a thought about Mom Donna

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I bet the language barrier makes a huge difference and in something as vital as

getting a patient's diet correct, they should be required to understand, speak

and read English WELL. They have people's lives in thier hands, literally,

because if they serve a diabetic a high sugar meal, they could die, or a high

fat / salt meal given to a person with heart problems and high blood pressure.

This is gross negligence to hire someone in this position that can't read.

Shutter here. I would think they are leaving theirselves open to all kinds of

lawsuits, if they can't adequately provide safe food to the patients.

 

Judy

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Donnalilacflower

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:21 PM

Re: a thought about Mom Jeanne

 

 

 

 

You don't see the kitchen staff often and it's not

really in view. Sometimes I see a few of them on the

parking lot having their cigarette break. The

dietician said many of them don't speak much English.

That's another reason they probably make errors

filling the trays since some of the words on the card

they aren't familiar with.

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Donna

 

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Hmm, language. OK, since I am betting it isn't French or Algebra you'd need

written out, maybe somone proficient in whatever language it is could come with

you? OR make up a bunch of cards of pictures of foods. On the NO cards put a

line across them and an unhappy face. On the YES cards put a happy face.

 

My youngest niece was put in a work program at the hospital I trained at,

initially putting food on trays for patients. She has Down's Syndrome and

cannot read/communicate. Since she tended to put a lot of ONE kind of food (ice

cream, milk, jello) on each tray or put mashed potatoes on the tray and ice

cream on the plate, they eventually got her to go with the trays (robotic cart,

was way cool) and take them to the rooms with an assistant to hand her the tray

and show her which person to give it to. Thankfully they got her out of food

service and moved her to the medical library where yet another assistant showed

her how to use the rubber date due stamp and where to do it. It was a huge mess

and the government finally decided it would be cheaper to just let her have SSDI

and stay at home. (Not ALL Down's patients cannot work, but my sweet Leslie

could not even do self care.) Your state might be doing the same brilliant

thing. Whoo boy. (BTW before I get slammed

here, my second major was psych social work and I loved working with the

challenged and was incredibly proud of the things they did. but I loved teaching

mathematics more.)

 

So maybe an interpreter plus some cards would help? If the majority of the

kitchen workers are from South of the US border rather than the north, they

already know more about making wonderful meatless meals than many vegetarians.

Thinking out loud here, so hope I am not rambling too far, but I do think that

enlisting their help might be good especially if they are freed from the

constraints of the typical recipes at the hospital/home. Bet your mom would sit

up and notice if they brought her some rice, enchiladas, fried plantains and

refried beans.

 

Yum. That sounds good. Wonder if I can put beans in the crockpot if I use my

wheelchair.

 

HTH, love you girl, hang in there, Jeanne in GA

 

Unless some of them are functioning autistics. That is another whole bunch of

problems because generally they are not low IQ, just seeing the world in a

completely different way.

 

 

 

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