My uncle is in a nursing home. He is very frail, can't sit/stand/walk on his own. I received a call saying he rolled out of bed last night and needs x-rays. I asked if his side rails were up and bed alarm was up. I was told yes, but he rolled over the rails. Knowing my uncle's physical condition, I find this hard to believe. He can barely roll over on his own never mind OVER raised bed rails. Even if this were true, wouldn't the bed alarm be going off as he tried to go up and over?? Has anyone experienced this before? Is there anything I can do to make sure this doesn't happen again?
I cut them to the length I wanted. Glued 3 of them together with Gorilla glue to make a pyramid. The pyramid slides under the fitted sheet to keep it in place. No more falling out.
I also have a motion detector under mom's bed to let me know when her feet hit the ground or if she ever falls out (she never has, the pyramid works!!). Never did the mat because was always packing things up to move.
I will say mom lives with me, so I don't know if it would be allowed in a facility.
Mom's nursing home had the high/low beds, and fall mats around her bed. The Staff used a lot of pillows to tuck around her here and that seemed to work.
Sadly there isn't a whole lot anyone can do to prevent an elder from falling out of bed. It's amazing how determined an elder can be.
I too would wonder why the bed alarm didn't go off. Maybe it wasn't on as the nursing home stated it was. Or maybe it was on and was ignored when it went off. A NH would never admit to these things.
Some NH's place thick mats on the floor beneath a person's bed to help break a fall. Perhaps your uncle's NH has such mats.
I hope your uncle is OK.