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- Every year, thousands of Americans are evicted from nursing homes or discharged against their wishes-sometimes illegally because they’re low-income and on state assistance like Medicaid. In 2017, long-term care ombudsmen received 10,610 complaints about discharges and transfers, up from 9,192 in 2015. In certain situations, it is perfectly legal for a nursing home to ask someone to leave: for example, if a patient’s health has improved. But even the federal government acknowledged in a 2017 memo that some nursing homes are manipulating the rules, pushing out low-income elderly and disabled people on Medicaid to make room for more lucrative patients.
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One of the richest countries in the world and we turn on our sick and seniors. Awful, Awful, Awful!
How do u think we became the richest? Wasn't with kindness
@@princesslamour1985 I guess you’d think that now that we are(or should be) we should be able to do more good. Instead things just seem to be getting worse…
So much for being the best country in the world.
All the money america sends to other countries 😡😡
It's information like this that makes me happy that a)my father doesn't live in US b)where he lives there ARE public health services and c) He had 7 children, and we all worked to cover the financial needs and the labor to care for him at the hospital, after when he went home to rest and rehabilitate, and even after, now basically, that he can't work as before... I can't possibly understand people who carelessly leave someone alone, sick and homeless on the street, take advantage of an elderly person... How? Just... I can't... Everytime I see someone old I think of my grandparents, when I see someone I'll I think of my father, my mother... How can they make a blind eye to their suffering? It's... Beyond me
it's not the family, it's the Democrats, they are greedy and cold and cruel as they come, you have no idea, but I do. And that is the truth. You have no idea. God bless you and your family! What they did to my own elderly mother, is unspeakable.
Shame on those people..they will be old and sick one day and i pray they get the same treatment that they bestowed upon these poor souls
9 thousand a month robbery
My Mom is Still Working she is 80 i hope she never in a nursing home
"The nursing home Industry".That tells me everything I need to know.
So we can also add "the hospital industry".Then the "prison industry". Lord Have Mercy!!
WTF! This is crazy!!
OH NO
sad
Kicked out sent on Skid row and they was smiling WOW that's sick 🤢 prison treat inmates better than nursing homes sometimes as a former nurse and as a former correctional officer dude just commit a crime that way you have somewhere to stay and some type of medical Care we will give you insulin and make sure you're alive and if you're guilty we won't be just throwing you out in the middle of the night with a smile on our face u will serve your time
$9 F#$king thousand a month!?!?! What the hell do they feed their patients.. Gold?!
It goes to the sharks at the top of the nursing home food chain.
It's more where I live for the cheapest ones
It cost alot to staff nurses, aids, doctors and supplies.
That's nothing try 23,000 for 6 weeks in a rehabilitation facility and add therapy charges on top of that Medicare only paid for the therapy we had to pay the 23,000 out of our pocket. It's disgusting how seniors are treated if your loved one is going through this you have to stay on top of this crap it becomes a full-time job
30 cent chalk drinks 3 a day.
This is heartbreaking, and just greedy on the "system's" part. We need so much change in this country! Smdh..
Poor people.. guess what, they are not just blind, deaf, demented, disabled people. They used to be vibrant, productive, essential members of society. You know what that means? The folks who are young right now - you and me - can expect to be in their position not too far down the road.
Exactly! By treating everyone with dignity, we are helping ourselves too. Even if we are selfish and do it as an insurance policy, it helps everyone eventually
@@CrystalMouse1 the sad thing is, if we don’t TRULY feel it, we’ll be in a situation where, if anything goes wrong, we’ll be quicker to walk away and that cripples us as a society. We need to start telling these women to get back in that kitchen and start taking care of our family…
More reasons while we need national healthcare
I've been a veteran for over 15 years, injured in the line of duty. When I joined the VA I was told I could go to the local ER for heart attack/stroke, otherwise, I needed to go over 70 miles away [best case scenario, otherwise it was over a 100] to receive care and that included for multiple broken bones. We've only had more localized care over the past few years and that was because the sitting president at the time allowed the VA to reach such a state that the number of veterans were dying waiting to receive any care became a national news story. That situation had been going for years by this point. I have literally almost died more than once due to sub-standard care [I'm lucky I had a local non-profit hospital save my life] and have sat next to others in my position as we waited for hours, or worse were dying because care came too late.
