I was there for just under a week and for the most part I was very pleased with my stay there. All the staff.from the therapists to nursing to food service and environmental were wonderful and kind. Dr. Rosenblatt and his team were great. My only issues were as follows: on admission I had pretty severe weakness in my left arm and hand. Some of the meals included items that needed cutting-and with plastic utensils! Nobody ever asked if I needed any assistance with that task so I wound up not eating a lot. The other issue was bathing. As a nurse when I worked the floors we would go to each patient every morning and for those who were incapacitated at all, we would bring a basin of warm water, wash cloths soap and towels and assist them if needed to clean up No one ever even asked me if I would like help “freshening” up and forget about oral hygiene. As I got stronger I was able to use my walker and would use paper towels to clean myself and a friend provided me w toothpaste and brush. On my fourth day there as part of my OT evaluation I was able to shower and wash my hair and a couple of days later I again had a shower. I did discuss this with my patient advocate-Joe-who also was great and he said something I guess to the nursing director because on my last day there one of the aides asked if I wanted to shower but whoever he spoke to never followed up with me on it, which in my experience was something that should have been done. As I said, though, otherwise the staff were all stellar and I’d go there again if need be although I pray that I won’t have to.
