I work in a private house that is owned by an older lady (she's nearly 80 - yes her age is relevant!). I'm a housekeeper not a carer so have no medical training.
Last week she was put on some new medication and had multiple falls. She had one on last Thur in the middle of the night and an ambulance was called. They checked her over and found she was okay to stay at home. This was at about 4am.
I went in on Friday morning at 9am and she was in bed, laying on a bare mattress because she'd had an accident and the carer had stripped the wet stuff off but not replaced it.
She was unable to get up and in a lot of pain but refused an ambulance so I called her GP out. GP came, checked her over and said he didn't think she'd broken anything but booked her in for an xray. She refused to go on the Friday because she didn't feel well enough.
I had to leave at 4pm for an appointment and was really worried about leaving her on her own even though her family was calling round a bit later on.
She was taken into hospital over the weekend (she couldn't get out of bed and her family called an ambulance) where they found she's broken her back and hip.
I know realistically there wasn't much else I could have done but I feel so guilty - I knew on Friday morning that something was wrong. Maybe I should have just called an ambulance on the morning. It might have saved her a lot of pain over the weekend.
Sorry not sure what the point of this post is, just needed to get it out because it's been really bothering me. 🙁