So sure, the government still can't keep staffing up at their facilities, still has problems offering quality services, veterans, especially in rural or poor areas, still have problems seeing doctors, they still delay care but let's widen this net. Meanwhile, the cost of living increases across the board while people advocate for more taxes to pay for a system that is destined to fail in a country where people refuse to take care of themselves. Our health system has a lot of problems, way too many, but looking at countries with socialized medicine that are much smaller than the US - well, it's not a pretty picture either when one actually bothers to look below the surface.
But sure, the overly simplified solution of 'just let the government run it' sure sounds great. Good luck with that. They've done such a great job with veterans who make up such a small portion of this nation's population, I'm sure they'll do great with you while you get to drive long stretches to see a doctor approved in your care system after waiting months to get in. Hope their a good one despite the pay since apparently, people in healthcare should forgo paying rent and eating. Between the massive amount of red tape, lower pay, and low quality/access services, the Feds can't keep quality staff but I'm sure that won't be a problem under the glorified socialist idealism. Not like it's a problem for NHS, oh, wait...
Mobile doctor might be a good idea
@@Amoreyna you do realise some countries have national health care along with private health care
YES! Nursing home and assisted living is SO expensive even with long term care or other insurance. When my dad went into a nursing home, even with long term care insurance, he still had to pay about a third of the cost out of pocket.
@@Amoreyna No one is talking about a VA system.
Hospitals do this on a daily basis.wheel you to the property line and out you go. despicable
And with the rent increasing, more homeless, yet people just dismiss most as mentally ill or addicts - how are any of these reasons ok? These people are our elderly - we need to care for them -
Health care in America should be free from cradle to grave !
Someone has to pay for it. Nothing is free. No doctor, nurse, or healthcare worker will work for free. No hospital or healthcare facility gets electricity, water, etc... for free. No equipment or medication for free. I have seen "free" long-term care. You wouldn't want it.
@@pixie_the_rabbit6833 oh now I don't wanna hear that "healthcare shouldn't be free bullsh!t"! one of the only countries where we criminalize being poor or homeless and the ultra rich and privileged get all the breaks! SMH!
@@pixie_the_rabbit6833When “adequate” healthcare for me, means there are other people suffering without any access to care at all because of inability to pay… that’s not more acceptable than long wait times, to people with empathy for their fellow humans.
@@cubwals03America spends a lot of money on safety nets. If money is mishandled by the government that’s politicians fault not rich people. Yes people can go from rich to nothing at any moment, due to many reasons. The less fortunate have perks as well.
Ah yes...Once again, Corporations. When I began my nursing career, I only accepted the most difficult cases because nobody wanted to. Word got out and my 2nd year of working, I had an waiting list of 85 ppl. 3rd year it went to a stunning 300+ ppl waiting. I would feel horrible that I couldn't help them all. I started to work 1 week or so in ppls homes, just to set the standards and levels of care families came to know of my work. It worked, with a few hiccups, but I was happy that at least 52 ppl got great care and nurses got great technical knowledge to make life easy for all without giving up ANY quality. I would always stop by after my shift and visit up to 3 homes, just to make sure standards were met and kept. Supervisors would ask me "why?", Its really simple..these are human beings and deserved the quality of those with 5 star insurance. And yes, I pissed off a lot of ppl, but 🤷♂️ They've given me awards and such, my sis would always pick them up and say a few words, after all, I was too busy and too shy to accept them myself. I've never told this story before, just close friends and family knew. Whether you have 10 cents or 10 million, everyone should be treated to top quality care, PERIOD!!! I felt such rage watching this, but was slightly comforted by the smiles that some of the patients had. Gosh...I've never ranted like this before, apologies for my long wind! Wishing all folks reading an Happy and Safe Holiday to you and yours!💝
God bless you for helping so many people. You’re not ranting, you’re absolutely right!
