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Aaaarrgggghh! I'm beginning to hate P's nursing home
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 359035" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Understaffing IS a problem and it does cause the quality of patient care to decline. THAT is NO excuse for not automatically providing ice or a cold pack to a patient who has fallen or otherwise sprained or strained something. Period.</p><p></p><p>Common sense seems to be something the staff seems to lack. Otherwise they would know that she needed ice, etc...</p><p></p><p>I am glad you are filling out applications. Visiting on a weekend is probably an excellent way to get an idea of how things REALLY are at a facility.</p><p></p><p>WHY do they think they need almost no staff on weekends? I know some of the services are not offered then, but that is when things are bound to go wrong. </p><p></p><p>I hope the next home is more like a home and has people who have common sense and more compassion working there.</p><p></p><p>Has husband been able to treat her yet? I imagine getting her out of the home is a pain. I wonder if there would be a market for a chiro who visited nursing homes with portable equipment? If medicare and/or other insurance would cover it there might be a niche there, a real untapped market. There is a chain of dentists across my state that ONLY sees medicare/medicaid patients. The owner/majority shareholder is the husband of a girl I knew in high school. Everyone told him he would go bankrupt if he did that. Within 5 years of opening his own practice doing just medicaid/medicare he built a larger, much needed office, brought in 2 partners and in the next five years he opened offices across the state. There were almost NO dentists who accepted that insurance because it can be slow paying and difficult. Even with the recession his business is growing fast. Maybe because of the recession???</p><p></p><p>I know your husband owns his own business and thought this might be an interesting idea for y'all to kick around? Otherwise ignore it!</p><p></p><p>Hugs to you, husband and P. And difficult child, of course. Does he visit with P? How well does he handle it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 359035, member: 1233"] Understaffing IS a problem and it does cause the quality of patient care to decline. THAT is NO excuse for not automatically providing ice or a cold pack to a patient who has fallen or otherwise sprained or strained something. Period. Common sense seems to be something the staff seems to lack. Otherwise they would know that she needed ice, etc... I am glad you are filling out applications. Visiting on a weekend is probably an excellent way to get an idea of how things REALLY are at a facility. WHY do they think they need almost no staff on weekends? I know some of the services are not offered then, but that is when things are bound to go wrong. I hope the next home is more like a home and has people who have common sense and more compassion working there. Has husband been able to treat her yet? I imagine getting her out of the home is a pain. I wonder if there would be a market for a chiro who visited nursing homes with portable equipment? If medicare and/or other insurance would cover it there might be a niche there, a real untapped market. There is a chain of dentists across my state that ONLY sees medicare/medicaid patients. The owner/majority shareholder is the husband of a girl I knew in high school. Everyone told him he would go bankrupt if he did that. Within 5 years of opening his own practice doing just medicaid/medicare he built a larger, much needed office, brought in 2 partners and in the next five years he opened offices across the state. There were almost NO dentists who accepted that insurance because it can be slow paying and difficult. Even with the recession his business is growing fast. Maybe because of the recession??? I know your husband owns his own business and thought this might be an interesting idea for y'all to kick around? Otherwise ignore it! Hugs to you, husband and P. And difficult child, of course. Does he visit with P? How well does he handle it? [/QUOTE]
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