Friday, May 8, 2009
Crazy Crap / Hargrove Dying No Excuse For Not Giving 30-Days Notice at White House, TN Nursing Home
Posted by Brantley Hargrove on Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Because 81-year-old Lucille Harrell expired and broke her contract like a bad college tenant, the nursing home kept $900 of her deposit. Hey, her time on this earth is our money, right?
Days manager John McCrory told WSMV: "If they see they are having lots of problems, I even recommend they give 30-day notice at that time, that way it'll cut off some of the costs."
Says son Randy, "This came on so suddenly who knows to give a notice like that?"
Tough. In the nursing home biz, old people are fungible commodities. Doesn't mean empty rooms don't cost.
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Am I the only person who has noticed that this arrangement means that Windlands Center benefits if the people in their care die? So, what impetus do they have to provide good care for their patients?
I hope the police take a close look at any deaths that happen there that aren't the result of long illnesses, because this sure looks like a great way for an unscrupulous business to make a little money by withholding care.
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Shocking. Well, maybe not so shocking. In any event, the Retardlicans who run the State Legislature are too busy with the pressing issues of homeschool diplomas and allowing guns on playgrounds to address something like this. And even if they had time, it's none of our business to interfere with business, right? The market is ALWAYS the solution!
I feel like we should slip those old folks some kind of warning, maybe little notes that say things like "Don't eat anything with mayo!" or "If you smell almonds, it could be poison!"
I can't believe anyone would have the gall to get on television and try to justify this.
Since our legislators recently scooted through the legislation nicknamed the "Euthinasia bill" which allows nurse aides (CNA's) in nursing homes to give meds, anyone who enters a nursing home should give that 30-day notice every 30 days. That's about the only way you'd be sure to get that deposit back. Medication errors, which can kill you quick, without 30 days notice, are not uncommon in Tennessee, and apt to get a lot more common. LPN's who can at least read and write proficiently and have had 13 big whopping months of training, as opposed to the less than three months for CNA's, cost more. And since we have the biggest and most powerful nursing home lobby in Tennessee anywhere--this is either the trickle down market or the dog eat dog politics recommended by the state's right wing, what do you expect? Next I guess we'll have to reserve our slots, give an expected date of vacating, etc. all to make it easier on the nursing homes. Face it people, our government is for sale. The lives of our nursing home population is already forfeit.
