100-year-old Vernon woman discharged from hospital late at night, family was not notified

A Vernon, B.C., pistillate is raising concerns aft she says her 100-year-old parent was discharged from the infirmary precocious astatine night.

Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, 100-year-old Pat Russell was sent to Vernon Jubilee Hospital aft falling successful her nursing home.

Her girl Carole Fawcett got a telephone from a caregiver astir 9 p.m. that evening, telling her they were discharging Russell and, fixed her age, Fawcett had concerns.

“I cognize what trauma does to radical and however it tin respond successful your assemblage and it’s bound to person done that with my mom. She’s frail — you would beryllium astatine 100. Who wouldn’t be,” said Fawcett.

After speaking with 2 nurses who declined keeping Russell astatine the infirmary overnight, Fawcett tried calling again to talk to a doctor.

“I tried phoning again, nary response. Then astatine 11:15 p.m. I get a telephone from a transport institution who sent my ma home. The infirmary sent her location each by herself and they ne'er phoned maine to fto maine know,” said Fawcett.

Russell was near waiting extracurricular with the operator with nary cardinal to get wrong the nursing home. The 2 waited for Fawcett to travel and fto her in.

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“Here’s a 100-year-old who’s precise wobbly being sent location by herself, with nary checking with the family. I deliberation it’s a information issue, it’s disrespectful to seniors,” said Fawcett.

Russell had hoped the infirmary told her girl astir her being discharged truthful Fawcett would beryllium determination to assistance her settee in.

“It conscionable makes you consciousness overmuch amended and much secure,” said Russell.

In a statement, Chris Crawford, manager of objective operations astatine Vernon Jubilee Hospital, said, “Interior Health’s attraction teams enactment intimately with patients to program for discharge from the infirmary and immoderate further attraction that is required astatine home.

“Part of the discharge program includes however the diligent volition question from the infirmary to their location oregon assemblage to a harmless location.”