Dumped: Nursing Home Evictions a Reality for Some Poor Patients | NBC Left Field 

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…

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.

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…

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.

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

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.

No they're not. The owners of many of these places are donors to politicians.

Government is bankrupt. They can't help.

AMEN

"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.

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!!!

All the money america sends to other countries 😡😡

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.

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

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!

How are they supposed to work and take care of their parents plus their children! This is so ignorant!

State will pay for nursing home levels of care.