@@elaine462 Thank you so much for your kind words. I wish you and your family many Blessings and a safe and happy holiday season. 💝
Good on you if you truly did that
Thank you for making a difference even if it was 52 people or two people thank you for vending thank you for giving me something positive to think about today when things have been super depressing never underestimate anything that you do especially when it helps someone else God smiles on you for helping his oppressed
Stay blessed one of my siblings in Christ I love you
Sweet Jesus this is so wrong oh god
And one day those caress Will need someone to take care of them
POOR UKRAINE PEOPLE NEED BILLIONS MORE😭😭,,,,WE CAN'T HELP OUR OWN😂😂😂
My heart breaks as I’ve experienced this in my own life and it’s one of the very most awful stressful sad and mentally&physically taxing things to go through in this life.
My heart and condolences go out to the families of the lady who’s husband died in May and the son and daughter of the sweet lady who died after her many ordeals as well.
This has got to be changed. There are too many scores and scores of “baby boomers” from age 55 ish+ that are in need of serious care Etc, and this will only continue to epidemic levels that we’ve never seen, over the next decade onwards and it’s going to be a nightmare and it’s NOT RIGHT OR FAIR.
"Fair" is for disneyland. Reality doesn't do "fair", and we have to work with reality.
As you say, this should be a warning to any younger person who thinks the Govt will come to their rescue when they get old. It was always a stupid thing to believe, so at this point they should know better .. but unfortunately some don't. Hopefully this reminds those folk, and they realise they have to financially plan ahead for their old age. And they have to stick together in stable, secure, and supportive families.
Corporate greed is fueling a lot of this. Most hospitals and nursing homes are owned by corporations, all they care about is maximizing profits at the expense of their patients and staff. I think any nursing home that dumps a disabled person at a homeless shelter is sorry as hell. Homeless shelters are not equipped to care for people who are handicapped, need doctor visits and medications every day, etc. I hope this doesn’t one day happen to me or my family.
AMEN
This is a disturbing trend & a direct result of lack of individual state funding of nursing homes. This problem needs to be solved before the rest of us boomers get to our 70’s & 80’s. Legislators! Are you listening?
No they're not. The owners of many of these places are donors to politicians.
Government is bankrupt. They can't help.
I would never put my parents in a nursing home. NEVER. I would work 100x's as hard thru life to make sure I never hear my mother tell me "I don't want to be a burden."
Many older folks lost everything during the crash of 2008. So the government released the stimulus package & the receivers went laughing to the bank...
Don't feel bad for changing your mother's diaper, my father did it for years . Until her for 12 years she had Alzheimer's.
This is capitalism markets and profits
Please... do not stick your family members in homes...
Take care of them. They took care of you. They have gone through thick and thin for you. Please don’t hand them off to strangers. They may not take care of them and worse abuse them.
In European countries they take care of their elders. They respect them.
I loved my grandparents. Moved to be close to them. I did everything in my power to keep them comfortable. It was my pleasure. I told them when I was a child I would do so, and kept my promise.
Please don’t toss your elders aside.
Everyone pull together. Everyone help.
What happens when the said Family goes Financially Bankrupt, lose their Employment, other Resources, and any other Family Members get infirmed and incapacitated themselves from their own Stressors and Health issues, Then What?!
What happens when Extended Family Members just plain don't want to take on the responsibility for that said Elderly Patient due to their own problems, their own necessary Lifestyle choices, their inability to do any sort of caregiving, or the fact that they cannot realistically spend the rest of their lives taking responsibility for that Person's Livelihood, What Then?!
It's easy to make a blank statement, however if you cannot realistically take care of another Person in their Old Age and someone who's disabled, that's really impossible...
Just what are the elders suppose to go when they have NO FAMILY????
Perhaps this OLIGARCHY will impose a "final solution" to unwanted, poor elders!
