I returned Randy to George Orwell at about 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. It was pouring rain out and Randy was cocooned in his chair under a heavy fleece blanket. On his lap/chest area Owen his little doggie "his son" was laying quietly soaking wet not wanting to leave Randy. It was a You Tube moment.
However it was quickly destroyed by the night manager, Evelyn, who reminded me that Randy's doggie was not allowed on site. The problems of George Pearson Centre with being short staffed, with people dying, with no one to answer phones in a timely manner and yet, although no harm was done, the bullies in Ward 2 can get management to run around enforcing nonsense. The bullies of Ward 2 watch me every minute when I am on site as I have to pass its windows on my way to the entrance.
Little Owen is a cute little 17-pound terri-poo with big brown eyes. He was securely leashed on a short leash so he could not attack anyone. Also we were outside the building in the rain. No one else was there.
It was Evelyn who gave me my banning letter at 6:00 pm in February 2011 and I said to her then that since I had come all the way from North Burnaby I will visit Randy until 7:00 pm and then leave and I would deal with the letter next day. That wasn't good enough for her. She called security and security called the police. This she did in front of Randy a quad who can't talk or walk with a trach in his throat and a brain injury but I saw terror in his eyes as he did not understand what was happening. GPC was cruel and insensitive. And I will never forgive it.
When the police arrived the police said to let me stay until 7:00 pm. The GPC staff have no commonsense. They chose what directives they want to follow no matter without questioning why. Just like policies VGH has binders full yet chose not to follow them arbitrarily. Policies are only a regulatory insist by the government with no enforcement penalty.
And another thing Evelyn did was call Car 87, the mental health police car, so they could take me off to a psych ward. Later I thought to myself how lucky I was that the car wasn't able to get there until after I left. I was witness to a man in 2010 who was taken away to the mental health unit in St. Pauls for six weeks and he never ever after that ever complained that his rights were being violated. The law of unforeseen consequences and enforcement by the state.
GPC does not care about patients (it is just a rote job for them) except
to isolate them and allow a culture of bullying (abuse of power) to
exist. Look at any third world country and that is how they are
governed. A hierarchy of bullies. And now it has come here.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
It never fails
On Tuesday we went to the physio open house at George Orwell.. Murray was doing his exercise routine. Murray is in the bed next to Randy and his wife attends to him every minute and Murray is improving with haste as his wife is there with him all the time. And she is a poster child of a caregiver. Only devoted to her man and nothing else. Last time I saw her on the street she deliberately avoided me. What a cold cold place George Orwell is.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Randy wants to go to work...
Yesterday was very positive for me. Randy said he wanted to go to work and be like Rick Hansen. I was surprised and delighted.
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Joy Fellowship
We had a very good afternoon yesterday, Randy and I, we attended a Joy Fellowship service at GPC. The 30+ Christians that were there were not afraid of me. I can only speculate that it must be the non-Christians who are afraid of me.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
This is Priceless
A quote from VCH Risk Management Friday May 25 2012
I also wanted to clarify you are not banned from GPC. Marion gave you a letter supporting you can visit every day if you choose. You have been asked not to go to many areas of GPC except Randy's Ward, the grounds at GPC and the family room.
This is double speak. I am not allowed to go to Randy's bedside except for two minutes just to make sure that Randy hasn't been hidden in the caverns of VCH so I don't call the police.VCH hide him on me and put a No Information Order on him in 2010 so that no one else could find him either without his knowledge or my knowledge. VCH has refused to tell me who did this. This two-minute concession is allowed me while under escorted supervision. When Randy isn't feeling well and can't get out of bed I cannot visit him at his bedside. From day one of my banning I was told that the residents from Ward 2 were afraid of me so I do not understand why you have extended this to the whole hospital. No one is afraid of me and you have created a shameful situation targeting caregivers who really care by driving them away. Your Risk Management Department created the problem. Why are you with your two social worker degrees doing this. You remind me of low paid security guards who create situations to demonstrate to their superiors that they are valuable. This nightmare has been going on for two years for me and Randy and there seems to be no end.
Also I can only be on site to visit Randy from 12:00 to 4:00 which is a recent improvement from 2:00 to 4:00 only on weekdays but not weekends, evenings or holidays. These hours are to accommodate Willy the bully who has spent the past nine years sleeping at GPC in Ward 2 who was and still is instrumental in my banning. He sleeps in a semi-recliner chair. No one else is allowed personal chairs in the ward but he has one. From surfing the Internet it says that a good night's sleep can be attained by sleeping at a 40 degree angle sitting up. His wife has one of those old monster tvs that you cannot give away sitting on a table taking up valuable space that impede the nurses ability to work. Everyone else has to have a ceiling tv. And Willy has a reputation for being rich so he tells everyone as staff, visitors and residents fall over him. You would think he would be loving enough to buy his wife a new flat screen tv.. Willy should do the right thing and donate the rent he has saved to the recreational department at GPC. But then that will never happen as bullies only make sure they are looked after. Refer to Wikipedia and link to bullies and the stress they cause their victims and onlookers.
