More than 30,000 nursing home eviction notices to be sent in Louisiana Thursday...

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72. I think that the state of Louisiana just made a giant mistake...

If I were elderly (and I am getting there), I will no longer travel on vacation to New Orleans. I will no longer retire to New Orleans or the like, if there is a possibility that one day in the future, I'll be kicked out of my long term health care facility (I do have the insurance for long term health care, but it more than likely won't be near enough). The fact is that the state has a responsibility to these elderly patients and shouldn't just dump these patients merely because of a shortfall of a 1 cent sales tax.

As one post above mentioned, going into a nursing home is a last resort item. My family and I kept my father at home when it was almost impossible to physically move my father (the bathroom, bed, etc.)...It was a challenge that my mother insisted on taking and did.

Either most of those already in homes are there for a specific reason, need special care, 3 meals a day, don't have families to help w/ long term health care needs, and so forth. Most homes are not setup to handle a wheelchair and the like, or have someone around all of the time (they have to work, etc.).

What happens in this particular case (Louisiana) if a nursing home inhabitant doesn't have any family representing them (all by themselves, which oftentimes happens, their spouse has already passed on, etc.)? If I were a citizen of Louisiana, I would be somewhat concerned for this may be my future someday, getting kicked out onto the curb by the state.