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Husband in long term care facility has stage 2 decubitus ulcer. Thethe
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It sounds like your husband has a bedsore from being in the same position too long. Maybe from sitting but could be from lying down. They can be quite painful and if a patient isn't turned frequently enough in be or is just left sitting in the same chair for two many hours, it will worsen and can become infected. I'd move him because of the way they treat him.
There are bedsore cushions and bedsore bandages https://www.amazon.com/s
Leave a message for his doctor that your husband needs the visit of a homecare wound nurse. Fax it to the home, so there is record of it.
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They do not reposition him! I’ve been trying to get daily charting and they ignore me. I would LOVE to move him but with the combination vascular dementia and Parkinson’s I know it would be way too stressful for him. If push comes to shove. I will do exactly that.
Everything is so twisted and complex. I cannot begin to explain it all. He’s on my mind all the time. In the meantime I’m neglecting what I need to do for myself. There isn’t a day in last 3 years that I haven’t cried. We have never been able to have a normal marriage and now it’s too late. It is so depressing that I on top of ptsd I gave MDD. Sometimes I don’t know what I’m doing from lack of sleep. I am seeing a psychiatrist and counselor. I HAVE to move from the house we lived in for 20 years He owns the house with his brother as joint tenancy. Brother refuses to buy out. It gets even more complicated due to husband being on Medicaid. I just don’t know anymore. I don’t know how much more abuse from brother in law and fighting for my husband I can take.