I’m disabled now and I used to be a CNA at a nursing home. I’m greatly grieved by this dilemma. I think the cause is our country’s hiking up costs of everything. Nursing homes are ridiculously expensive and yet aids are run to the bone. Also, the elderly and severely disabled need places to go. Personally, I won’t be a vegetable. I’ll do assisted suicide if it gets to the level of not being able to know my loved ones. That’s my personal decision based on my own chronic disability and what I saw when I was working. I don’t think these facilities are any way to live. Not going out in nature, not being free. But are we really free in America? Just ask any tribal member that
As a nurse that no longer works as a correctional officer that no longer works if all else fails commit a crime go to prison if your prison system is like America they will give you 3 meals a day make sure you're alive give you insulin that's better than sitting in a nursing home waiting to get evicted at least if you did the crime you going to do the time
@@blindsey1043 that means a lot coming from an RN sheesh 😬 I have joked that the new retirement plan is to rob a bank for $1 to get a place to stay and food for thousands less than a nursing home bonus is I'd receive a free psych eval. Been trying to get a psychiatrist for years but there's a long waiting list 😞 just awful.
I wish I would have been able to finish RN school I'm LVN but still nurse yes I'll watch the psychiatric nurse go from sale to sell and talk to the offenders even they have psychiatric help
I thought it if I was feels and I can't provide for myself anymore I'll I will commit a crime just so I have a place to stay it's just how it works I didn't make the rules lol yes please commit the least offensive crime just in case you ever want to get out
@@blindsey1043 LVN awesome 😁
I saw it on a news report once. An old man in need robbed a bank for a dollar. Upon arrest said that he couldn't afford to stay in the nursing home. I think he was a genius
@@CrystalMouse1 thanks ,🤔😵💫😆 I never seen that but I should have known somebody's done it already if all else fails prison is like motel 6 they'll keep the light on for you, 🤔😆 I'm even scared about nursing homes I was watching about nursing home abuse and this lady slapped at 85-year-old and hit her several times sometimes people are better off either in prison or homeless if that's what they got to deal with
Time is sadly not on our side in this dilemma and THEY know it!! It’s infuriating and foreboding...This is where we all will be going and it is sad.
We live in Canada, where healthcare is free. However, seniors are expected to pay $1000's in extended care. I choose to move back home and be a caretaker for both parents. I don't think I could live myself if I knew they could possibly become evicted from a home. I am able to do this due to the fact my parents have an awesome pension. I wish people understood how much this effects every part of the community. How can corporations leave the elderly in destitute? Shame!
Because only by leaving others destitute can they ensure the same won't happen to them!!!!! The corp members want all your money to provide themselves with what they refuse others!!!
People don't want to care for their elderly at home. For 500$ a day you can afford in home care givers!
Why do we keep saying America is the richest nation in the world when the quality of life( especially for the sick)is so so poor.
As a father,a healthcare provider , a nurse and a recent graduate in health Administration I am beginning to ask myself many questions.
If a patient is a problem (constantly getting up and falling, rude, threatening to call state) the nursing home will try to legally get rid of you as soon as possible. The nurses are are already over whelmed, when these patients are falling and causing problems the administration will try to get rid of them.
Capitalism is king😆💵💵💵💲💲💲
What I find pathetic is that these same outraged people will reelect Republicans who are destroying any safety net that would help these people.
America is becoming one of the worse because of greed. Most of all there’s so many who are not compassionate enough.
GOD FORBID to ever end up in one of these concentrations camps (aka nursing homes)! God forbid!!!!
I've worked in this field for over 25 yrs. I've seen some bad things but I've also seen residents who are fine but you cldnt get them to leave with a crowbar.
I don't want to get old, in this world today.
It's just as bad in the UK. Billions and billions paid in taxes by the poor Brits and they are unable to get to see a doctor let alone get crucial medical treatment. People are dying unnecessarily because they can't access medical treatment. Some desperate Brits are resorting to home dentistry because dentistry is unaffordable. Real tragedy unfolding in the UK.
I left the country a while back. Final straw was when I was asked to see a chemist for a genuine medical problem but a UK chemist is NOT MEDICALLY trained to offer ANY MEDICAL ADVICE OR TREATMENT. Rather than risk my health, i thought it was time to leave the UK.
Lives or money.. America right now.
So the guy is saying he had the money to pay for half the home but couldn't just keep his mom at his house? His wife and sister there could have changed her diaper! She needed a nurse! so pay for her nurse to do those things during the day when they are there! Crying over not being able to place them in care but thousands of people that are poor take care of their parents at home change diapers and feed daily!! She changed your shitty diaper now you change hers! You won't have her long so enjoy her while you can! Selfish people over there! Us poor people keep granny at home we struggle but GOD always makes a way for us to be ok! We believe in the LORD JESUS! We won't have no worries!💖🌹
I hope the nursing home industry will never have me to enrich them. When time will come where I will depend on the good will of exploited employees to take care of me, I hope to have the courage to end my life by myself with the right medication taken in excess enough to leave this selfish world. Self eutthanasia that is!
