My dear... I raised hell with anyone who would listen! I contacted the newspaper, I called the ministry of health who usually governs this type of thing. I was told they were a privately owned facility and they did not fall under their jurisdiction so then I called the hospital that owned the facility only to find out that they didn't have a body to look into the care provided there. They owned it but it was run by a privately owned company so they were accountable to NO ONE but themselves.

I complained to some higher ups, I got some action but not enough. I complained to the drs. who worked there... they sympathized with the staff (the floor held upward of 50 patients and they had one nurse, one registered practical nurse (18 mos training - limited medical knowledge) And the rest were PSA - who wipe butts and feed the patients... medical assessments. didn't happen. Half the time the couldn't tell me what had happened with my dad during the day.

I complained to the outside psycho geriatric drs. and his assistant who came in. They agreed with me tried to give me advice and help but the staff blew them off as they had no real PULL there.

It was a frustrating three months my father went from an already underweight 156 (he was 6 foot) to 138lbs. 12 lbs of which he lost in two weeks. He weighed three lbs more than me and I'm 5'6 and a size 4. I asked them if a red flag goes up when a patient isn't eating, they said yes. Well I had to request his weight be taken they certainly didn't.

They let him slip into a diabetic coma and he almost died a week and a half before he actually did die. Had I not stopped by to feed him he would have been dead by 8pm that night.

There were so many incidences.

Negligence anyone?