Now according to VCH Randy is not being imprisoned at GPC and he had occasion to be returned to VGH, I am now told that Randy has to return to GPC although he does not want to. How can the health authority force someone to live somewhere that is not safe. He has had three years to adjust to GPC and he still does not want to be forced to live there. It wold be different if his fears were groundless but they are real. So now VGH is going to bundle him on a gurney and move him. Randy cannot talk or walk so he can't defend himself. Randy is only 57 years old and is competent.
And it is interesting to note that Paul Caune's web page on the abuses of George Pearson Centre have been removed from the internet. Civil Rights Now! It wasn't only Paul's experience but others as well. The only residents that I know at GPC who like living there are those who only use the place to sleep and eat and the rest of the time are mobile and out of there.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Karen and Julian Storm
Yesterday when I was at GPC to pick items for Randy, in the hallway I cam across Karen Storms who along with her husband are residents at GPC.
I called out to her as she was franic with tears what was wrong and I wanted to talk/comfort her. I was prevented by staff because I was banned from talking to anyone in George Person Centre and if I did not leave security would be called.
I asked Stephanie to call Sandra the manager so that I could comfort Karen. Heard nothing.
Karen has no family as they had abandoned her because of her disability and her life was only her husband Julian who had just died within minutes of this conversation.
What kind of sick place is GPC and the inhumane policies that strangers (VCH) implement upon their residents.
I was suppose to have been given my new guidelines on Monday by Ro as to visitations and like always nothing was written so staff, police and security could just beat me up if they see fit..
Hospitals cannot use the narrow description of trespass as the purpose of hospitals are for the public and not to take away the legal rights patients have of free speech and association. The purpose of a hospital is not to make the work of the staff easier...
For years I have talked to Julian and Karen off site as well as at VGH.
To see Karen and Julian Storm go to You Tube : George Pearson Center Envisioning Home Part 3
GPC do not protect residents at George Pearson Centre, they imprison them.
I called out to her as she was franic with tears what was wrong and I wanted to talk/comfort her. I was prevented by staff because I was banned from talking to anyone in George Person Centre and if I did not leave security would be called.
I asked Stephanie to call Sandra the manager so that I could comfort Karen. Heard nothing.
Karen has no family as they had abandoned her because of her disability and her life was only her husband Julian who had just died within minutes of this conversation.
What kind of sick place is GPC and the inhumane policies that strangers (VCH) implement upon their residents.
I was suppose to have been given my new guidelines on Monday by Ro as to visitations and like always nothing was written so staff, police and security could just beat me up if they see fit..
Hospitals cannot use the narrow description of trespass as the purpose of hospitals are for the public and not to take away the legal rights patients have of free speech and association. The purpose of a hospital is not to make the work of the staff easier...
For years I have talked to Julian and Karen off site as well as at VGH.
To see Karen and Julian Storm go to You Tube : George Pearson Center Envisioning Home Part 3
GPC do not protect residents at George Pearson Centre, they imprison them.
Friday, November 1, 2013
The bastards at George Pearson Centre
Randy was admitted to Vancouver General Hospital late October 31 2013.
Tanu knew how sick Randy was on Thursday and she true to her word won't let me on
the ward so I could see him. What a demented person she is. Randy is
very fragile and he could die at any time.
Finally, at the end of tonight at VGH, Randy became responsive to me.
I was so afraid that he might die or he was on his way to be a vegetable because of brain damage. A vegetable created by the neglect and psychological mistreatment of him at George Pearson Centre.
I just do not understand Vancouver Coastal Health. They think they can do what they like without regard for human decency. I do not know what their agenda is but will someone please tell me.
Finally, Richard Singleton advised me that Randy is not being detained against his will. After two weeks Randy is now free and not only is he free I was told that he is also competent. So why did they attack me on October 22 2013 and prevent Randy from exiting George Pearson Centre. What is the point of his freedom when he is with infection again and in acute care.. And I still want to knew where do these infections keep coming from.
Nothing is happening to anyone at George Pearson Centre except I am still unjustly banned. VCH is using the argument that it is private property and they do not need a reason to ban anyone from the property. The only flaw in that argument is that the purpose of a hospital is for the patients and their families. Patients and families triumph trespass.
I did only what Randy wanted and acted in self defence. Those $100,000 nurses that were traumatized and created the drama had a few days off with pay at the taxpayers expense. No apology just revenge by Tanu that no way I am going to be at Randy's bedside if he is sick at George Pearson Centre. Like she threatened me three years ago that she could arrange that I never see Randy again..
What has our medical system become or has it always been that way.
