Bridgeview Center

Our Hospice Nurse sent my Lewy Body Dementia/Parkinson's Husband to Bridgeview Center for a 5 Day Respite for me (Caregiver) as I was totally stressed out from the constant cleanup of feces/urine. He recently took a fall and had hip surgery and was non-ambulatory (bed-ridden). I called to check on him the first night and the Nurse asked a lot of good health questions, which made me believe he was in good hands. The next day, it took several calls (phone rang & rang) to speak with a Nurse to ask how he was doing. She told me that she just passed him walking the halls and he said "I'm getting out of here" and she redirected him back to his room. I said "WHAT"....He can not safely walk on his own. Is he using a walker? She said NO. I said he just had hip surgery 2 months ago and cannot safely walk on his own....AND IS A SEVERE FALL RISK. How did he get over the bed rails? She said there are no bed rails. I said ...Did the bed alarm go off? She said there are no bed alarms. I said....can you see that he gets a walker, so that he doesn't fall again? She said there was a walker in the room. I called our Hospice and had them bring him home ASAP. So much for my 5 day Respite! The next day he told me they had left him in wet diaper for 4 hours....came back later & took off wet diaper & left him naked (he had to pee in coffee mug, since no diaper)...then 4 hours later brought a diaper and gave to him for him to diaper himself. They only gave 1/2 dixie cup of water and when he requested more water...THEY REFUSED WATER. I asked him if he used the Call Bell to get them to bring the diaper and he said THERE IS NO CALL BELL. THIS FACILITY SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN....THIS IS GRAPHIC NEGLECT. My Recommendation....Never accept a Respite from your Hospice (since they send you to the WORST NURSING HOME AVAILABLE). ALL THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS ARE TRUE....PROTECT & KEEP YOUR LOVED ONE SAFE BY NEVER ALLOWING THEM TO BE NEGLECTED AT BRIDGEVIEW CENTER in Ormond Beach, FL.