Man With Alzheimer's Dies After Drinking Detergent

[rockin'robin]

MIAMI -- State officials want a South Florida assisted living facility fined after one of its residents died from drinking dishwasher detergent.

Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration filed a complaint last month, asking an administrative law judge to fine the Homewood Residence at Delray Beach $10,000 for failing to maintain a safe environment. Officials say 93-year-old Michael Gruen was in the late stages of Alzheimer's Disease when he poisoned himself in December.

A spokeswoman for the facility's parent company said there was no way staff could have predicted the events that led to Gruen's death. She said the device holding the detergent was under the kitchen sink, and Gruen had to disconnect the hoses to get to the fluid.

A hearing is scheduled for July 2.

Man With Alzheimer's Dies After Drinking Detergent - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville

 

[chucky69]

Officials say 93-year-old Michael Gruen was in the late stages of Alzheimer's Disease when he poisoned himself in December.

As a former Nurse Aide .................. I don't think so!

In late stage of Alzheimers - one is pretty well bed ridden, and especially has literally no - COGNITIVE FUNCTIONALITY

-charles

 

[DeafDoc1]

Regardless of how we define "late stage", it's very sad.

 

[Bottesini]

By the time he had to get under a sink and disconnect hoses to get it, I think it was a suicide.