Also after all this time Randy and I are now allowed to attend recreational activities at GPC provided we are approved (to be supervised) ahead of time. And now after all the pleas to allow me to attend with Randy which went unanswered to events, Randy doesn't want to go.. Two months ago he was diagnosed as clinically depressed and he doesn't want to do much. Why would he be so depressed after two years of the best care VCH offers. Knowing of his depression I take him off site to places that might interest him.
I was also told that I can't access the grounds except for the concrete pathway to visit Randy in the family room which is likened to a very hot visitors room in a jail. And it isn't instant visiting Randy when I arrived as it can take up to two hours for staff to wheel him into the family room. Today I had to wait thirty minutes.
And please do not rationalize that staff is overworked and underpaid. It is their personal lives that are overworked and they force themselves to come to work for timeout and secondary for their wage. The pay for a LPN is $22 an hour to $40 an hour plus 30% fringe benefits plus overtime plus the ability to work at another facility on their days off. And they will never quit and give up their pensions. There should be no in-house pensions to eliminate the reason for corruption. A LPN isn't a RN so it would be interesting to know what RNs make. An old lady once told me to find answers just follow the money. Also a LPN only requires nine-months of schooling which is scary. Take an acting course, take a 9-month course, memorize only the things that you have to never mind understanding why, and manipulate hours for your $100,000 a year job and above all make sure you project to the general population that you are a Florence Nightingale.
I also wanted to clarify you are not banned from GPC. Marion gave you a letter supporting you can visit every day if you choose. You have been asked not to go to many areas of GPC except Randy's Ward, the grounds at GPC and the family room.
This is double speak. I am not allowed to go to Randy's bedside except for two minutes just to make sure that Randy hasn't been hidden in the caverns of VCH so I don't call the police.VCH hide him on me and put a No Information Order on him in 2010 so that no one else could find him either without his knowledge or my knowledge. VCH has refused to tell me who did this. This two-minute concession is allowed me while under escorted supervision. When Randy isn't feeling well and can't get out of bed I cannot visit him at his bedside. From day one of my banning I was told that the residents from Ward 2 were afraid of me so I do not understand why you have extended this to the whole hospital. No one is afraid of me and you have created a shameful situation targeting caregivers who really care by driving them away. Your Risk Management Department created the problem. Why are you with your two social worker degrees doing this. You remind me of low paid security guards who create situations to demonstrate to their superiors that they are valuable. This nightmare has been going on for two years for me and Randy and there seems to be no end.
Also I can only be on site to visit Randy from 12:00 to 4:00 which is a recent improvement from 2:00 to 4:00 only on weekdays but not weekends, evenings or holidays. These hours are to accommodate Willy the bully who has spent the past nine years sleeping at GPC in Ward 2 who was and still is instrumental in my banning. He sleeps in a semi-recliner chair. No one else is allowed personal chairs in the ward but he has one. From surfing the Internet it says that a good night's sleep can be attained by sleeping at a 40 degree angle sitting up. His wife has one of those old monster tvs that you cannot give away sitting on a table taking up valuable space that impede the nurses ability to work. Everyone else has to have a ceiling tv. And Willy has a reputation for being rich so he tells everyone as staff, visitors and residents fall over him. You would think he would be loving enough to buy his wife a new flat screen tv.. Willy should do the right thing and donate the rent he has saved to the recreational department at GPC. But then that will never happen as bullies only make sure they are looked after. Refer to Wikipedia and link to bullies and the stress they cause their victims and onlookers.
Also after all this time Randy and I are now allowed to attend recreational activities at GPC provided we are approved (to be supervised) ahead of time. And now after all the pleas to allow me to attend with Randy which went unanswered to events, Randy doesn't want to go.. Two months ago he was diagnosed as clinically depressed and he doesn't want to do much. Why would he be so depressed after two years of the best care VCH offers. Knowing of his depression I take him off site to places that might interest him.
I was also told that I can't access the grounds except for the concrete pathway to visit Randy in the family room which is likened to a very hot visitors room in a jail. And it isn't instant visiting Randy when I arrived as it can take up to two hours for staff to wheel him into the family room. Today I had to wait thirty minutes.
And please do not rationalize that staff is overworked and underpaid. It is their personal lives that are overworked and they force themselves to come to work for timeout and secondary for their wage. The pay for a LPN is $22 an hour to $40 an hour plus 30% fringe benefits plus overtime plus the ability to work at another facility on their days off. And they will never quit and give up their pensions. There should be no in-house pensions to eliminate the reason for corruption. A LPN isn't a RN so it would be interesting to know what RNs make. An old lady once told me to find answers just follow the money. Also a LPN only requires nine-months of schooling which is scary. Take an acting course, take a 9-month course, memorize only the things that you have to never mind understanding why, and manipulate hours for your $100,000 a year job and above all make sure you project to the general population that you are a Florence Nightingale.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Victoria Day Weekend 2012
On Saturday my luck with staff was not any better. The nurse dropped
off a suction machine. I said could I ask her a question. She said that she had to run as she had to attend to
someone...
