Is it common for an Assisted-Living to keep cases of bedbugs a “secret “from family members or people wishing to visit?
My divorced parents live there, in separate rooms of course. I’ve been through this bedbug trauma with my dad three years ago at his home, it was a nightmare, he still has PTSD from it and I believe I do too. He currently is recovering from scabies which was a shock to me, and yes I know it is very common and so are bedbugs but I do believe people have a right to know that they’re crawling around there 😲😳
I have a young granddaughter that I take to visit there often and this is just freaking me out and makes me a bit angry.
Then came this problem with bedbugs. The woman across the hall from my mom and her neighbor next-door “had” them. The housekeeper told my mom about it in secrecy, then mom told me (who I think has some sort of dementia) so I didn’t know whether to believe her or not. The administrator told me, “absolutely they do not have bedbugs” and my dad probably doesn’t have scabies since they didn’t do a skin test even though the bite marks were so obvious. He has been itching for several months. I finally had a conversation with the nurse and without speaking the words “yes we have bedbugs”, I got the silent message that they did or still do, who knows?! The administrator reassured me she has spoken with the health department and sounded a bit aggravated with me. I will call the health department today but I really doubt I will get anywhere with that either.
These nasty bugs do need to be taken seriously because there is a huge problem especially with bedbugs in my area.