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JudyM

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2. Horrible.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 08:40 PM

Sep 2020

Nursing home/congregate living staff are notoriously overworked and underpaid, even at “good” facilities. The US needs more meaningful standards and enforcement. One of those areas where privatization is too often nothing more than soulless gouging as much as possible out of all the players, while carefully putting lipstick on the pig.

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FBI Raids Pennsylvania Nursing Home Where Hundreds Caught Coronavirus, Dozens Died [View all] appalachiablue Sep 2020 OP

Pennsylvania. Shame on you! Baitball Blogger Sep 2020 #1

Appalling, inexcusable in the wealthiest nation in world history. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #3

Horrible. JudyM Sep 2020 #2

Staff are terribly used & exploited, even at the classier centers. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #4

Yes, that's the bittersweet part. So many of them are in the profession because they genuinely care JudyM Sep 2020 #9

That's it exactly & also what's being done with teachers, appalachiablue Sep 2020 #11

Yes! Same thing. Two of the most important roles in society, performed predominantly by women. JudyM Sep 2020 #14

Care work is so undervalued, dismissed in community appalachiablue Sep 2020 #15

i'm usually in favor of giving ppl as long as it takes to learn a job but ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #5

Relaxed rules for training was what the lobby wanted & got this year. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #7

ty. iow ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #12

There's been something fishy about these owners DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #6

So sad for patients & families: you could be right Re MM fraud. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #8

The fact a facility in Mt Lebananon was also raided DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #10

Big racket corruption, crooks! appalachiablue Sep 2020 #13

That's what I think DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #16