Nursing Homes

[onawbtngr546]

Refresh what a nursing home is before you answer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_home

A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as care homes, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to indicate whether the institutions are public or private, and whether they provide mostly assisted living, or nursing care and emergency medical care. Nursing homes are used by people who do not need to be in a hospital, but require care that is hard to provide in a home setting. The nursing home staff attends to the patients' medical and other needs.

Now, do you agree or disagree with this statement


- Nursing homes should have a registered nurse available on clock 24/7 for patient care.


If yes, why?
If no, why?

[onawbtngr546]

MAGAs? Can't you answer a question? Or you guys getting performance anxiety when you see your name is going to be attached to your vote?


I thought Anonymous was full of highschool kids, not boomers on a hooker forum lol

[Jacuzzme]

My mom’s has 2 full time staff RNs and daily visiting hospice nurses and PAs. It also costs close to 6k/month. Pop was a ww2 vet so she gets a $1500 benefit, that plus pops pension and social security almost covers it so we’ve only got to kick in $600ish to avoid going into her savings.

Dunno what this has to do with politics tbh. There’s a million of these places around that have a wide variety of service levels. You tour many and pick the one that best fits their needs. We’ve done this several times over the last decade, starting at an independent living apartment and moving up in care as needed. She won’t, unfortunately, just move into my place, even tho the mrs is way past a nurse. That generation is full of pride, so I think it’s an embarrassment thing re: incontinence.

There’s no good answer to this poll bc a long term care facility can mean 100 different things. If you need a place with 24/7-365 RN availability, use one that has that. If the oldster isn’t at that point pick a different one and save a few bucks. No need for the government to be involved at all.

[onawbtngr546]

Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

My mom’s has 2 full time staff RNs and daily visiting hospice nurses and PAs. It also costs close to 6k/month. Pop was a ww2 vet so she gets a $1500 benefit, that plus pops pension and social security almost covers it so we’ve only got to kick in $600ish to avoid going into her savings.

Dunno what this has to do with politics tbh. There’s a million of these places around that have a wide variety of service levels. You tour many and pick the one that best fits their needs. We’ve done this several times over the last decade, starting at an independent living apartment and moving up in care as needed. She won’t, unfortunately, just move into my place, even tho the mrs is way past a nurse. That generation is full of pride, so I think it’s an embarrassment thing re: incontinence.

Can you put your money where your mouth is and commit to vote?


trump's appointee Dr Oz disagrees. He thinks that nurses at nursing homes should be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Don't want to give nurses to DEI elderly and whatnot. And for those who are more DEI than others, they want to put AI in charge of elder health


https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...d/82402642007/
https://skillednursingnews.com/2025/...ation-hearing/
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/pay...antage-reforms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ng/ar-AA1AWDaQ


Though now that I've pointed out that your own personal position is at odds with the trump admin, are you going to change your opinion that nurses shouldn't be available at nursing homes?

[Jacuzzme]

My position isn’t at odds with anything. If your mom/dad/grandparent needs a place with staff nursing, go to one that has that. If they don’t, don’t. What a government employee says is irrelevant.

[Mplay]

Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

My mom’s has 2 full time staff RNs and daily visiting hospice nurses and PAs. It also costs close to 6k/month. Pop was a ww2 vet so she gets a $1500 benefit, that plus pops pension and social security almost covers it so we’ve only got to kick in $600ish to avoid going into her savings.

Dunno what this has to do with politics tbh. There’s a million of these places around that have a wide variety of service levels. You tour many and pick the one that best fits their needs. We’ve done this several times over the last decade, starting at an independent living apartment and moving up in care as needed. She won’t, unfortunately, just move into my place, even tho the mrs is way past a nurse. That generation is full of pride, so I think it’s an embarrassment thing re: incontinence.

There’s no good answer to this poll bc a long term care facility can mean 100 different things. If you need a place with 24/7-365 RN availability, use one that has that. If the oldster isn’t at that point pick a different one and save a few bucks. No need for the government to be involved at all.

I don’t know what it has to do with politics either.

My in laws had long term care my father in law didn’t use his. My mother in law had Alzheimer’s and was in a facility for close to two years. They had an rn overseeing the staff she wasn’t 24/7 but there was a lvn 24/7 for medication. Fortunately their long term care covered it.

[nobody_home]

the answer isn't so simple.
There is no one size fits all "nursing home" anymore.
You have retirement communities, assisted living, memory care, hospice....

[Devo]

I'm not voting, and this is nothing but a shill post to find some reason to blame Trump for something only certain people can perceive as wrong.

Lame.

My wife worked as a nurse at a care facility, for over 30 years, I know a bit about the system.

Mainly, that if something isn't done to save the entire federal medical/care system, late boomers, are going to be the next generation dying at home, because there will be no money to take care of us.

You want to talk about helping assure the next generation has nursing homes to retire to, then cheer Trump to cut enough waste to fully fund Medicare, and Social Security.

There were out of country temp hires staffing at her facility, and they were paying the agency twice what they paid local folks to do the work.

One recently committed a robbery, and got busted, so, as it is, its fucked now, all over money.

[Devo]

You are worrying about RNs, when there isn't anybody to wipe their asses, or feed them.