An Interesting Day,

[Baldric]

Got a call from Kate 1300 ish, she's being sent home, would I pick her up? Arranged time and place, when I got there she was coming down the corridor on a Zimmer Frame, no Porter, no wheelchair, nothing. A quick call to the Ward and it was obvious had not been discharged and was trying to do a runner, using me as the getaway driver. Needless to say she is back on the Ward again tonight.

[bednobs]

pmsl

[Patsy33]

Awww...
Hope she can get better soon and next call is genuine! :-)

[ummmm]

I discharged myself recently and got no help whatsoever.

[Hopkirk]

She'll call someone else next time.

[Bobbisox1]

Arh that’s terribly sad Baldric ,not sure but if you discharge yourself , what happens if there’s a reoccurrence?

[ummmm]

They tell you to come straight back.

[woofgang]

sounds like she's feeling well though

[maggiebee]

Haha, your Kate sounds like a feisty woman Baldric. Hope the next time you get a call she really will be getting discharged.

[-SharonA-]

Lol shouldn't laugh!!

[LadyCG]

Same thought crossed my mind when I was in the other week.

Who wants to be stuck in Hospital eating potato croquettes with jkt potato (I know, you couldn't make it up) when you can be at home with a curry and a G&T.

You can't blame a girl for trying...

[Baldric]

She finally got the Scan she was waiting for at 2300 last night, no results yet.

[Bobbisox1]

Fingers crossed all the way Baldric

[tiggerblue10]

I'd probably do the same. I hate hospitals. Last time I was in was when I had my son. Had to stay 2 nights and was nearly in tears.

Wishing Mrs B a speedy recovery.

[wolf63]

I hope it's not too long before she is officially discharged.

My fragile, weak and confused grandad managed to climb out of a window in the hospital and ran off, towards freedom. It took a couple of male nurses to apprehend him and get him back to the ward.

[Apc2604]

Years ago my mother in law sussed out how to operate the security lock on the top of the door by watching staff closely after being placed in a secure unit. She didn't manage to get far though. For a few years afterwards when in a care home we got calls frequently night and day saying she had gone missing. Wise woman (in her earlier life she escaped many times. She came to this country as a refugee.)
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[Apc2604]

In my younger life I must admit to sitting crying in a corridor because I wanted to discharge myself. The very nice doctor persuaded me to return to the ward. I was attached to a drip and had a wound drainage bags attached!

[Apc2604]

I hope Kate can come home soon. I understand completely how she must feel.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Makes me wonder what the nurses on her ward were doing, letting a dementia patient with a history of falls wander off the ward without supervision.

[bednobs]

@APG unless someone has a deprivation of liberty assessment or have been sectioned, even if they have dementia they have the ability to go wherever they want I suppose.

[AuntPollyGrey]

I cannot imagine a ward sister watch a vulnerable old person attempt to leave the ward without asking where they were going. There is no need to leave a ward without reason, not even to go to the toilet.