Due to the closure of an age-care facility in Palmerston North, the ministry of Health will look into the audit procedures. There has been an introducing of spot audits, so they will do the audit in general, for all the rest homes.
The audit came after a member of the Ros A Lea complained about the quality of the rest home. The worker, who has been in the industry for 21 years, told she wouldn’t even let her dog live there. But the Ministry said it was okay. Until the MidCentral District Health Board started its own audit, and closed it down.
There was one woman there, who was tied to her bed with a sheet. But she claims they took care of her, and that she has no complaints. In the mean while, she passed away. But her daughter claims she would have died several years ago, if she wasn’t in that rest home.
Thanks to what her family sais, the Aged Care Association doubts if the DHB did good, to close it down. Ros A Lea had a good reputation, until this incident happened. They think the DHB acted this cautious, due to the scandal of Auckland's Belhaven rest home, last year. But the DHB responds by saying there was no other choice, because they’ve breached the standards. At the time of the audit in March, the rest home didn’t have a warrant of fitness.
I think it was truly necessary to do this audit. As I read what the worker told about what happened there, I really felt sorry for the persons who live there. I mean, aged people need to be taken care of, very well. If this doesn’t happen as it should be, they can die. And I do think it’s strange that the DHB closed it down, but the Ministry of Health didn’t see anything wrong. I guess this tells a lot about the quality of the Ministry of Health..
read the article here
I can agree it's necessary to do audits about the quality in rest homes because like you said: we need to take care of aged people. I would be worried if my parents were in a rest home and I didn't know for sure there would be taken care of them.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOn the other hand, I think it's a bit strange the rest home in the article didn't get some warning.
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenYes it’s very good that they did this audit. Maybe the DHB has mistaken its decision to close the rest home. They had better asked the occupants if they liked to stay there. Perhaps there are many old people who have trouble now because of the closing of this rest home.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBefore taking a decision they should look at all the aspects of this matter.
We must take care for our older people because one day we will also reach that age.
When I was searching a subject for my blog this week, I also read this article. I don't know who to believe anymore because one says it was good to close Ros A Lea and another one says it wasn't necessary... Maybe it's good DHB did this audit and closed down the rest home, just for certainty...
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