Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

This facility was very disappointing and I would not recommend to anyone who wants compassionate carr for their loved one. My mother was discharged to the facility from the hospital and I was hopeful that her rehabilitation time would include a safety and transparency about her care. The first red flag was that the aid instructed my mother to wear a Depend Undergarment because, “they may not get to you in time tonight”. My mother has never wet herself, and indeed the aides warning was correct. My mother wet her self the next day waiting almost 30 minutes for help to the rest room. The second red flag was that the facility had most of the day to prepare for our arrival and make sure that my mother’s medication would be available for her evening dose. She arrived at 4pm and did not receive her heart medication until 11:30pm. Third red flag was that I over heard a family member ask our nurse, “What medications did you give my mom this morning?” And our nurse responded with “What we’ve been giving her.” No specifics and not indication of what time the meds were administered. My mother would call me when she was ringing the call button so I witnessed 15-20 minute waits for my mother to get help toileting. I took my mom to a routine primary care visit the day after admission as a follow up to her hospitalization. The facility gave me paperwork with mistakes on the orders, and again no indication of when the medications were given, or current vitals just a repeat of the hospital orders. I was told that my mother would have a care team meeting with physicians, therapists and other care team staff to discuss her care plan 2 days after her arrival. No PHYSICIAN EVER EVALUATED MY MOTHER or showed up to the meeting. I ended up removing my mother 2 days after her admission. My mother called to say that she was coughing and spitting and saw a pink tinge. This was about 1 hour after I left her to run an errand and after I notified the facility in that I was planning to transfer my mother home after the weekend so she would be more comfortable. My mother called for the nurse to show her what was happening and the nurse told my mother that it was simply Tumms. My mother proceeded to explain that she had only taken a Tumms in the morning and that the color of this was closer to pepto than calcium carbonate. Within 20 minutes of telling the nurse my mother felt light heading and started having sharp pains in her stomach. I immediately made my way to the facility which took about 15 minutes. In that time the nurse never responded to the call button. As I arrived the nurse claimed that she had given my mother a Tumms in the afternoon, but my mother was calling me on every Med pass and did not have any meds because they were testing for Covid-19. They stood and watched me pack my mom up as she was moaning in pain. I took her to the emergency department and my mother was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. God only knows how much pain she would have been in overnight or throughout the week as the staff had no intention of treating her medically.