Nursing Home Question.

"Mental issues" is a very wide spectrum. Granddaughter has worked at a nursing home for 2 1/2 years. Due to dementia and other age related mental issues, she deals with that most every day. OTOH, there are some who are a danger to themselves, other residents, and staff. A few months ago, they had to call relatives to come pick up one lady. Mean! Could use the remote for the television. Could read books and magazines. Could even crochet. Would NOT use the call button. Instead, day or night, would SCREAM until someone came to the room. Usually, it was that she wanted a hotdog. If they dared tell her the kitchen was closed, she would begin screaming until they left to get her a hotdog. She would not feed herself. Demanded that staff spoon feed her. If she thought they were feeding her too slow, she would let out a blood curdling scream. If she thought they were feeding her too fast, she would spit it right back at them. Curse at staff. Call them everything in the book. Yet, when her family visited, she would act as if everything was perfect. Never showed any evidence of mental issues when family was present. Just a real mental case!!!
If the person you are concerned about has a history of mental illness, the facility would probably want some medical records to evaluate just how severe the issues are. Were it a family member of mine and I was considering a nursing home, I'd go visit with the admission staff and be very straight forward with them.
 
As long as there is no issue of violence. Nursing homes are quite used to behavioral problems. And generally 'residents' aren't capable of extremely violent acts, But persistent, aggressive violent acts, especially against staff/other residents, aren't tolerated.
 
Remy said:
Yes. There are people with all kinds of diagnosed (and no doubt undiagnosed) mental health conditions residing in nursing homes. Including schizophrenia.
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I called a nursing home today and they said if she says anything about killing herself they will kick her out. She always talking about dying by killing herself.
 
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Robert59 said:
I called a nursing home today and they said if says anything about killing herself they will kick her out. She always talking about dying by killing herself.
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I'm really sorry. That is extremely manipulative on her part. I don't know how many facilities are in your area. I know in my area, some are more picky than other's. Some facilities will refuse if they see behavior issues, alcoholism, or the patient is young without an underlying health issue such as a chronic condition.

If she goes through a acute hospital stay and then the hospital discharge planners work on getting her into a home, they know how to get people in. The facilities have the right to refuse anyone. But once the person is admitted, they are theirs and they have to deal with and treat for the duration of their stay. However that stay may end.
 
Remy said:
I'm really sorry. That is extremely manipulative on her part. I don't know how many facilities are in your area. I know in my area, some are more picky than other's. Some facilities will refuse if they see behavior issues, alcoholism, or the patient is young without an underlying health issue such as a chronic condition.

If she goes through a acute hospital stay and then the hospital discharge planners work on getting her into a home, they know how to get people in. The facilities have the right to refuse anyone. But once the person is admitted, they are theirs and they have to deal with and treat for the duration of their stay. However that stay may end.
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This lady is 69 and can take care of herself and can walk without any problems.
 
Robert59 said:
I called a nursing home today and they said if she says anything about killing herself they will kick her out. She always talking about dying by killing herself.
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Robert, you'll have to keep calling different ones or do an online search for "skilled nursing homes, psych". Some homes do accept clients with mental illness, some do not.
 
It is widely accepted that on closing the asylums, Australia failed to invest in an alternative model of community mental health care. This means that for people seeking mental health assistance, there are few alternatives between the GP's surgery and the hospital emergency department. Sad but true.

When they closed down all the hospitals who cared for those suffering mental illness, there was nowhere for them to go, just turfed out onto the street where many died from neglect. Just another sign of our society's uncaring attitude towards disabled people who urgently need help and it's a disgusting disgrace IMO.
 
mellowyellow said:
It is widely accepted that on closing the asylums, Australia failed to invest in an alternative model of community mental health care. This means that for people seeking mental health assistance, there are few alternatives between the GP's surgery and the hospital emergency department. Sad but true.

When they closed down all the hospitals who cared for those suffering mental illness, there was nowhere for them to go, just turfed out onto the street where many died from neglect. Just another sign of our society's uncaring attitude towards disabled people who urgently need help and it's a disgusting disgrace IMO.
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Same thing happened here, back in the 90s. Outpatient clinics opened up, and almost every state and/or major city still has inpatient mental health hospitals, but aside from the ones for the "criminally insane" who would otherwise be in prison, extremely few are residential facilities, so there's a limit to how long patients can be confined.
 
Well they take people with Alzheimers and other forms of dementia and there's no telling what they might do, so my guess is yes. But I'm sure it depends on each facility's criteria for acceptance as a resident.
 

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