where it mentions that the owners profited at the expense of it's nursing home patients, who were sorely neglected.
I am no stranger to nursing homes as my father was in a nursing home for 8 years, living with a peg and breathing with a lung machine as he lay in a coma. As far as I can say, I have only good words for Vanderbilt Nursing Home.
Attached to the link is the article from the Boston Globe.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/12/22/owners-profit-handsomely-even-nursing-homes-are-beset-with-health-and-safety-woes/A9g1cd0p9ky0mHJnab2eMJ/story.html?p1=Article_Recommended_ArticleText#comments
The biggest homes in Boro Park, Brooklyn, are owned by nursing home operators. In any event, there is nothing wrong with making money but it should not be made at the expense and suffering of a fellow human. The owner of this nursing home has to answer to his patients, their families, the Government and a higher authority.
I knew of a former nursing home operator who was thrown out of the nursing home by the government and as reported by the New York Times, when word spread that he was no more in control, patients were literally dancing in the hallways.
The moral of this story is that nursing home owners should treat their patients with the utmost respect and care.
No comments:
Post a Comment