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2828 clicks; posted to Main » on 17 Mar 2023 at 4:50 PM (7 days ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-03-17 3:22:05 PM  
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Marcus Aurelius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-03-17 3:23:15 PM  
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labman [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 4:38:04 PM  
That is not the kind of going wild I was expecting.
 
Karma Chameleon
2023-03-17 4:50:58 PM  
Old news
 
Glorious Golden Ass [OhFark]
2023-03-17 4:53:18 PM  
Nothing will make you horde money more than seeing your grandparents die penniless in a government run nursing home.
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 4:54:42 PM  
Because there's lots of money in running an assisted living and they can have up to 6 residents with dementia before they have to have "memory care" protocols, that's why.
 
stuhayes2010
2023-03-17 4:57:10 PM  
Im honestly glad my grandparents died of cancer before we had to home them in a facility.  Even the good ones are just sadness factories.
 
Smelly Pirate Hooker
2023-03-17 4:58:46 PM  
FTFA: The GAO also questioned why there was not more complete data on nursing home abuse.

Gosh, I wonder why there's not more complete data.
 
Fano
2023-03-17 5:00:07 PM  

Smelly Pirate Hooker: FTFA: The GAO also questioned why there was not more complete data on nursing home abuse.

Gosh, I wonder why there's not more complete data.


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sinko swimo
2023-03-17 5:02:19 PM  
most assisted living centers have tiny fat women who barely speak english and have trouble getting out of a chair, much less lifting your Nana. the other employees are paid less than MacDonald workers and will steal anything they can get their hands on.
 
ace in your face [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 5:04:35 PM  
I think I would love to use the excuse of having dementia to hit people with a cane that I don't like.
 
Red Shirt Blues
2023-03-17 5:05:11 PM  
I took care of my Mom her last 18 months. I had relief when my sisters would come and visit. Her sister was hoping I would do the same for her but there is no way I could go through that again. I felt bad but she was in one for awhile but then returned home. They told us without care she would probably have a bad fall and die that way, And she did. I will opt out of life when things get bad.
 
Red Shirt Blues
2023-03-17 5:06:32 PM  

ace in your face: I think I would love to use the excuse of having dementia to hit people with a cane that I don't like.


You just gave me a reason to not opt out on life as quickly as I planned.
 
pastramithemosterotic
2023-03-17 5:09:34 PM  

Fano: Smelly Pirate Hooker: FTFA: The GAO also questioned why there was not more complete data on nursing home abuse.

Gosh, I wonder why there's not more complete data.

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Prof. Frink [BareFark]
2023-03-17 5:11:38 PM  

Gyrfalcon: Because there's lots of money in running an assisted living and they can have up to 6 residents with dementia before they have to have "memory care" protocols, that's why.


If it's a Jewish old-folks home, is it memory-protocols for the elders of zion?
 
Mouser
2023-03-17 5:14:10 PM  
The first rule of Nursing Home Fight Club is you don't talk about Nursing Home Fight Club.
 
whitroth
2023-03-17 5:17:29 PM  

Glorious Golden Ass: Nothing will make you horde money more than seeing your grandparents die penniless in a government run nursing home.


What "government-run" nursing home? Except for a very few military ones, they're *all* private, for-profit. And between what a friend told me, and the places one of my daughters has worked, most of them are FOR PROFIT, and who cares about the "residents"? Understaffed, and staff that doesn't care.

For those looking for one for someone, if you smell sh*t when you walk in, walk out, just say no. And yes, some are that bad.
 
sex_and_drugs_for_ian [BareFark]
2023-03-17 5:20:13 PM  
Back in2009 the old pro wrestler and AWA founder Verne Gagne killed a 97-year-old fellow patient at the nursing home they were both at. Supposedly by body slamming the old guy.

Gagne was 82 and suffering from Alzheimer's.

Ex-pro wrestler accused in nursing home death (nbcnews.com)
 
Tillmaster
2023-03-17 5:26:34 PM  
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NM Volunteer [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 5:32:29 PM  
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Headline question literally answered in the first sentence.
 
kbronsito
2023-03-17 5:35:43 PM  
Seniors from NJ trying to beat the shiat out of each other for no good reason don't have dementia. They are just from NJ.
 
The Ice Queen [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 5:52:39 PM  

whitroth: Glorious Golden Ass: Nothing will make you horde money more than seeing your grandparents die penniless in a government run nursing home.

