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In reply to the discussion: It seems like there's a lot of dislike and contempt for "boomers" from "millennials" [View all]eilen
(4,950 posts)Okay, so healthcare costs are through the roof. And lookie who is retiring now, who is the 65 and older-- boomers.
And my hospital, like many hospitals around the country is busy, busy busy developing property. Building towers full of private rooms.
Now, the hospital I used to work at which was built in 1965, had 4 bed wards. That was good enough for the Civics (GI generation) and the Silents and even the generation before them.
We are also being required to take a Niche program on Gerontology to learn and understand all about this large population of people retiring and entering their hospitalization intense years. The Millennial nurses in particular are being socialized and trained to care for them as people my age are mostly moving on to management. A special concentration is on the expectations and idiosyncracies of this cohort lol. Our CEO is a Boomer as was the one before her. I just find this kind of hilarious considering we have been taking care of old people for years. I think they just want us to understand that this cohort complains a lot. In my 20 year career I am seeing more hissy fits, temper tantrums by patients and family members in the past year than ever before.
Oh, and btw, we can't get raises or bonuses because of the cost of this and because of Obamacare lowering our reimbursements because these patients cannot be expected to be responsible for their health. If they are noncompliant and have to return -- we get no compensation for providing more care. They are succeeding in creating the BurgerKingization of healthcare.