This should have been handled via due process in 2010 which is the policy of Vancouver Coastal Health when I asked for and even went to a board meeting and asked for help and was assured of an independent investigation of the conduct resulting in my banning which never happened.. Why should they do due process because if they did it would have to find in my favour.
Policies are made to satisfy the government but are rarely followed.
.
Finally, at the end of tonight at VGH, Randy became responsive to me.
I was so afraid that he might die or he was on his way to be a vegetable because of brain damage. A vegetable created by the neglect and psychological mistreatment of him at George Pearson Centre.
I just do not understand Vancouver Coastal Health. They think they can do what they like without regard for human decency. I do not know what their agenda is but will someone please tell me.
Finally, Richard Singleton advised me that Randy is not being detained against his will. After two weeks Randy is now free and not only is he free I was told that he is also competent. So why did they attack me on October 22 2013 and prevent Randy from exiting George Pearson Centre. What is the point of his freedom when he is with infection again and in acute care.. And I still want to knew where do these infections keep coming from.
Nothing is happening to anyone at George Pearson Centre except I am still unjustly banned. VCH is using the argument that it is private property and they do not need a reason to ban anyone from the property. The only flaw in that argument is that the purpose of a hospital is for the patients and their families. Patients and families triumph trespass.
I did only what Randy wanted and acted in self defence. Those $100,000 nurses that were traumatized and created the drama had a few days off with pay at the taxpayers expense. No apology just revenge by Tanu that no way I am going to be at Randy's bedside if he is sick at George Pearson Centre. Like she threatened me three years ago that she could arrange that I never see Randy again..
What has our medical system become or has it always been that way.
This should have been handled via due process in 2010 which is the policy of Vancouver Coastal Health when I asked for and even went to a board meeting and asked for help and was assured of an independent investigation of the conduct resulting in my banning which never happened.. Why should they do due process because if they did it would have to find in my favour.
Policies are made to satisfy the government but are rarely followed.
.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
31 October 2013 Again
I noticed since Monday GPC gave me the same portable suction machine and on Tuesday and again on Wednesday. It is suppose to be cleaned at the end of each day. I suspect they are short handed because I heard that the $100,000 highly trained nurses are calling in sick because they are so traumatized over them beating me. Or maybe it is a signal to management that they oppose what they are doing to Randy and I. I hope this is the case.
Anyways I did see Randy in the piano room closet Wednesday and he still wanted to go home with me.
I was disappointed not even angry as I suspected that neither Dr. Dunne nor Dr. Haye would come and talk with me. I also asked the RT to come and see me so I can discuss Randy's suctioning with her and she did not attend as well. Tanu attended as she explained that Randy did not need a blood thinner as he was active. He is no more active than when he was at VGH and they instilled the fear in me that a blood thinner was necessary. I sent a email to both Dunne and Haye for them to tell me how sick Randy is. I want written reports and I want xrays.
And above all I asked a RN from Ward 2 if the RN was afraid of me. No, I was told. Last time I was banned it took me over a year to ask the residents and the staff and visitors if any of them were afraid of me and the answer was always no. In fact they didn't even know I was banned. Other people areoften banned or threatening with banning all the time even the residents/patients so they can't visit other residents, so it is a common occurrence but no one talks about it.Visitors are the curse of the nursing profession.
If Randy is so sick that there are doctor orders saying that Randy not be moved from GPC then I should not be told I cannot see Randy. In fact in Randy's directive to GPC in January 2013 it was written and witnessed by a lawyer that this be done. So now GPC is saying Randy has no voice in his care.
This afternoon Thursday October 31 2013 after leaving GPC because staff said Randy couldn't get out of bed because he was sick and I couldn't go to his bedside although Randy requested it. Via a friend he said he didn't want to get out of bed but he did say he wanted me to be at his bedside. Alternatively, he wanted his bed transported to the music room so that we could be together. GPC refused. On October 30 Randy is not imprisoned but on October 31 he is imprisoned again.
Anyways I did see Randy in the piano room closet Wednesday and he still wanted to go home with me.
I was disappointed not even angry as I suspected that neither Dr. Dunne nor Dr. Haye would come and talk with me. I also asked the RT to come and see me so I can discuss Randy's suctioning with her and she did not attend as well. Tanu attended as she explained that Randy did not need a blood thinner as he was active. He is no more active than when he was at VGH and they instilled the fear in me that a blood thinner was necessary. I sent a email to both Dunne and Haye for them to tell me how sick Randy is. I want written reports and I want xrays.
