racincrazy
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Alabama
I think my mother was injured by negligent hospice nurse. She has been in hospice a little over two years. I am still not sure why she had hospice care because no doctor told any of us that she was dying. She did have dementia but she was still independent and lived by her self for the most part. I actually like the Idea of the nurses helping her. They told me if she needed medical help to call them instead of taking her to the doctor or hospital.
A couple of months ago she got a small wound on her hand and it started looking bad very fast. I texted her nurse about it and said mom was in pain and she needs to look at it. She said she would go see her the next morning. About lunch time I texted her to see what she thought and she texted me back that evening she said it looked ok. I was surprised she said it was OK and I trusted her judgment and just put some Neosporin on it. Two days later the hospice Chaplin stopped by for his weekly visit and he called her nurse manager and said her hand looks bad and needs attention. The nurse came by and wrapped her hand and called in a antibiotic to the pharmacy and said to give her morphine for her pain. Fast forward a few days and Mom was down the street look for her friend that had died in 1970. She had to stay at the geriatric psych ward for over three weeks.
The thing I think is neglect is I don’t think the nurse came to see her the first day I contacted her and it caused several days delay in getting treatment. Every time someone from hospice comes to her house they have a log book they sign and date. I have the log book and the day she said she came she had to sign between the lines because the Chaplin signed logbook after the bathlady. I think she lied about coming that day delayed treatment and it has made her go from living independently to living in a nursing home.
My main questions are where is the best place to file a complaint in the state of Alabama and what questions to ask lawyer if this is a case worth moving forward.
Thanks
I think my mother was injured by negligent hospice nurse. She has been in hospice a little over two years. I am still not sure why she had hospice care because no doctor told any of us that she was dying. She did have dementia but she was still independent and lived by her self for the most part. I actually like the Idea of the nurses helping her. They told me if she needed medical help to call them instead of taking her to the doctor or hospital.
A couple of months ago she got a small wound on her hand and it started looking bad very fast. I texted her nurse about it and said mom was in pain and she needs to look at it. She said she would go see her the next morning. About lunch time I texted her to see what she thought and she texted me back that evening she said it looked ok. I was surprised she said it was OK and I trusted her judgment and just put some Neosporin on it. Two days later the hospice Chaplin stopped by for his weekly visit and he called her nurse manager and said her hand looks bad and needs attention. The nurse came by and wrapped her hand and called in a antibiotic to the pharmacy and said to give her morphine for her pain. Fast forward a few days and Mom was down the street look for her friend that had died in 1970. She had to stay at the geriatric psych ward for over three weeks.
The thing I think is neglect is I don’t think the nurse came to see her the first day I contacted her and it caused several days delay in getting treatment. Every time someone from hospice comes to her house they have a log book they sign and date. I have the log book and the day she said she came she had to sign between the lines because the Chaplin signed logbook after the bathlady. I think she lied about coming that day delayed treatment and it has made her go from living independently to living in a nursing home.
My main questions are where is the best place to file a complaint in the state of Alabama and what questions to ask lawyer if this is a case worth moving forward.
Thanks