Sadly we just dealt with multiple incidents of terrible negligence and the ignoring of basic safety protocols for my mother at an assisted living facility. While there were many wonderful people working there, the staff are often underpaid and overworked and the understaffing means insufficient care is available when needed. We have elected to take legal action as their negligence resulted in a horrible painful death. Anyone with a loved one in this situation - I urge you to keep organized, detailed records and to take legal action when appropriate. If you have any alternative to placing your loved one in an institution, then take that option. But if this is the only viable option, visit frequently and be vigilant. These places are often set up to make money for shareholders, not to best serve residents.
Some things should be non-profit only and assisted living is one of them. It’s horrifying that they’ve become death care centers of profit at the peril of people’s lives!!!!!
My heart goes out to you, Michelle. No one should have to suffer the way your mom did all so some dudes could squeeze profit out of her last months on earth. It’s utterly unconscionable.
That is not profit. Profit is moral. It is the benefit that both parties to a voluntary transaction gain from it. The service provider profits from the fee paid by the client, and the client profits from the service. Ill-gotten gain obtained by one party to the detriment of another is not moral, and therefore not profit. It is plunder. Why do we use the same word to mean two different and completely opposite things, and no one notices that semantic imprecision?
The confused use of the word profit is what leads to the equally confused abuse of the word capitalism as a catch-all epithet to characterize the utterly abhorrent, criminal malfeasance, breach of trust, corruption, and murderous intent described in this post. The truth is that these murder mills are the antithesis of capitalism; yet, capitalism gets the blame. One injustice heaped upon another.
The tragic loss of a life was only barely avoided here. But capitalism is not to blame. The problem is the lack of integrity in the so-called caregivers, which in turn is the direct consequence of a far more insidious, much more fundamental problem. Does anyone really believe that the same kind of corruption, incompetence, and outright criminal behavior would not happen in a socialist or “non-profit”system? The truth is that it would be and actually is more likely to happen there.
There are very deep waters here, and this comment is not the best place to unpack the mess. I absolutely agree that the problem is systemic, but falsely accusing capitalism is exactly why the problem remains unsolved, while the real cause of the problem remains hidden in plain sight. For now I will just say that if true capitalism were involved, a problem like this would never exist in the first place.
One woman who lost her daughter to homicidal hospital protocols during Covid created a “death by hospital protocol” app for loved ones who were killed. At least that way people can share their stories, and also search by hospital for the most dangerous hospitals.
This brings to mind my Dad’s brush with death with the NHS in the noughties. The NHS does so much good but if you’re anything short of nice with them as a patient their hearts can blacken like turning out a light. Staff couldn’t see past the fact that my Dad was not backward when it came to profanity to connect with the scared little frail old man that was before them. They just wanted him off their ward and somehow a DNR was the best way to achieve their goal. My relationship with my dad was threadbare due to virtual estrangement since my Mom divorced him when I was a child, but when they asked for my consent to a DNR there was no way on earth I was going to agree. Long story short my Dad regained his faculties and walked out of the ward with his head held high while staff avoided eye contact. He got a further ten good years in before he passed, but in that moment I saw just how insidious institutions like hospitals can be.
Sadly we just dealt with multiple incidents of terrible negligence and the ignoring of basic safety protocols for my mother at an assisted living facility. While there were many wonderful people working there, the staff are often underpaid and overworked and the understaffing means insufficient care is available when needed. We have elected to take legal action as their negligence resulted in a horrible painful death. Anyone with a loved one in this situation - I urge you to keep organized, detailed records and to take legal action when appropriate. If you have any alternative to placing your loved one in an institution, then take that option. But if this is the only viable option, visit frequently and be vigilant. These places are often set up to make money for shareholders, not to best serve residents.
Some things should be non-profit only and assisted living is one of them. It’s horrifying that they’ve become death care centers of profit at the peril of people’s lives!!!!!
My heart goes out to you, Michelle. No one should have to suffer the way your mom did all so some dudes could squeeze profit out of her last months on earth. It’s utterly unconscionable.
That is not profit. Profit is moral. It is the benefit that both parties to a voluntary transaction gain from it. The service provider profits from the fee paid by the client, and the client profits from the service. Ill-gotten gain obtained by one party to the detriment of another is not moral, and therefore not profit. It is plunder. Why do we use the same word to mean two different and completely opposite things, and no one notices that semantic imprecision?
The confused use of the word profit is what leads to the equally confused abuse of the word capitalism as a catch-all epithet to characterize the utterly abhorrent, criminal malfeasance, breach of trust, corruption, and murderous intent described in this post. The truth is that these murder mills are the antithesis of capitalism; yet, capitalism gets the blame. One injustice heaped upon another.
The tragic loss of a life was only barely avoided here. But capitalism is not to blame. The problem is the lack of integrity in the so-called caregivers, which in turn is the direct consequence of a far more insidious, much more fundamental problem. Does anyone really believe that the same kind of corruption, incompetence, and outright criminal behavior would not happen in a socialist or “non-profit”system? The truth is that it would be and actually is more likely to happen there.
There are very deep waters here, and this comment is not the best place to unpack the mess. I absolutely agree that the problem is systemic, but falsely accusing capitalism is exactly why the problem remains unsolved, while the real cause of the problem remains hidden in plain sight. For now I will just say that if true capitalism were involved, a problem like this would never exist in the first place.
This gave me chills, and indeed, one wonders how a person can be both talking and unresponsive at the same time 😬
A manager wonders how this criminal behavior can be punished and prevented!
I’m with your manager!
One woman who lost her daughter to homicidal hospital protocols during Covid created a “death by hospital protocol” app for loved ones who were killed. At least that way people can share their stories, and also search by hospital for the most dangerous hospitals.
Crazy times we’re living in!
This brings to mind my Dad’s brush with death with the NHS in the noughties. The NHS does so much good but if you’re anything short of nice with them as a patient their hearts can blacken like turning out a light. Staff couldn’t see past the fact that my Dad was not backward when it came to profanity to connect with the scared little frail old man that was before them. They just wanted him off their ward and somehow a DNR was the best way to achieve their goal. My relationship with my dad was threadbare due to virtual estrangement since my Mom divorced him when I was a child, but when they asked for my consent to a DNR there was no way on earth I was going to agree. Long story short my Dad regained his faculties and walked out of the ward with his head held high while staff avoided eye contact. He got a further ten good years in before he passed, but in that moment I saw just how insidious institutions like hospitals can be.
Billy, I really feel this! Insidious is the right word!!! So glad he survived this brush with death and lived another decade!!!
DNR — a new method of easy murder in the modern day. Truly horrific!