Reply #2: nursing homes are already cutting back . . .

[DollyM]

I was 20 hours a week as an activity assistant and got cut to 10 hours a week since the state was 6 months behind in making their Medicaid payments to the home. And that was over a year ago. I volunteered the other 10 hours as long as I was financially able and had to look for something else. You would be surprised at how many people put in time they are not paid for at the nursing home simply because there isn't enough money and staff to go around. You would think we could do better for our elders than this. They are the people that built this country and it seems like it is my generation that is destroying everything they built.