81-year-old Leif Wendt sat this weekend for 26 hours in a chair with a broken hip at his nursing home in Höllviken, before his relatives got there and made sure to call an ambulance.
His daughter now wonders why no one raised the alarm earlier.
– He sits with a broken hip peed in an armchair, says daughter Jenny Wendt.
Jenny Wendt’s father Leif had just undergone surgery for a hip fracture when he fell at the nursing home Omtankens hus in Höllviken last Saturday.
After the fall, the 81-year-old, who has a diagnosis of dementia, was lifted into a chair by staff at the residence – and there he sat until Jenny Wendt called him on Sunday over a day later.
– I asked him how it was and then he just said: “I’m in pain.” I’ve peed three times and now I have to pee one more time,” says Jenny.
“He’s Dying”
After the conversation with her father, she immediately called the medical staff, who told her that Leif had fallen the day before.
– Then of course I asked why they hadn’t informed me about this, says Jenny.
According to the medical staff, Leif did not want them to call Jenny, something she believes they should have done anyway given the condition her father was in.
– Even if he would have said that, it means nothing in the context because he is dying. He’s sitting with a broken hip, peed in an armchair, says Jenny.
“Would Never Happen”
When the father entered the emergency department, it was discovered that his hip was broken.
The care company United Care runs the accommodation and from the father’s medical records it appears that on two occasions during the day a nurse was called for an assessment.
But no one examined him.
– Of course, I cannot comment on individual cases, but I would say that it would never happen that someone sits for 26 hours without supervision and that no one cares, says Roy Sundvall, communications manager at United Care.
Will report
If a care resident expresses that he wants to be left alone, United Care has the responsibility to meet this, according to Roy Sundvall.
Most likely, the business will make a so-called Lex Sarah– notification to the Inspectorate for Care and Care.
– Should someone express pain, we would certainly not leave them without care, says Roy Sundvall.