Hattie Ide Chaffee Home

Great care!Awesome physical therapy.

My father has had rehab here twice. The PT, OT (Denise)and staff has been wonderful. They all together got him on his feet. In November, the Thanksgiving Dinner in the Dinning hall was like being in a restaurant, he said. He was happy his family could join him.

It has taken me a few months to be able to write and post this review. My Mom was admitted to Hattie Ide Chaffee Home on 5/26/24 after being at Miriam Hospital due to increased generalized pain and difficulty walking for rehab and then to go back home. My Mom was noted while at the hospital to be retaining urine and a catheter was placed while in the emergency room. The catheter was discontinued prior to discharge from the hospital and she was able to void on her own with assistance to the bathroom. The first night at the nursing home I was told by the nurse that during the night she became more confused and yelling out and they were changing her room due to complaints of the other residents. After that time I was never told of any more behavior issues or that Trazadone 25mg. 3 times a day as needed was ordered for her. To my knowledge she continued to void on her own when she got to the nursing home again with assistance to the bathroom. About 2 days later the nurse for some reason wanted to make sure that she was still voiding enough as they told me they had an order to catheterize her if she was not voiding enough. I stayed in the bathroom with my Mom and she voided 400cc at that time so it appeared that she had been going and we had the order discontinued. I received a call that night at 10:30pm from a nurse who wanted to know why the order was discontinued as she told me that my Mom needed a straight cath. to be done. She then said to me that it needed to be done or her bladder could burst and she could die or you can just call hospice. She then continued to say to me that your Mom is 97 years old almost 98 years old and she has just about out lived everybody! My husband was listening with me to the conversation and we both just looked at each other and said did she actually just say that to me? A nurse speaking to a family member like that! I did not even know what to say. I did tell her that I told them upon admission that my Mom can become severely consti