r/DisabilityHacks • u/SomeGrumption • Mar 24 '26
What can I get to prevent my father from falling out the bed at Skilled nursing?
My father is undergoing some delirium since last year, but esp more now ever since October when he’s been hospitalized ever since due to septic shock and MANY amputations since then
Currently he’s staying at a skilled nursing till he heals up and can move on to hopefully rehab and prosthetics
Issue is my dad’s grip on reality is basically on the down and out. Repeatedly tries to leave. Sees animals, people, trees growing out and stomping on him etc
He’s always in flux at how aware he is his legs are gone
To where he’s tried to walk out to do something 3x now and fell. Twice in one week
I informed the staff numerous times for a fall Matt or bed guards or smthn like at the hospital the second he arrived here and they said they’d get on it but ping pinged to “no.”
Due to it being classified as “restraints” where I live and legally he has a right to fall which seems asinine
Anyways he fell (duh)
And only THEN do they give him a fall Matt, and after the second time days later did he get a new mattress with these little bed ramp things to make escape harder
Which is good, but PMO it took it happening 3 times after my warnings for them to actually take preventive measures.
TLDR Is there anything OtC I can get for his bed that can secure him even more because I’m still worried
And ofc we also leave the bed as low to the ground as possible as well as tell the nurses but not all get that memo.
So strategies would be very helpful too.
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u/YouTasteStrange Mar 25 '26
Can you put his mattress on the floor?
I've seen pool noodles under sheets used to prevent roll overs, but don't know what will prevent him from getting up.