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What Should Be Done For Mental Deterioration And UTI S?

My mother has been in a nursing home since the middle of September. She has had steady mental deterioration, 5 or six UTI s . She has no teeth, and yet they continue to feed her pizza, potato chips, sandwiches, things she could not chew if she wanted to. She has lost 55 pounds, and looks like a holocaust victim. Am I crazy to assume the care here is less than ideal?
Fri, 10 Jan 2014
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Hi, Welcome to Health care magic forum.
Make sure who are feeding her, the nursing home people, or your own people. The nursing home people do not have any concern about feeding. If your own people are feeding who are to be blamed.
If some one is feeding her, how she is eating them with out teeth. If she is taking them, she should gain weight,or some one else is taking them on her name.
Any how she is in the nursing home for the sake of treatment, the treatment part should be satisfactory. That is what about you should be concerned.
Wishing her a quick and complete recovery. Thank you.
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What Should Be Done For Mental Deterioration And UTI S?

Hi, Welcome to Health care magic forum. Make sure who are feeding her, the nursing home people, or your own people. The nursing home people do not have any concern about feeding. If your own people are feeding who are to be blamed. If some one is feeding her, how she is eating them with out teeth. If she is taking them, she should gain weight,or some one else is taking them on her name. Any how she is in the nursing home for the sake of treatment, the treatment part should be satisfactory. That is what about you should be concerned. Wishing her a quick and complete recovery. Thank you.