Patricia Sadoski writes that health care for seniors in the U.S. is broken.
In this April 17, 2020, photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes at the height of the pandemic under a controversial order that was scrapped amid criticisms it accelerated outbreaks, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.
As the primary source of funds are through state and federal programs, oversight is standardized and regulated. There is a standard of care that is expected of these facilities and the oversight is managed by each state. Oversight includes safe practices, building safety and requirements and staffing standards. Whether a nursing home is a for-profit or a not-for-profit, the basic standards are the same. In the United States, 67% of nursing homes are for-profit entities.
For those who may be unaware of what it takes to be an aide in a nursing home, I will inform you. They need to know how to communicate kindly and effectively, how to physically move a person in a safe and comfortable manner, and how to bathe, assist with meals and dress a person who can’t dress themselves. And they need to have a basic understanding of how to prevent the spread of disease as we discovered with the pandemic. It is often emotionally and physically exhausting.
Prior to the worldwide pandemic, it was difficult to effectively and efficiently staff nursing homes. Since the pandemic, the nursing homes have not been exempted from the significant staffing crisis that plagues our nation. Many nursing homes struggle to appropriately staff and to safely cover the resident needs. Some close beds so their limited staff is not overwhelmed.
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