Unfortunately,
that is the state of Long Term Care, here in Florida, anyway. What would fix
it? Better Medicare and Medicaid funding to the faculties, more people
having Long Term care insurance and estate donations to facilities. We
often hear of the “rich family of Mr. So and so leaving $1 million to a
local hospital for a children’s wing, or cancer center” but we
never hear of donations like that to long term care facilities. This is
why so many employ LPNs and CNAs and only 1 or 2 RNs----cost
containment. Perhaps if we lobby our legislature for better funding….but
that would increase taxes….and no one really thinks about what will
happen to them when they are 80, and therefore do not want to spend more of
their working $$ on LTC insurance or higher Medicare premiums.
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It also
makes one question if we are allowing the financial pressure to lower the
standard of care we provide to SNF patients, who are primarily elderly
patients. I would hate to think our parents and grandparents cannot expect the
same level of care and clinical critical thinking that we expect for ourselves.
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