alot of people in my family work in nursing homes...they do great work with long hours and little pay with little thanks as well
and because the media do these investigatory documentaries about badly run nursing homes then all of a sudden they are all corrupt, profit driven evil people who abuse pensioners...
nothing swings opinion like a media shock show
Originally posted by jaden101
alot of people in my family work in nursing homes...they do great work with long hours and little pay with little thanks as welland because the media do these investigatory documentaries about badly run nursing homes then all of a sudden they are all corrupt, profit driven evil people who abuse pensioners...
nothing swings opinion like a media shock show
Many nursing homes are terrible places to work aswell to live. My mother works in admitting people into snifs all the time. I have also worked at a few old people homes when i was younger. Those people are treated like shit.They are given no respect at all. Not so much from the orderly's, but the staff. In the case of nursing homes, you get what you pay for.
My mum looked after her sick mum for 16 years. Home ridden, with very little help until the last couple of years.
Years of doing horrific tasks that took a mental and physical toll on her both at home and there.
She said "If I ever get like that, put me in a home."
Until you've experienced that, I don't think anyone is in any position to claim homes as a bad place.
-AC
I think nursing homes are bad. They don't take care of the old people and are mean to them. So when the old people leave, they are mean also. I think it is just for younger couples who don't want to take care of their older parents so they leave them there. It would become no worries for the younger people.
Originally posted by cking
I think nursing homes are bad. They don't take care of the old people and are mean to them. So when the old people leave, they are mean also. I think it is just for younger couples who don't want to take care of their older parents so they leave them there. It would become no worries for the younger people.
In some cases that might be true, but in my case my grandpa is just really ill. None of us have the right care for him, and he needs to be watched all the time.
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Hate to see him their, but not sure what else I could do about it.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
My mum looked after her sick mum for 16 years. Home ridden, with very little help until the last couple of years.Years of doing horrific tasks that took a mental and physical toll on her both at home and there.
She said "If I ever get like that, put me in a home."
Until you've experienced that, I don't think anyone is in any position to claim homes as a bad place.
-AC
that has nothing to do with how people are treated in care homes though. that is justifying a decesion of putting someone in a care home.
Originally posted by cking
I think it will be hard for this generation to retire because the baby boom generation that came out ot world war three is dying and so is social security which spells bad news for us.
I agree that the WWII generation was the last honorable and rational generation, but is that because of the war or not? Social security will be gone due to bad decesions made by the government.
Re: Nursing homes
Originally posted by vaya_the_elf
Ok. I was wondering what everyones thoughts were about Nursing homesLike do they treat people well enough?
would you put a family member their?
Should nursing homes be changed?
Do you think they cost to much money?and any thing else you might want to add.
If I can provide care and support for a family member I would be force to do it. I would feel sad to do it. But there isn't another choice. Older people need attention and it is too hard to watch over them. Do they cost too much money? yeah, but family is family and you gotta pitch in.