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Lunchtime

Joined: 29 Dec 2007
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Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:14 pm

We have many of these homes tucked away in just about every community. I know a few friends had homes, they had just like two or three people, very small and personal. They did a good job, but after a while went back into the workforce and closed their homes down.

goodnatured

Joined: 03 Nov 2007
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Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:53 am

There used to many tucked a way in the small communities where I live too, fortunately the state woke up and said let’s go out and do some inspections. I know that most people who open up these homes in their home have the best intentions, however there is the money making aspect of it and when you tie that with greed, you have individuals that should not be taking care of animals taking care of people. Pennsylvania has put some standards in place, they do go into the homes and perform inspections, they hold the owner’s accountable and have shut quite a few down.
Many of them were doing it for the money, were not properly staffing them and were not getting the medical care that they needed. Simple check ups were being ignored. Elderly people require the right type of doctor who specializes in geriatric care, many of these homes were not provided, even the basics of it. So the state shut a lot of them down, thank god.
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August

Joined: 09 Jan 2008
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Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:38 am

I think it is great that the state stepped in and took these measures, people get greedy when it comes to money and will do the bare minimum if it mean profit, that is for sure. Glad to hear that they started regulating them. Better for the people who are living in these homes tucked away out of site, out of mind.

Who pays someone when they open a personal care home? Does the state do it? Does social security do it? I never had an intrest in doing it, but I can see where some may, that is great if you are going to care for the people properly, but to neglect them just to collect a check should be against the law. Hopefully they will keep the standards pretty strict, it may deter some of the greedy ones and keep the others in compliance.

Dadummy

Joined: 15 Nov 2007
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Subject: careing for the elderly

Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:57 pm

This is hilarious i have to tell you all about my recent adventure, I work at a senior center and theres this little old lady who moved here from somewhere else. well she does sewing as a hobby and crocheting. she fixed another ladies zipper in her coat, so I ask her to fix one for me and then it turned into two. well we were getting this bad whether and she told me why dont you and me leave early and go to the fabric store and ill get the two zippers and do your two coats over the weekend since the whether is going to be bad. It will give me something to work on. she charges five dollars a coat. I thought this was cheap so i offered to buy her a yard of material to make a apron she wants to make and she said no you just pay me ten dollars when i get them done. I offered to pay her there in case she wanted to get something and again she refused and told me never pay for anything until you get the finised results. I said i trusted her and she said you never know i might die before i finish them and youd be out the money. I laughed and said well id probably be out the coats too. when i took her back home she made me go in and see her apartment, and said i should rent one of them and we could spend time together. heres the clintcher her daughter died right before christmas. shes really nice but i cant replace her daughter, id be more than willing to be her friend.

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