignity and level of care. Dad said when he asks them to get him up earlier because it seems to lessen the pain sitting in a scooter mind you still waiting for DVA to send an OT to assess and authorise a wheelchair. Hence he can't sit back or tilt the chair because it is only a scooter. I think I need a more involved GP and perhaps I need to talk to the RN myself??? Please give me somewhere to start from. My Dad doesn't want to be around but at the same time he doesn' t deserve to be overlooked. He is in High level care but unfortunately most of the patients are Dementia patients fom my observation that is very demanding for the staff but not real fair for the few like my Dad.