However, I must be feeling better as I went to Safeway today and purchased an oven cleaner so I will be merrily cleaning my oven tonight while listening to CBC radio. A good mental health breakthrough.
I spoke briefly to Jackie Bellamy from Ward 4 this afternoon. The elder lady I posted about last week. I can still see her racing in her wheel chair down 57th towards Cambie not knowing or caring where she was going. She was angry as her fleece top was wet and the nurse on her ward won't change it as the nurse was to have a break. If you have limited mobility in your torso and can't dress yourself being treated in such a disrespectful way can cause you to want to end it all. I always thought Jackie liked it in George Pearson as she participates in all it offers: recreation, concerts, church, swimming, residents council, etc. But she told me today she can't afford to live on her own so she has no choice. I asked her if management apologized to her for her being left in a wet fleece top. She said no. So much for George Pearson as I did tell the manager to talk to Jackie and also to the nurse who decided her break was more important than the comfort of Jackie. I remember the day: it was chilly outside. Jackie is in her 80s; how cruel can these employees be. Using the word cruel might seem harsh, but that is what it is. I suspect someone should report the uncaring nurse to the union as management hasn't done anything..
When I was looking for a lawyer last year, the lady lawyer I spoke to said that VCH had no morals or ethics. But it is worse than that. GPC must be the dumping ground for employees that no other hospital wants.
Randy has been very calm these past few days so I have been very calm. He is looking forward to attending Rick Hansen and Celebration 25 on Tuesday.
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However, I must be feeling better as I went to Safeway today and purchased an oven cleaner so I will be merrily cleaning my oven tonight while listening to CBC radio. A good mental health breakthrough.
I spoke briefly to Jackie Bellamy from Ward 4 this afternoon. The elder lady I posted about last week. I can still see her racing in her wheel chair down 57th towards Cambie not knowing or caring where she was going. She was angry as her fleece top was wet and the nurse on her ward won't change it as the nurse was to have a break. If you have limited mobility in your torso and can't dress yourself being treated in such a disrespectful way can cause you to want to end it all. I always thought Jackie liked it in George Pearson as she participates in all it offers: recreation, concerts, church, swimming, residents council, etc. But she told me today she can't afford to live on her own so she has no choice. I asked her if management apologized to her for her being left in a wet fleece top. She said no. So much for George Pearson as I did tell the manager to talk to Jackie and also to the nurse who decided her break was more important than the comfort of Jackie. I remember the day: it was chilly outside. Jackie is in her 80s; how cruel can these employees be. Using the word cruel might seem harsh, but that is what it is. I suspect someone should report the uncaring nurse to the union as management hasn't done anything..
When I was looking for a lawyer last year, the lady lawyer I spoke to said that VCH had no morals or ethics. But it is worse than that. GPC must be the dumping ground for employees that no other hospital wants.
Randy has been very calm these past few days so I have been very calm. He is looking forward to attending Rick Hansen and Celebration 25 on Tuesday.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
It didn't work
At 8:00 am Thursday I phoned Ward 2 at GPC and told Tanu, the head nurse, that I would be visiting Randy at 2:00 and we would be going to the open house as per my note on Wednesday. She said to me that there would be someone to escort me and Randy to the Open House in the activity room (the 60th anniversary of George Pearson Centre) with the explanation that I would have to be supervised so that I didn't talk to anyone and no one could talk to me. Tanu doesn't do very well under pressure and she says things that astound. It didn't even occur to me to plan to say anything to anyone. I thought the open house was for the community/neighbourhood as GPC already had a RSVP function a few days earlier.
When I arrived Randy said that he didn't want to go to the open house and in our exit we collided with Sam Sullivan (the former mayor of Vancouver who lives life in a wheelchair). I introduced him to Randy and asked him if he would look into my ridiculous banning. The most influential person in the City of Vancouver ... someone VCH won't want me to talk to....
And then to make my day Randy indicated that he needed a suction. After I suctioned him I asked one of the nurses from Ward 2 to check on Randy as I wasn't sure of his breathing. The nurse said his shift ended at 3:00 pm. It was 3:04 pm and he walked away knowing full well of my banning and the difficulty I would have in getting assistance. I just can't walk down the hall and fetch a nurse and even if I could they always seem to be hiding in a private room or behind curtains in the open ward and at shift change are having a closed door briefing in their lounge and there is no one on the floor.
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When I arrived Randy said that he didn't want to go to the open house and in our exit we collided with Sam Sullivan (the former mayor of Vancouver who lives life in a wheelchair). I introduced him to Randy and asked him if he would look into my ridiculous banning. The most influential person in the City of Vancouver ... someone VCH won't want me to talk to....
And then to make my day Randy indicated that he needed a suction. After I suctioned him I asked one of the nurses from Ward 2 to check on Randy as I wasn't sure of his breathing. The nurse said his shift ended at 3:00 pm. It was 3:04 pm and he walked away knowing full well of my banning and the difficulty I would have in getting assistance. I just can't walk down the hall and fetch a nurse and even if I could they always seem to be hiding in a private room or behind curtains in the open ward and at shift change are having a closed door briefing in their lounge and there is no one on the floor.
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