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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:17 AM Original message |
This is beyond appalling. Beyond disgusting. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. OMG! shut those fuckers down! Dogs at the dog pound get better treatment! |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. There are times I think it would be better if they died in the street ... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. sweet jesus. My grandpa was in one and my mom and uncle went |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. The man had constant care? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. This happened in Florida? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. and I thought that Florida is paradise for Senior Citizens? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Only if you're a senior citizen with means to stay out of the State systems... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Hubby hates that state--he's lost patients there. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. ''It is not known if the cause of death was related to the aforementioned conditions. '' |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. A sickening story and i hope that nursing home faces criminal charges. But I also wonder ... |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Social services in Florida is a misnomer ... |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. when my mom was in a SNIF post stroke-skilled nursing home-it took me/sis 4 tries to get a doctor |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. i'm so sorry to hear that, |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. It speaks |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. It makes me terrified of getting old in this country. nt |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. If this is true, someone should be prosecuted for this; they had already |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. USA Today Article; Seniors Head South To Mexican Nursing Homes T |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. More outsourcing. I had seen a report not too long ago on TV |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thanks for that article, hadn't seen that one. You know, with our laws and |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. I actually talked to several American retirees in Chapala |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yea, ok - problem...... |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Agreed, but the patients should be repositioned to prevent the pressure ulcers. |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Oh, I agree with you ....... |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Awful isn't it? |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I grew up listening to my mother rant |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. True--I started out as an aide before I became a nurse. However, it |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Sure, it is....... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. That is a problem, if the professionals in charge are just shitty. The home |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. The miracle of the market place. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Oh, my God. So damn sad... so few care homes have adequate staff... |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
19. Good thing he did not live in Communist Cuba |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Communism and Socialism is very bad in comparison to our Christian Capitalist society where |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. This is the result of making profits from the sick and the infirm.. |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. and the owners of the "nursing" home |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. this is disgusting and all too common |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Your very lucky Cali |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. That's healthcare in america for you. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. From an earlier post... |
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