2023-07-25 04:49:47
Victim in April of a fall in the residence for seniors where she had recently lived in Montreal, Marie-Josée Beaudoin has already undergone four moves since. And the 91-year-old lady might experience two more in the coming months. An “unacceptable” situation, according to those close to him.
“It’s simply inhuman,” says his daughter Brigitte Stanké.
Mme Beaudoin, ex-wife of publisher Alain Stanké, has Alzheimer’s disease. She lived until April in a private residence for independent seniors. But seeing her state of health decline, her four children agreed to relocate her to the Héritage Plateau residence, rue Rachel Est. This 120-place establishment welcomes “semi-autonomous” seniors, a “clientele with significant needs” and in need of “moderate to severe care”, according to the register of private residences for seniors in Quebec. The Stanké children therefore believed that by opting for this establishment, they would not have to subject their mother to a move for a long time.
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Claudie Stanké, Brigitte Stanké and their mother, Marie-Josée Beaudoin
And that was good, because Mme Beaudoin quickly fell in love with his new little two-and-a-half-room studio with lots of windows. The lady, who was a painter, was able to hang some of her works on the walls. But barely ten days following her arrival, she suffered a fall and suffered a major concussion. “She was hospitalized at the CHUM. Then she went to a rehabilitation center, ”says Brigitte Stanké. She will spend more than two and a half months there.
A disputed assessment
Shortly before the release of Mme Beaudoin from the rehabilitation center, at the beginning of July, the Stanké children learn that the Héritage Plateau residence will not take their mother back. “After being hospitalized, Ms. Beaudoin’s health condition deteriorated in such a way that we can no longer provide the care she now needs”, indicated to The Press Jean-François Daudin, President and CEO of Horizon Residence Management, which manages the Héritage Plateau residence.
The latter explains that a worker from the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal assessed the needs of Mr.me Beaudoin.
Our service offer stops when our residents require more specialized care, which a CHSLD might provide, for example.
Jean-François Daudin, President and CEO of Horizon Residence Management
The Stanké children do not agree with the assessment made of their mother. Because this one, even if it is not always coherent, still speaks very well. She still recognizes her children. She eats alone. Moves pretty well. “I can even run,” says the lady, laughing with the representative of The Press. “Who is my mother going to talk to in the CHSLD? “, worries Brigitte Stanké.
One Friday in early July, Brigitte Stanké received a call from a social worker telling her she had three days to find a CHSLD for her mother. She finally got, with her brother and her three sisters, a little time to make a choice. But their CHSLD visits broke their hearts. “Some are killers. People do nothing. Do not speak. It’s depressing. My mother has not gone to live in a CHSLD. But we don’t have a choice, ”deplores Brigitte Stanké, who is struggling to hold back her tears.
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Brigitte Stanké
The only other option to avoid the CHSLD would be to install Mme Beaudoin in a private residence offering more services. But the bill would range from $8,000 to $10,000 per month. See more.
To free up beds
Mme Beaudoin was therefore placed on a waiting list for a place in a CHSLD. The Héritage Plateau residence has agreed to take it over until a place is found. But not more than 21 days. During this period, supervision is exercised by CLSC employees.
The first place that will be offered to Mme Beaudoin may not be in the CHSLD chosen by the Stanké, they were told. But rather in a so-called “transitional” CHSLD that can be found throughout the territory.
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Number of people waiting for their first choice of CHSLD at the CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
Source: CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
Mme Beaudoin will stay there for a few weeks or months, until a place finally becomes available in the CHSLD of his choice. In all, she might therefore have moved six times in a few months. “It is often said that a move is one of the most stressful things a person can experience. But imagine if you have Alzheimer’s in addition, ”notes his daughter Claudie Stanké.
PHOTO OLIVIER JEAN, THE PRESS
Claudie Stanke
Despite her cognitive losses, Ms.me Beaudoin knows she has to leave the Héritage Plateau residence. “She can ask us 20 times a day when she has to move. It stresses her a lot, ”says Brigitte Stanké. She knows full well that hospitals and rehabilitation centers are full to capacity, often with seniors waiting for accommodation. And so everything is being done to free up these beds as soon as possible. “But at what cost for seniors? she asks.
At the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, it is specified that a hospitalized elderly person who must be transferred to a CHSLD must obtain a place in less than seven days, according to guidelines from the Ministry of Health and Social Services. Still according to these orientations, if this person returns to their home, or to a seniors’ residence, and receives care from their CLSC while obtaining a place in a CHSLD, a maximum of 21 days must elapse.
“Yes, it frees up beds quickly. But it also means that people are being bullied anywhere, insists Brigitte Stanké. fragile people. It’s not furniture, mother. »
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- Number of people waiting for a place in a CHSLD in Quebec as of June 17, 2023
source: ministry of health and social services
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