Monday, June 2, 2014

Is there no shame?

I want answers. A simple clear-cut explanation. Why can’t a nursing home handle Alzheimer-afflicted Ron? For a monthly fee of $10,600. For a fraction of that, one could hire a full-time, well-qualified care-giver. To deal with Ron. One-on-one. Face-to-face. Every day. Instead, Ron is put on multiple drugs. With terrible side effects.  The idea is to quell him. Make him docile. A zombie. Anyway, Ron is deemed ‘unmanageable.’  Kicked out of the nursing home.  Ron’s daughter and son-in-law have to decide what to do next. Indeed, a dilemma. One that should be investigated. Why do things like this happen?  Right here in America. Is there no shame? –Jim Broede

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