Even though twenty-four-hour nursing care is available at nursing homes, I don't ever want to live in one.
I have experiance with nursing homes, and patients are most of the time not treated well
Also called convalescent care, skilled nursing or a long-term facility. I worked in them for 5 or so years a long time ago as a CNA. The issue is not enough staff for the patients.
and I say not pay to equal the work and care needed for the patients
Yes the pay isn't good in some states. When I started it was $8 an hour. Now it's probably $11 but still not enough. I broke my back and I was pregnant! They get around the clock care..
I wish some of the workers were trained in sensitivity training
They are trained, but you cannot change a person who is heartless in their real life. They also need more planned activities outside the nursing home.
I agree, my great grand father was in one, which was supposed to be a rehab, he was having a hard time in the shower, and the nurse got aggervated at him and threw a wet washcloth in his face, some people are terrible
OMG that is just awful... See I left to do home-care it so much better. You have more time one-on-one and the patient is the priority. Plus they stay home. The memory care services were all a scam too.
I wish the staff would think of these old people as their mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, maybe they would have more patients