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Originally Posted by lewdog
So you have a handful of experience and want to paint the entire industry? That's like eating out at a few bad restaurants and claiming they all suck.
If they are receiving bad care, those homes need to be reported to the state agency. I know patients who have lived a decade in good care homes after things like massive strokes. There are providers who care and know how to provide compassionate care but it's not an industry that is making money hand over fist.
Caring for your parents after massive events like strokes or a chronic disease that wastes the body might be your goal now, but it's unrealistic for most. Providers have been telling state agencies and governments for a decade now that if you want better care, reimbursement at least has to pay the bills. I don't know how we expect any business to keep the lights on when reimbursement is 15-30% below cost of care.
This country is failing it elderly and no one cares until if directly effects them.
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I'm just telling you what my clients told me
They all have multiple family members and friends in various homes around here, and none of them had much of anything good to say about the cost vs quality of care/food, even at the higher end places
But I'm done with this topic, and I hope everything works out for Smeds dad