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[–]slushpilot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

nursing homes and assisted living facilities relied heavily on family members to come in and help put. Those facilities are thinly staffed with grossly underpaid workers.

Hell yes, this is accurate. We saw this with an elder family member before last year as well. And it was expensive for what they provided. You might as well book grandma & grandpa on a perpetual all-inclusive cruise... at least they'd get service for what they paid for.

[–]coffee_addict[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes! I think my dad's co-pay for that nursing home was $200 per day. He could have been in a hotel with a caregiver checking in on him several times a day for that price. And that was CO-PAY. I want to say medicare paid something like $1200 a day -- and they ignored him. I want to know where the money goes, because it doesn't go to the staff.