Daughter Angry Over Mother's Death

A local woman is angry over how her mother’s death was treated by personnel at a local nursing home when she died. The woman said that her mother passed away at the nursing home on January 24 and that she allegedly didn’t hear from anyone in a managerial position that Sunday or the next day. She said that it all started when she arrived for Sunday morning (Jan. 24) worship service and the next thing she knew, a relative came to her and asked “Had she heard?”. Not knowing or understanding what she meant, she asked what was the matter. That when her relative told the woman that her mother had passed that Sunday morning. The woman was distraught upon hearing the heartbreaking news not only of her mother’s passing, but because she heard it first from a relative and not directly from the nursing home. The woman’s mother was under hospice care at the home and neither did anyone from hospice called the woman concerning her mother’s death Sunday morning after she had passed either.

While interviewing the woman, she said that the actions taken by hospice and the nursing home “were very unprofessional”, because it appeared that “no decency” was shown to her at a time when compassion is usually shown or given. The woman said that it would be Sunday afternoon when she was able to see her mother at the funeral home. When she did talk to someone at the nursing home on Monday (Jan. 25), it was a regular employee, not someone such as a supervisor or someone else in a managerial position. The woman said that she was “no stranger” at the nursing home because her mother had been at the home for over two years. She said that while coming there before COVID-19 curtailed her visits, she “saw things” that she felt should be brought to the attention of those operating the home. She felt that some employees seemed to be there “only to get a paycheck”, while others took their jobs seriously, knowing that their profession was to care for the elderly in their later years.

The woman said that there were several occasions when her mother had to be taken to a local hospital for treatment and that she was “appalled” at how her mother was clothed when she arrived at the hospital. She said that mother was clad in only thinly veiled clothing and during this particular moment, it was very cold. She would wonder if other residents are treated the same. The woman says that she is “coping” with things “the best that she can”, and with “God’s help”, she will be fine. She says that she knew that her mother’s time wasn’t long and that she was prepared for a phone call. However, it didn’t come from the people that she put her confidence in to do what was right concerning her mother. She says that she “doesn’t believe” that her mother suffered and she knows that her mother is in a better place. She says that she is thankful to those who looked out for her 97-year-old mother and those who reached out to her.