Two Residents Continue To Elope From A Nursing Home And I Am Being Blamed
Location: Pennsylvania This is not the locked memory unit side where they both belong. These two individuals both have been diagnosed with Dementia but the facility keeps them on the AL side because the memory care unit is full.
I am at the front desk on weekends but also need to walk to the back when visitors arrive. Sometimes, I am entirely in the back of the building showing families where their loved ones are located. This was the case yesterday.
While I was doing this, an elderly woman with Dementia walked right out the front door and down the parking lot before a person from another family found her.
This is not the first time it's happened. Any time I am not at the front desk or when I get up to use the restroom, I am running to the door to bring her back in.
The Director of Nursing knows. The Director of the facility knows. They also have an older man who does the same thing when I walk away from the desk at all. The family members and head nurse all blame ME staying that if anything happens to either one of them, I am legally responsible and can "be sued".
Is this true?
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