Who the f can afford $9k a month? No-one.
I think people should get paid to keep their love ones at home if need to be. And a lot of people have to have someone to blame. It is impossible to care for 150 plus people and some time the nursing home have to let some go if they start to harm other residents. It's not far but what they don't tell you is at the point somebody becomes hurt behind your loved one that's a law suit. Their job is to protect mom and dad.
Sad that this is the best a rich country like America allows such things happen to seniors
Well rent is going up every where the cost of living is going up like crazy, it would seem that it’s cheaper to die but then that cost thousands of dollars for burial lord what are we going to do but depend on you
Do whatever you can so your parents DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN A HOME. Do not put your parents in a home. Do not do it. Senior residence like apartments etc is okay.
Jesus Christ. I’m so sorry.
Don't cry. I don't like the nursing home who always do the nursing home for only business but don't have the kindness for people who are humen as they are. In my country I take care my Dad and my mom the best as they are my God. Do the right thing ,the holy spirit will protect you even if you are poor.
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Insane. There should be a fund
Insurance only covers 20 days in a nursing home? 😂 what a joke
Not sure what's worse. The fact that the system is so screwed up or the fact that your own children can't take care of you.
The hardest part through all this was changing your Mom's diaper... food for thought.
How are they supposed to work and take care of their parents plus their children! This is so ignorant!
No compassion anymore. Look what happened to Lisa Edwards.
As much as we wouldn’t leave a child on the street, why should we leave a senior citizen on the street? With medical complications, they’re equally (if not more in some cases) as vulnerable! Everyone should have the right to feel safe. Too bad that isn’t a part of the constitution!
I have said this in comments line about hospitals and nursing homes and to the insurance companies of this HOW MUCH ,,HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH TO THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY SICKEN MORE THEN MY HEALTH PROBLEMS. 😢😢😢😮😮..........
Most people will end up in a nursing home, if they live long enough. Some go sooner, if they haven’t taken care of themselves.
People sayin' disabled folks shouldn't treated with love and respect need to take a long hard look in the mirror. Being severely disabled is a possibility, even if you're in great health now. You jus' don't know sometimes. They deserve to be treated with kindness despite their disabilities. I take care of my disabled grandma. If we find, in the unfortunate circumstance, we become homeless, I'll.be right there with her. She raised me since 'bout 3 months old. And I'll take care of her. Jus' need to get my Ls for when she can't drive anymore. She drives for now. Has arthritis. I love her with all my heart.
During the late 1970s and 80s, dumping patients on the street or to county hospitals or clinics was common practice. Hospitals, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers would simply load up the patient and leave them in another waiting room or even on the curb. It was horrible. People were found deathly ill or dead.
The current measures quoted here were the result of this. One of the axes to grind is healthcare.
Watch very closely on what your favorite candidates are proposing for healthcare in this election. Your life will depend on it.
It probably doesn't help that when you sign a release form and they tell you it's just" permission to treat", but you never see the document, just an electronic block square. This is where you are giving up rights and things that may go wrong. It should be illegal. Here in New Mexico, you have to ask to see what you are signing
When exactly did we get this cruel?
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Horrible!!!
Isn't the STATE required to take care of them?
State will pay for nursing home levels of care.
this video should have way more views
They need to get rid of all the big bosses of these places that's where it comes from the top sack all of them and have them replaced all of these hungry money BUSSINESS
At the same time family’s unfortunately have to step up.
It’s all about the ALL MIGHTY DOLLAR BILL
California is a tough state to live in! They have as many wealthy as poor!
Be Well Everyone.
Have some pudding...
What I'd they are single and have no family
Where's Dial A Lift?
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Everyone in that family walks with a limp. Pretty interesting. I’m going to assume one of the older members of the family had a problem and the rest just mimicked it, unknowingly.