And above all I asked a RN from Ward 2 if the RN was afraid of me. No, I was told. Last time I was banned it took me over a year to ask the residents and the staff and visitors if any of them were afraid of me and the answer was always no. In fact they didn't even know I was banned. Other people areoften banned or threatening with banning all the time even the residents/patients so they can't visit other residents, so it is a common occurrence but no one talks about it.Visitors are the curse of the nursing profession.
If Randy is so sick that there are doctor orders saying that Randy not be moved from GPC then I should not be told I cannot see Randy. In fact in Randy's directive to GPC in January 2013 it was written and witnessed by a lawyer that this be done. So now GPC is saying Randy has no voice in his care.
This afternoon Thursday October 31 2013 after leaving GPC because staff said Randy couldn't get out of bed because he was sick and I couldn't go to his bedside although Randy requested it. Via a friend he said he didn't want to get out of bed but he did say he wanted me to be at his bedside. Alternatively, he wanted his bed transported to the music room so that we could be together. GPC refused. On October 30 Randy is not imprisoned but on October 31 he is imprisoned again.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Not Allowed to Talk to Me, I am so Sorry
If Randy is as sick as GPC says then I should have access to his bedside. He is chronic and he can die any moment and I was told over a year ago that his life expectancy was two years. While crying I told Randy's social worker of this conversation with this doctor and his comment was the doctor shouldn't have told me this. Apparently, the policy of GPC is to never tell anyone the truth. How stupid am I not to make the connection as to why VCH were rationing his treatment and pushing and pushing for DNRs. They had nothing to worry about me as after Randy is death I would be gone and who really is interested in an old woman and a non-productive patient who was draining the medical system. How could I be so stupid.
I just got off the phone 604-322-8370 I wanted to know how Randy was. I tried to call Ward 2 yesterday evening and no one answered the phone. The nurse I spoke to at 6:13 am told me that she was not allowed to talk to me and she said that she was so sorry. Am I to understand this: a RN is not allowed to talk to me. A RN that makes $100,000 hasn't the discretion to talk to me.
I spoke to a Paladin Security Guard and was told that they while in the employ of GPC are not allowed to TOUCH anyone as they would be fired; so why did they assault me on October 21 2013. This isn't the first time. One time which shocked me was in November 2012 when I returned Randy to GPC because he had a fever and before I even had a chance to say a word, they they attacked me and said that I was not allowed on Ward 2. I remember pushing Randy's wheelchair to GPC that evening and Randy holding down his wheel begging me not to return him to GPC. I told him not to worry as I would stay with him until I knew he was safe. I was forced from him as I entered Ward 2 without a chance of saying that Randy was sick. They took him away and Randy ended up the next day at VGH acute. At that time Marty, a nurse, and Bob, a security guard, sat on me to prevent me from moving. When I asked to see the incident report a few days later there was no report. I told Ro. I never heard anything further about it. It did happen as the police attended and there is a police report.
I asked to speak to Dr. Dunne and Dr. Haye yesterday about Randy's medical condition. No show. I then emailed them that one of them attend to speak to me this afternoon at 1:00 pm. I suspect that they have been instructed by Napolean Ostrow, the CEO of VCH, not to talk to me as well. How can I possibly be able to advise Randy as to what is best for him (as he relies on me) when his doctors won't talk to me.
I have had a friend of mine and Randy's visit Randy each morning especially last week when I was banned from entering GPC property on threat of police arrest for trespassing and my fear of being physically assaulted and he told me yesterday that staff is still contaminating Randy by recycling suction catheters and using not sterile gauze to wipe the catheter before inserting it again therefore possibly infecting him again. At VGH they do not have gauze for this very reason.
My friend also said that for the past few days he has been asked to leave as the staff does his toilette (his personal care) for an hour at a time which is ridiculous as the most it should take is 10 to 15 minutes to do it. Doing this restricts Randy's visiting. And forces my friend to end his visit. Also they removed a chair from Randy's bedside so that my friend has to stand. My friend has problems with his feet so he cannot stand for a long time. They will just do everything to deprive Randy of his quality of life until he suffers a respiratory failure.
GPC isn't protecting its residents, visitors and staff from me. They are only instilling fear in them not to say or do anything as look what happened to Randy and Audrey... And these are where your tax dollars are going: to nurses who bully, and the public trust in the medical system is being further eroded.
Since Randy is under a death sentence there is no reason for me to be quiet.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
29 October 2013
Went to see Randy at 1:10 pm. He wasn't too happy but like always in the second hour he wanted to go home as he was pointing his thumb towards the door. When I said I could not take him home yet because he was not well, he threw everything on the floor. I do not understand why they are still insisting Randy is too sick to go off site especially when I am told by the nurses that he is okay. He looks fine to me.
