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appalachiablue

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4. Staff are terribly used & exploited, even at the classier centers.

Reply to JudyM (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 08:53 PM

Sep 2020

Little regulation, just profit. I've had 2 elder relatives in nice places & in one facility the level of neglect & indifference among management & higher level nurses was shocking. In contrast, the daily health aides were caring and efficient.

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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