organizing and taking all her pills so she took them all and put mom on the list of the healthcare aide who dispensed drugs. She was looking out for mom (and probably wanting the fee). My mom was not suffering from Parkinsons' to the extent she was not aware what was going on. She just was not dealing properly with her meds. I was glad they did that.

Nobody assessed anything. They said "STATE MANDATE."

I found it so and I had so much help from my sister and excellent private healthcare aides who became friends.

I don't know about this. I imagine acetone nail polish remover can be questionable. But facial moisturizer? What are they looking for? I don't like the idea of things being confiscated though.

I would rather have been given notice of this new mandate including a list of what they're looking for.

Wondering if it's a BS excuse to inventory everything for insurance purposes.

Thanks for responding.

Thanks

all items like that had to be in a locked cabinet, because although DH was all there mentally, other home residents were not and could have gained access to these items and hurt themselves, others.

State mandate? CA? No. Who has time for that?

She was in assisted living and they removed all of her over the counter items, like vitamins, aspirin, etc. Anything over the counter that her doctor wanted her to take had to be prescribed and the facility had to store and administer themselves. They said it was some kind of law in California. They did give me the option to take them home for myself though. I thought it was strange at the time, but I think it is actually a regulation.

I was wondering if the facility had not been aware of the law and was suddenly compensating for the oversight. A friend who witnessed the confiscation said they came in with the force of Gestapo. Not kidding.

For the meds they were locked in that ward's locker. The hazard stuff had to be removed. It was about patient safety.

The new director had to establish his authoritarian bona fides. So he tried to pull some bullshit. Friend called the Penn ombudsman and the situation was quickly resolved in her favor.

She was on a lot of meds and the concern, legitimate in my view, was a risk of drug-drug interactions and the potential for overdose. She was on a lot of pain meds.