Two donors have halted all donations to the old age home.
A response from the legal team representing SAVF Huis Ermelo has not shed any further light on several allegations made against the facility.
“Exit interview documents were offered to all employees and completed documents were submitted to the SAVF’s national head of HR. In line with South African laws and by-laws and the Popi Act, employee/employer information must be handled with the necessary confidentiality. Information about employees’ decisions leading to their resignation or the employer’s decision regarding the dismissal of an employee is handled within these legal guidelines.
Havenga said Mari Louw, the regional manager, phoned him to enquire about his resignation in which he listed the grievances he had with the current manager, Waldi Sieberhagen. She questioned the SAVF’s compliance with the Popi Act. In response, Huis Ermelo stated that all residents provide consent upon admission to the old age home.
SAVF’s attorneys requested Highvelder to visit the old age home before publishing the original article: SAVF Huis Ermelo denies all allegations against it. Despite requests from some family members who wanted her to visit their loved ones, as they said they were missing her, she was still not allowed.A serious concern raised about medication management was raised by Van Schalkwyk.
Claims that nurses would remove or place emergency buttons out of reach of patients, and sleep on duty, were denied by SAVF’s attorneys. “SAVF Ermelo’s nursing staff is monitored and managed in accordance to nursing regulations and disciplinary actions taken.” Kleinhans, who is also familiar with the incident, said Sieberhagen had in fact escalated the matter, but the person responsible for investigating it apparently found that both the nurse and the Alzheimer’s patient were at fault, and no further actions were taken.Meanwhile, two separate donors have halted all donations to the old age home. A meat donation received from Penny Coetzer of Penny’s Recycling is said to have gone rotten, and more than R10 000’s meat had to be disposed of.
Kobus Meyer of Two-line Trading said that over the span of about two years, they had made frequent food donations amounting up to R300 000.
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