Monday, October 28, 2013
My Randy
I just got a phone call from George Pearson Centre. The phone was lifted to Randy's ear and I was told that upon hearing my voice, he started to cry.
All I get from the medical system is quality of life, quality of life. Randy they say has no quality of life so I should let him go. It is Vancouver Coastal Health who is making sure Randy does not have a quality of life.
The threat of Linda Rose comes to mind when she said that I would never be allowed on Ward 2 even if Randy was on his death bed....what a bitch. And today Tanu said the same thing to me.
I went to see Randy from 1:00 to 3:00 at GPC. I am very worried about him; he was so desponent. Towards the end of the second hour he was starting to become normal what normal is for him. We were in a family room which was boring as hell. He has been in the hospitals for sixteen weeks straight and he looked like a man with no hope.
If Randy is as sick as GPC says then I should have access to his bedside. He is chronic and he can die any moment and I was told over a year ago that his life expectancy was two years. While crying I told Randy's social worker of this conversation with this doctor and his comment was the doctor shouldn't have told me this. Apparently, the policy of GPC is to never tell anyone the truth. How stupid am I not to make the connection as to why VCH were rationing his treatment and pushing and pushing for DNRs. They had nothing to worry about me as after Randy is death I would be gone and who really is interested in an old woman and a non-productive patient who was draining the medical system. How could I be so stupid.
The only way I could get Randy back to GPC from VGH was to promise him that he would be able to come home every afternoon and instead he has been imprisoned. He doesn't trust anyone.
When I called Ward 2 604.322.8370 to inquire about Randy on two different shifts the RNs who answered the phones would not give me their names although I had to give them my name. I recognized their voices (Stephanie and Nereda) and I thought how stupid of these professional RNs who make $100,000 a year. Both were part of the herd from Monday. I was advised that Randy was fine and he was getting the best care available. What a joke as I was reminded that one of the nurses not the two who make $100,000 could have infected Randy by reusing a contaminated suction catheter. Such bad use is not a one time event on Ward 2: it is deliberate: it is to save money. This is why family members should have 24/7 access and also educate themselves to some of the protocols to make sure staff is doing things according to protocol. But according to my information there is no official protocol as to best practices to suction in VGH. No wonder every resident it seems from GPC has pneumonia.
In the context of a coercive institutional environment how can anyone measure competency.
kip.woodward@vch.ca
604.875.4719
All I get from the medical system is quality of life, quality of life. Randy they say has no quality of life so I should let him go. It is Vancouver Coastal Health who is making sure Randy does not have a quality of life.
The threat of Linda Rose comes to mind when she said that I would never be allowed on Ward 2 even if Randy was on his death bed....what a bitch. And today Tanu said the same thing to me.
I went to see Randy from 1:00 to 3:00 at GPC. I am very worried about him; he was so desponent. Towards the end of the second hour he was starting to become normal what normal is for him. We were in a family room which was boring as hell. He has been in the hospitals for sixteen weeks straight and he looked like a man with no hope.
If Randy is as sick as GPC says then I should have access to his bedside. He is chronic and he can die any moment and I was told over a year ago that his life expectancy was two years. While crying I told Randy's social worker of this conversation with this doctor and his comment was the doctor shouldn't have told me this. Apparently, the policy of GPC is to never tell anyone the truth. How stupid am I not to make the connection as to why VCH were rationing his treatment and pushing and pushing for DNRs. They had nothing to worry about me as after Randy is death I would be gone and who really is interested in an old woman and a non-productive patient who was draining the medical system. How could I be so stupid.
The only way I could get Randy back to GPC from VGH was to promise him that he would be able to come home every afternoon and instead he has been imprisoned. He doesn't trust anyone.
When I called Ward 2 604.322.8370 to inquire about Randy on two different shifts the RNs who answered the phones would not give me their names although I had to give them my name. I recognized their voices (Stephanie and Nereda) and I thought how stupid of these professional RNs who make $100,000 a year. Both were part of the herd from Monday. I was advised that Randy was fine and he was getting the best care available. What a joke as I was reminded that one of the nurses not the two who make $100,000 could have infected Randy by reusing a contaminated suction catheter. Such bad use is not a one time event on Ward 2: it is deliberate: it is to save money. This is why family members should have 24/7 access and also educate themselves to some of the protocols to make sure staff is doing things according to protocol. But according to my information there is no official protocol as to best practices to suction in VGH. No wonder every resident it seems from GPC has pneumonia.
In the context of a coercive institutional environment how can anyone measure competency.
kip.woodward@vch.ca
604.875.4719
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