What "government-run" nursing home? Except for a very few military ones, they're *all* private, for-profit. And between what a friend told me, and the places one of my daughters has worked, most of them are FOR PROFIT, and who cares about the "residents"? Understaffed, and staff that doesn't care.

For those looking for one for someone, if you smell sh*t when you walk in, walk out, just say no. And yes, some are that bad.


Maybe it's run by the county government. My county has a County run nursing home. The administration reports to the county commissioners and employees are considered county employees.3. For a while, it was where you wanted to place a loved one and you were lucky when a spot opened up.

Now, even though considered "non-profit", they pay the staff piddly, can't get enough help, and basically short-staff every shift. My aunt used to like it out there but now my dad and his siblings are in the process of getting her out of there due to neglect and safety concerns.
 
chitownmike
2023-03-17 5:52:59 PM  

ace in your face: I think I would love to use the excuse of having dementia to hit people with a cane that I don't like.


Why would you dislike a cane?
 
minnesotaboy
2023-03-17 6:08:06 PM  

Glorious Golden Ass: Nothing will make you horde money more than seeing your grandparents die penniless in a government run nursing home.


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monkeyboycjc [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 6:26:30 PM  
I work as a concierge/doorman at a very expensive apartment building which heavily skews to the 75ish demographic. I've seen more than a few descend into various Alzheimer type disorders. It's horrible to see.
I've had to convince more than one family that what was going on had to be diagnosed by a pro, but that I knew I was seeing (and noting, CYA) and it was never an easy conversation. Not really my job, but my job won't stop me from doing some basic humanity type stuff.
It's horrible to see a fixture in your life like your grandparent or parent, that solid oak in your life (if you were lucky), going out in that way.
My heart goes out to all who are the family involved.
 
zjoik
2023-03-17 6:53:09 PM  

ace in your face: I think I would love to use the excuse of having dementia to hit people with a cane that I don't like.


You dont want to have to deal with a relative that has dementia and has become disgruntled.
 
megjac
2023-03-17 7:49:48 PM  

Smelly Pirate Hooker: FTFA: The GAO also questioned why there was not more complete data on nursing home abuse.

Gosh, I wonder why there's not more complete data.


The GAO should know that nursing homes are not required to report resident on resident abuse. It normally doesn't rise to the level of manslaughter but they do molest each other...  You always have to ask if there was actual intent to what happened.
 
ansius
2023-03-17 9:55:10 PM  
Let me guess: the nursing homes are run by for-profit companies and providing sufficient staff to prevent senile aggression and/or to assist the residents so they don't have falls will eat into their profit margins too much?
 
skiinstructor
2023-03-17 10:18:06 PM  
My mom was a terror at her last rehab/nursing home, i was there and she was insisting on taking a shower and getting really mean about it. Best solution was to get her a caregiver to help her with a shower, even though it wasnt her shower day...her biggest wish was for papa to come pick her up and just go home.

She passed in january, in her own home, in her own bed, with family at her bedside. Daddy finally showed up...
 
Fano
2023-03-17 10:22:19 PM  

skiinstructor: My mom was a terror at her last rehab/nursing home, i was there and she was insisting on taking a shower and getting really mean about it. Best solution was to get her a caregiver to help her with a shower, even though it wasnt her shower day...her biggest wish was for papa to come pick her up and just go home.

She passed in january, in her own home, in her own bed, with family at her bedside. Daddy finally showed up...


Finally came back with that pack of smokes?
 
Huck And Molly Ziegler
2023-03-17 10:25:25 PM  
Cancer vs. Alzheimer's? I'm thinking about taking up smoking again after 13 years.
 
sex_and_drugs_for_ian [BareFark]
2023-03-17 10:56:50 PM  

Huck And Molly Ziegler: Cancer vs. Alzheimer's? I'm thinking about taking up smoking again after 13 years.


We always forget to factor in the misery that people who die before they're elderly are spared.
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 11:22:51 PM  

ansius: Let me guess: the nursing homes are run by for-profit companies and providing sufficient staff to prevent senile aggression and/or to assist the residents so they don't have falls will eat into their profit margins too much?


Closer than you think.
 
dbirchall [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-03-18 12:14:31 AM  
FTFA: Audrey Fish (l.) and Clara Sutowski were both attacked by other residents in the same nursing home. Fish was hospitalized. Sutowski later died.

I think what theyʻre actually trying to say is that Sutowski died sooner than she would have, yes?  Given enough time, everyone in a nursing home later dies.
 
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