Patewood Post Acute

How is it this horrible horrible place has not been shut down or investigated by the state! The canned replies from hospital admin are an absolute shame! Its been 10 yrs since i posted my review of Patewood. I can tell by the recent reviews that this place is a horrible horrible nightmare. I think back on this place and if it were happening today there were so many HUGE red flags but you feel a bit helpless un the moment.. DON'T. This is the WORST place. Do not bring a loved one to patewood rehab. My father fractured his hip spent 2 weeks in hospital where he was coming along pretty good. He then was transferred to this horrible place where they decided he needed to be on a anti depressive. When I got to him I found him slumped over in a wheelchair outside of his room with clothes on that were not his, the clothes he had on were huge, he was unresponsive and practically drooling he was so out of it which was a direct side effect from the anti depressive they were giving him. When I asked an RN and the director of rehab, how my father is supposed to accomplish rehab exercises when he is completely out of it, they had no answer and tried to divert the conversation elsewhere. The director of rehab whose name I believe is Kimberly Lapoor, should be fired and never allowed to work in any type of medical facility, she is an absolute shame to the profession. Does not return phone calls, is not able to communicate well and is just plain out unprofessional and someone in administration should seriously be taking a close hard observation of this woman. In short Patewood rehab is a nightmare, I had my father discharged and he was brought back home where he was unable to recoup from the 3 weeks at Patewood and eventually passed away a month later. Do your homework on rehab places and at all costs DO NOT put your loved one into Patewood.

I’d give a zero if I could. Overall my husband did not receive the necessary care he needed. They left him sitting on his surgery site in a wheelchair for 5 hours the first day he was there. No one checked on him for those 5 hours. I don’t think anyone bothered to read his medical report., Out of numerous Nurses & CNAs there were maybe 4 who showed any compassion or even interest in his needs such as asking for water or to change his urine bag. The therapists were upset his bag was so full. They had to go find someone to empty it! One of the therapists worked with him and afterwards had my husband sit in a wheelchair telling the nurse &/or CNA to leave him in the wheelchair until my husband finished his lunch. But after the PT left my husband felt lightheaded due to low BP. Since I didn’t want him to fall out of the chair I went to ask one of the nurses to help get him back into bed. She refused to do so based on the therapists request. I explained that my husband didn’t feel bad until after the therapist left. She still flat out refused to get him into bed. I then went to the therapist to explain what was going on. She went to talk w the nurse and she caved to the nurse letting the nurse dictate the situation. I called the executive administrator and left a voicemail regarding these things. I never received a call back. The nurses did not check his BP except shift change which is every 8 hours unless I constantly bugged them. I was told since he was using the wheelchair at some point he could get his own water. They never bothered to show him where to get the water. When he used the button to ask for help it took about an hour at least for them to come into his room. They then acted like he asked them to run to the store for him! Many were Rude and showed zero compassion. He felt demoralized by them. Often they were clustered in groups chatting away. Only one male nurse acknowledged me when I came in. Before I left one might at 7:15 pm I asked if someone would plea

This facility has the poorest care from nursing staff. The physical therapist are amazing. The care Staff does hide their disdain when a patient needs help with a task. It’s a shame. My sister in laws care was not up to standards they claim to have again except for the excellent care from the Physical Therapy department