Calvary Hospital

Reviews 7

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Elyse saber-goldstein

I posted this yesterday but it seems someone removed it last night. It read as follows: Their was no tab for Absolutely Horrific so I had to cick on Poor-Fair but that is not accurate. I am writing this note to you to let you know that as far as I am concerned your hospital knows nothing about hospice. The way our brother is slowly dying is a crime. We have been through hospice with our parents and our aunt and none of them were forced to go this way. You took his dignity away and the doctor who watched over him protected only herself and your institution. Their was NO mercy for our brother. None whatsoever. This was not what he expected when he finally chose to come here. He (we) never expected you to help him die but to make sure he was at peace, meaning completely asleep, was all you had to do. My family has conferred with other doctors and I even brought a nurse in yesterday whose husband is a doctor as well and all these doctors agree your form of "keeping him comfortable" is a whole bunch of b.s. to put it politely. All you care about is keeping the bed he writhes in hourly occupied so you can get paid. You and your doctors care nothing about quality end of life. You really should take your ads in the media down. They are clearly lies and misleading the public. Every patient in every room looks like our brother. When all is said and done I intend to write an article and its title will be this: 2013. THE WILLOWBROOK OF HOSPICE. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CALVARY HOSPICE". P.S. He should be and shouldve been in a medically induced coma or as close to one as possible so that he wouldnt have had the emotional torture of losing his dignity when he arrived at your facility a whole month ago. He didnt come to you to get well, obviously, he came to die and Calvary failed him.

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Ambleton Wray, Jr.

My mother, Dawn Marrie Barnes, diagnosed with stage 4 spinal and bone cancer was sent to Calvary by Sloan Kettering Hospital and within that week she was complaining of discomfort. My mother was sent there for pain management therapy but instead all they did was to withhold medication standing firm on their protocol with no regards for my mothers comfort care. On March 30th, 2017, the Dr. at Calvary told my mother who was in excruciating pain due to a urinary tract infection caused by functioning catheter that has been malfunctioning for the last 3 days that the medication they administered was all she could get but offered to give her morphine which she refused because its in her file that it lowers her blood pressure dangerously. My mother in the state for three days with repeated call for assistance for her catheter to be checked because of extreme bloating in her abdomen area and burning and itching. It finally got to a point where she was forced to call nine-one-one. Even with family members asking for them at Calgary Hospital to check for an infection or to administer additional pain medication the nurses and the doctors refused. They even tried two deny ambulance admission to the facility. My mother after a few calls from myself to the doctor was allowed to sign herself out and taken back to Sloan Kettering Hospital in critical condition with the fair of not making it through the night by staff and family. I rushed to her side from York Pennsylvania to be by her side spending the night. She recovered from this ordeal but this is a set back considering she is diagnosed with stage 4 spinal and bone cancer.

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Doug R.

My younger brother, four years my junior, passed away in May, 2005 .... at his deathbed (At Calvary Hospital) were his two children, his mother and at least one more of my two remaining brothers. When I visited him two months prior, he was mostly lucid though well sedated, as pancreatic cancer had invaded his liver and two places in his spine in Nov. of 2004, when he fell and never again walked. At that time, Calvary had experience for 106 years in care management for terminally ill patients. I do not know how Calvary has progressed since then (10 years) but I would like to than their staff for seeing to his comfort and assisting him to a relatively pain-free and honorable passage by giving them the review they deserve. His terminal care counselor met with us and answered any questions I had at the time. A spare bed was provided for me as I chose to stay overnight with him, having flown 1000 miles to spend some quality time with him during his final days. Thank you again, all staff at Calvary!!!

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Ericka H.

MY MOTHERS DIGNITY WAS COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED AND IGNORED. THEY SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON ADVERTISING BUT I WOULD NEVER ALLOW MY MOTHER TO GO BACK THERE AGAIN. IT WAS HORRIBLE. IF YOU DONT VISIT YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES EVERYDAY, YOU WILL NEVER SEE WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES THERE. THEY NEED TO BE EXPOSED TO THE MEDIA. I MET OTHER PATIENTS THERE WHO STAYED THERE LONG TERM WHO WERE MISTREATED AND DISRESPECTED AND THERE APPOINTMENTS AT OTHER HOSPITALS WERE CANCELLED WITHOUT THEIR APPROVAL. DEALT WITH THIS HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT AT LEAST A YEAR OR MORE AND THEY ARE VERY SLOPPY WHEN IT COMES TO ADHERING TO HIPPA RULES AND REGULATIONS. THEY NEVER ANSWER THEIR CRITICS, THEY JUST KEEP ADVERTISING AND PROMOTING THIS HOSPITAL AS IF IT WILL DROWN OUT THE VOICE OF THEIR CRITICS ***** PLEASE CHECK OUT MY VIDEO ON YOUTUBE CALLED CALVARY HOSPITAL REVIEW OR THIS FACEBOOK SITE I FOUND CALLED " EXPOSE CALVARY HOSPITAL".

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Jamie Bambace

My grandmother was just admitted into their care and they have severely neglected her. Many of the other patients are drugged up to the point they are numb and emotionless. My melina is mentally conscious and smart. She kept asking for someone to help her to the bathroom and a blanket all night because she was freezing and because of her blood clot she can not walk. No one came and when my mother walked in THE NEXT MORNING she was filled in her urine and freezing. They night crew her on her floor probably just fool around all night and think that they dont have to attend to the patients because they are near vegetables. All patients should receive care and if you do not have a passion to assistant the elderly and ill then do not go into this field.

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Myra Oney

The nurses and staff took excellent care of my dad during his final days. The hospital was clean and welcoming and dad was always clean and obviously well cared-for. After reading some of the reviews, it seems that some dont understand the meaning of hospice and palliative care. Yes, Calgary is a place to go if you are dying. The type of medical care received is meant to relieve pain and suffering during end-stage illness, which may include medications being used in a different way,. I am by no means a fan of medications being used in nursing homes to "keep the residents quiet", but Calgary is not a nursing home, and I was grateful that at the end of his life dad was free of pain and anxiety ad was able to pass peacefully.

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Julie Goldberg

If your looking for help and compassion this is NOT the place to go. First, I have been calling for a week with no response. Once a consultant finally answered my call and had me send information over to her, I was happy I was finally getting help. When I called back to follow up another lady answered the phone she was rude and completely unhelpful. Moreover she refused to allow me to speak to the first consultant. My husband passed away three years ago and I am trying to take care of his parents who are living with me, and specially his father who is dying, everyone told me hospice would be helpful in dealing with end of the life care ----BUT THIS PLACE WAS THE OPPOSITE! I recommend you call another place!

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