Can someone help me compose a letter to the hospital please?

[MrsPelligrinoPetrichor]

I'm beyond angry and tired and have lost the art of putting my words across without getting bolshy and not being listened to.

My mother is in hospital and has had excellent medical care but has been moved to ward where male dementia patients are constant allowed to wander freely including the female ward.

They keep lunging at her/ her bed,thinking she's their wife / trying to get into bed with her and other female patients.

The staff seem totally blase about it and today I had to stand between my mum who was in a wheelchair and one of the men, who kept trying to get too close to her.

I made such a 'fuss' that they had proper security on the ward last night as I'd told my mum to ring 999 if anyone came in but today when I visited it happened several times again I told i insisted on the door being shut but even then there was lots of peering through the window .

She is understandably terrified. I feel sick about leaving her there and am also incandescent with rage that female spaces yet AGAIN aren't seen as important enough to protect.

There are 3 wanderers and so it's impossible for the staff to keep an eye on them.

I want to formally complain in writing,can someone help me gather my thoughts please and get a letter together?

Thanks in advance.

It’s a real and genuine concern OP but not sure why it’s on the feminism board? I’ve had some real corkers with female dementia patients delivered from care homes that have gone around trying to hop into bed and offer their services to men. It’s not as uncommon as you may think! The problem is if they are that mobile you can’t confine them via rails as they will just climb over, possibly fall and then you’re in an even worse pickle with paperwork up the wahzoo. A complete nightmare in a department not set up for dementia patients.

I will add there are some dirty bastards that take these poor women up on it. A fair few hand jobs in progress by the time someone spots it and is yet another reason for curtains to be open at ALL times despite whingers wanting them shut.

I put it on this board as I felt initially it was female spaces not being protected.

This would be completely sorted if the door was kept shut at all times.

I haven't had a chance to ring them yet, it's been full on seeing doctors and OTs and stroke team most of the day. I think I will email and then there will be a trail and they can't fob me off on the phone.

It seems your hospital has an unacceptable lack of security in general. Definitely worth a complaint to PALS.
I'd be tempted to ask the duty manager at the time why the doors are not shut? It's a simple fix that any ward manager should do. This could be a staff level breach rather than hospital trust policy as such.