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I am mostly venting here. I have an elderly mother with dementia who lives in a nursing home. She isn't happy. I live in Atlanta, she lives in Chgo, my brother is close by. When I visit , I take my mother for walks to various stores, restaurants, and just plain old walks thru the neighborhood. She likes to be kept moving. She is in a wheelchair, she is easily agitated , walking her without a seatbelt annoys me so much. The nursing home is restraint free. ( never mind the locks, never mind the chemical restraints, and never mind the alarms that go off when we walk by an elevator)
The nursing home won't let me have a seatbelt. For obvious reasons, her dementia, the obstacles, the pot holes, the sloped sidewalks, I need her to be secure in the wheelchair. I am tired of arguing with them. I bought a gait belt, left it in her room and use it to belt her in the chair. It was removed from her dresser. They refused to lend me one until I could get another.
When I complained to the DON she told me, ur wheelchairs are for short distances only, and not meant for outdoor use. you should not be using a gait belt for a seatbelt. It is not designed for that.
I sent them information from the joint commission recommending that the dr. write a script. They refused. I sent them information about restraints. Since my mother can unbuckle a seatbelt is is not a restraint.
I bought another belt, verified that they won't stop me from taking her out, but I am very unhappy. I store the belt in an office . I want an attached belt, I don't think it is asking too much.
The nursing home won't let me have a seatbelt. For obvious reasons, her dementia, the obstacles, the pot holes, the sloped sidewalks, I need her to be secure in the wheelchair. I am tired of arguing with them. I bought a gait belt, left it in her room and use it to belt her in the chair. It was removed from her dresser. They refused to lend me one until I could get another.
When I complained to the DON she told me, ur wheelchairs are for short distances only, and not meant for outdoor use. you should not be using a gait belt for a seatbelt. It is not designed for that.
I sent them information from the joint commission recommending that the dr. write a script. They refused. I sent them information about restraints. Since my mother can unbuckle a seatbelt is is not a restraint.
I bought another belt, verified that they won't stop me from taking her out, but I am very unhappy. I store the belt in an office . I want an attached belt, I don't think it is asking too much.