As of: January 26, 2024, 3:02 p.m
By: Theresa Kuchler
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This pill box is said to have been left behind by the nursing service that brings Gabriele Geyer medication every week.
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An outpatient care team brings Gabriele Geyer medication home every week.
Now the 90-year-old says she was treated unfairly.
The nursing service firmly rejects the allegations.
Wessobrunn – Gabriele Geyer is dependent on help.
The retired high school professor will turn 91 in February, her once sharp memory is gradually failing, and her eyes haven't been as good as they once were for a while.
“I don’t look smart anymore,” complains the senior citizen, who lives on a remote farm near Wessobrunn.
This annoys Geyer. After all, she was independent all her life.
Even if the 90-year-old would like to, driving a car is no longer possible.
So that she can still get the medication she depends on, an outpatient care service from Rott travels to her in the desert every Thursday.
Organized in a weekly box, the employees from the “WaNiKa” nursing service bring the important pills to Gabriele Geyer.
90-year-old complains about nursing service: boss threw away medication
But the 90-year-old is now having problems with exactly this service.
The senior citizen accuses the head of the nursing service of depriving her of her spare tablets during a visit in January and leaving an unsorted and incomplete medication box.
The woman from Wessobrunner explains that in addition to the pills from the nursing service, she always had two full medication boxes in her cupboard - for safety.
“So that nothing happens to me in the wasteland,” she says.
On the day the head of the nursing team came to see her, she had her spare medication slides on the table “for checking”.
When the nursing manager saw this, she threw the contents of the boxes into the trash in front of Geyer's eyes.
Gabriele Geyer depends on someone to bring her medication home.
© Theresa Kuchler
“She said I didn’t need it,” the 90-year-old said angrily.
“She left me a box for that, which is not complete and is a mess.” She shows her weekly medication box, which is labeled twice each with Tuesday and Friday, but without Wednesday and Sunday.
A big problem for the senior citizen.
“I no longer know whether I have already taken the medication or not.” Overall, Geyer feels that he has been treated unfairly and “nasty”.
The nursing team firmly rejects the Wessobrunner woman's descriptions.
When asked, “WaNiKa” managing director Anne Wassermann explains that “Ms Geyer’s allegations are in no way justified”.
Nursing service rejects allegations: “By no means justified”
It is correct that the 90-year-old receives a weekly box of medication every Thursday, which is exchanged for the one from the previous week.
It is not uncommon to find yourself standing in front of a closed door “because Ms. Geyer is not there or has forgotten to cancel or postpone the appointment,” explains Wassermann.
In these cases, the new pill box will be left behind, but the one from the week before cannot be taken with you.
“It can happen that Ms. Geyer has two or even more boxes with her because it was not possible to actually exchange the boxes due to her absence.”
However, the nursing service cannot understand why the senior citizen also has reserve pills with her.
“The weekly delivery of medication is guaranteed,” emphasizes Wassermann.
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Gabriele Geyer is “repeatedly advised that she should and must take her medication in accordance with her doctor’s prescriptions.”
According to the nursing team, no tablets were thrown away at any time.
“It is incomprehensible how Ms. Geyer could come to this statement,” says Wassermann.
In addition, the head of the Rotter nursing service emphasizes that the boxes were “by no means disordered or incomplete”.
All employees who look after the senior citizen would confirm this.
A query to the district office shows that they are not aware of Gabriele Geyer's case or similar allegations against nursing services.
If those affected have problems with an outpatient care service, they could contact the medical service of their care insurance company.
According to the district office, this person is obliged to react and seek discussion.
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