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Assisted-living, memory care: How did you find a good facility?
Aging Well | Last Active: Apr 19 3:46pm | Replies (66)Comment receiving replies
Getting back to original post about finding good assisted care facility I want to be very honest here. I have worked as a nurses aide and also have experience with my mother at these facilities. Until nurses aides are paid fairly for the job that they do there will be no good facilities. They do 90 per cent if the day in/day out work. Nurses and doctors prescribe and administer meds. That's it for them. I am telling you this not as a disgruntled employee but as someone who sees the steady decline in the attitude of these people. They wash feed dress etc etc every patient there and get paid very little. Most are recent immigrants that barely speak English. This job is considered poorly by all of us and until that changes assisted living facilities will never be a place that either you or a loved one wants to go to. It is like every else. The wealthy can afford to have private duty help and pay them nicely for their work. Our pay attitude needs a big adjustment in the USA in order to attract dedicated people
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My one experience aligns with your reply.
First, thank you to you-for speaking up and to all CNAs-certified nursing assistants who provide good care.
After a hip replacement post-fall, I spent 3 weeks in-a facility.
One CNA was awesome-on her shift. She whispered what to watch out for from experience. Still, two separate times i was “offered” the wrong meds—both times I asked to check, the facility records - or I’d be glad to show my personal list of meds and or call my doctor. They each check d my records there and the problem was resolved.
Nutrition not considered-I verified that heart healthy, low salt not used! I had family bring me “that kind” of food.
One experience is not statistically significant of course.
@scain I understand and agree but until there are changes in the tax laws or Medicare help how can they be paid more. Memory care is already at least $10K a month. We are middle class but after about 3 years I will have to sell our home and move into an apartment to be able to afford the memory care facility. An increase of 30% will certainly be passed on and more people will be forced to keep their LO at home with considerable burnout, maybe even increased medical problems themselves or suicide. Solution is not to just increase wages. There are serious consequences
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I can see this being true. I hope that there are exceptions out there! I have not researched the financials of these places. They, on the whole, are quite costly for the consumer. I don’t know if big corporations want to pocket too much profit, or if insurance costs are just so exorbitant in our litigious society, or what. But the front line carers who do the most diligent, and let’s face it, most unpleasant jobs (cleaning up messes, bathing, etc), need to be compensated for sure!
And we as a society must take stock and see the value both in our elderly and those who take care of their needs!