Princess of Wales Hospital 2019-08-11 Person 1 5 0

88 yr old lady taken in after a Stroke the stroke unit was very good, but she was moved to Ward 18 on the Friday and although some staff were caring others were not. She had MRSA and even though the staff nurse was reminded of this she was nursed in an open ward with no barrier nursing Staff were not warned neither were the cleaners. even though the physios had assessed and authorized assisted movement with a hoist to activate core muscles to help gain some strength ( prior to admission to hospital she had standing strength) the staff nurse said no to moving her until she had another assessment which would not be done for a few days ( bank holiday) it was another 5 days to an assessment by which mum had lost another 10% muscle mass (Data from hospitals own literature / posters ) and her body had aged 10 yrs. All mums health decline the Dr put down to an increased stage of her vascular dementia , during the several weeks she was in ward 18 mum evidenced a number of symptoms of Sepsis yet these were ignored and once again put down to dementia, she was continually vomiting unable to take even fluids Mum was sent home with palliative care she fought so hard in life but died 3 days after discharge. The Wednesday before she was coming home she had a seizure i was called over 1 hr after the seizure had started .. i arrived at the ward within 10 mins .. there was no one with her giving her the smallest comfort .. they had not called a dr to administer meds. I was absolutely disgusted with the lack of empathy and care. Nothing can bring my lovely mum back but i hope this gets to someone who can review the care given with regard to infection control and Sepsis recognition, It should not be assumed that once an elderly patient is in ward 18 many will catch a secondary or tertiary infection and die before they get home or wait for a placement in a home. My mum should not have needed palliative care she was a strong lady and even with the vascular dementia should have been given the opportunity to survive and i believe would have if she had either been transferred home instead of going to ward 18 or the doctor recognized some signs of sepsis and treated it.