Lake County Health & Rehab Center

My grandmother was said to be not drinking any water, yet the last day I was there, which happened to be the day she died, she was so dehydrated, her skin would stick straight up in the air when we would touch it and when we asked her if she wanted water, she perked up and drank. Not to mention, she had food stuck in her mouth, which I was told she was refusing to eat but when I walked in her room, she had food just sitting in her mouth and one nurse came and I said in front of her to my mother, «Why is there food in her mouth?’ The nurse just walked out. She could have shocked especially with all the meds she was on she could have chocked. This is when we gave her water and she swallowed it all down. Her body was so stiff which meant she had not been moved in quite some time. I understand she refused a feeding tube but why was she not given an IV of fluids at least? The nurse said she was eating 300 calories a day, with no water, no movement and on many drugs, I, who am 31 would have looked in the same sate. I will be filing a complaint against them with the state. DO NOT SENT YOUR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS HERE. THEY JUST WANT THE BED TO MAKE MORE MONEY.