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My former boss has a neurological condition. He lost his fine motor skills (e.g., buttoning his shirt, typing) but could manage.
He went into rehab for a while but was transferred to a nursing home. He isn't even 75. This was 2-3 weeks ago.
Our mutual friend went to visit him but could barely recognize him. The nursing home put him in a wheelchair and he was sleeping when he never was sleeping (about 2:00 p.m.) and couldn't be roused.
I think the nursing home put him on tranquilizers or something like that to make it easier to take care of him. But he wasn't disabled beyond what I described above. He had cognition, alertness. He was adverse to boredom. This doesn't sound like him.
Plus, our mutual friend quoted him, stating he would like some physical therapy. If he's denied that treatment, then I have really wonder what's going on.
Nobody advised him that he was being put in a home to die, sooner than later.
If he is on unnecessary medications, is there a patient advocate at nursing homes or what can his family do?
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