Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center And Home

Funeral Director

It's been a few months since my grandfather passed and I cannot stop thinking about how much he suffered while in this facility. It's honestly unbelievable how this facility runs. I'd walk in to him sitting in a wheelchair in a hallway spitting up food they fed him 30 minutes prior all over himself and he was left to sit with it all over him. But I guess the piece of paper towel they left in his hand he was incapable of using to wipe his own face was good enough, huh? He was sitting right in front of the floors main desk in a line of others in wheelchairs which baffled me more. He was crying out loudly in pain. It hurt him to be in wheelchairs for long and despite me saying this, it wasn't listened to. I was always cleaning him up. From changing his diaper to his clothes... because if not, once again he'd be left to sit in it. I had to ask multiple times for them to change his arm dressings and bedsheets that had blood on them. It would take hours before that would happen. A lot of workers there were hard to understand and also had a hard time understanding me. I had to leave notes by his bed to remind them what hurts him, what he can't have, and what he shouldn't do. It still wasn't enough. The oxygen mask that went into his nose was stuck in his nose due to blood clotting and attaching it to his nose hairs so it hurt when I had to clean him. If it was done more often other than by me, it wouldn't have gotten that far. Eventually it caused more harm than good, we had decided to take him off of it. Let's go back to how much pain he was in... He cried out constantly. I pushed for help with pain management and even started palliative care but they would only give him 5mg of pain meds twice a day. They were still trying to do PT with him on Palliative, I couldn't believe it. He was in too much pain, his kidneys were failing, his skin was slipping on his arms and his legs had pitting edema... I begged them not to touch him. I just wanted him to be comfortable. I FOUGHT with the Doctor who completely brushed me off and was utterly insensitive. I'm a Funeral Director, I would never ever treat someone in grief the way he treated me. I requested another Doctor who was more helpful, although he couldn't be the primary to my grandfather, we agreed to cut out some of his medicine and continue pain medication while I tried to get him transferred to another facility for Hospice. The primary care Doctor on the floor refused my grandfather for Hospice. It took days of fighting with him and constantly going to the social worker for him to approve this transfer. It was a weight off my shoulders once he was transferred. This took over a week of fighting. As soon as he got to the new facility they gave him more pain medication and he was the calmest I've seen him in months. They cared, there was such a difference. He was still aware when he first got there and said he loved me. Two days later he passed in Hospice. All we all needed and wanted was comfort and care for his end of life and I was denied that from Seaview, his end of life was made worse for being there. I will live with those horrible memories for the rest of my life. Thank you to Staten Island University (South) Hospice for what they did after what we dealt with.

mariasusan212

My mother lived in Seaview for 5 years. In April 2015 Legionnela bacteria was found in Seaviews water system, this was not reported to all of the patients family members & my family was never told. My mother got Legionnaires & died. She might have had a chance if she was tested properly. I miss her every day.

al69ny

I don't know how this place receives 5 stars from anyone.if you press the call button it's at least an hour before they responding used the bed pan and dat on it over 2 hours before it was motors.patient care non existent there rehab facility is a joke they have two bikes and leg weights the staff does not help at all in the therapy process this is a facility for people not looking to recover from their injuries it is more of an old folks home.

Dianelynn

I have no idea how this facility comes up with awards and passing inspections. It is the worst. My dad resided there, way too painful to repeat the entire story, but I did write a detailed review on yelp. I urge anyone wanting to put a loved one there to seriously do your homework. The facility is clean, and they have a lovely patio. I urge you to go and interview residents or family members who are out there. How I wish I had. Its all about appearance and how many awards they can get. My dad was there over three years and I saw plenty. I always assumed state inspections were done unexpectedly. Funny, how they always knew. Each resident was immaculate, each female had a manicure and all male residents were shaved and hair combed. If they were to pop in unexpectedly they would find residents laying in bed in their own waste for hours, dirty and unshaved. My dad almost always had waste under his nails and was filthy. The summer before he passed, the inspectors had just left and this awful nursing supervisor comes right up to myself and my daughter and said, we just had a wonderful report for the inspectors and gave a laugh. They all have this bully mentality. The fourth floor, with the exception of Dr. Carpenillo, is a really good floor. Michele the charge nurse really cares about her residents and family. We had a lawsuit, but I decided to drop it because this has never been about financial gain, I just want my dads story told. I also have medical records to back up my claims

John107858850

I just they didn’t think Sea View gave the attention we needed. My mother had kidney failure, so she was retaining water, and we felt like they weren’t doing anything to get the treatment she needed. However, the rooms were livable, and they had a nice lobby.