Waiting Skeleton

everyone was told tech jobs are the only viable future.

young people are told manual labor, care services, and maintenance are for dumb and poor people.

and here we are.

It's a hard job with short staff and under payment. It's crazy that it's rewarding yet exhausting for those working in the field because it's all about money. It makes no since when you put numbers to it that one person costs 12 to 24k a month in care when they basically get 3 crappy meals, and toileting, a room to share with another person who costs the same, all to receive short staffed care who makes 20 or under a hour and tries to juggle 20+ patients at once. Between energy bill cleaning supplies and staffing - initial set up for everything in a nursing home, it seriously makes no sense why elder care costs so much and remains so neglected in regards to patient staff ratios. We learned this during COVID, now can we set a standard requirement in America for the sake of the workers and elderly people in their care?

From what I see with my mother in law, the staffing (direct contact like nurses and cleaning), admin and security, cooking, pharmacist, and general maintenance are a pretty big cost. Add in insurance costs, both the employees benefits kind, the liability for the facility, and liability for the staff, and i can see why the cost is what it is.

Some of it is area-specific. Full time care like my MIL needs is cheaper in a small town than in a big city, assuming you can find one on a small town. I imagine it varies by state, as some set insurance requirements at different levels than others.

Agree this kind of care is expensive. I'm not sure how to simultaneously lower cost and add staff.

I found it crazy that in my state, there was millions in funding for a nursing home that claimed to need grant funding for nursing program to reverse the shortage. Then they built a nursing dormitory, and the CEO left, then the company had to file bankruptcy. Fishey that such a thing took place, all the while their facility remained severely short staffed. Weird if you ask me. I'm glad your mil has a facility that cares, so far in my state most nursing homes don't have cleaning crew, that's all done by nursing staff. And because nobody wants to work, or companies restrict hiring, the staff is the one who suffers.

Yeah sounds like that CEO had a nephew in the construction business who needed a cushy contact or something. Definitely some hinky shit...

Could be worse…we could be like canaduh

We're not there yet but on our way.... Which is why we either need people who care, state laws that care and protect, or a regulatory system that actually does its job.

Wonder how much your insurance will go up when medical system has to pay for that.

Maybe we can get EPIC to design and build medical robots to change bedpans

A majority of tax payers already pay into the American system for a lifetime. So the issue at hand is a regulated and private industry gone wild with very little audits, and boo koo mis management. The government wants to be involved in cutting funding, but not involved in saying a facility can't operate for profit. Like many healthcare options in America. Maybe requiring pharmaceutical companies to pay a health tax to the government would be a start. Because most working class is stuck paying Medicare taxes, and state taxes. Maybe these companies who profit off of those funds should pay it back.

The obvious option for people that want government healthcare is to GTFO of the country so the rest of us can live better

You do realize that when you turn 65 the government has made your only option for healthcare insurance coverage Medicare in America. And if you opt out of a specific part our government charges you a fine that increases like 5,% every year you decline to opt in. So when you need the coverage I believe it's parts b and d if you decline to opt in.... And for anything outside of Medicare health coverage wise is up to paying out of pocket. I can see how millions of extra people strain the countries healthcare system, and social services regarding healthcare, but I don't see why it would help others live better when everyone over 65 is forced onto government healthcare system. .... It's like you can't have universal healthcare unless your 65 or your disabled. And even then by that time it still costs a arm and a leg.... So that's the problem.

Mostly true, but still some big misconceptions, for people over 65

I said disabled to... And if course the day you turn 65 you become a minute over 65. I still don't understand why Medicare is a requirement, sure your employer can opt for Medicare employee plans, you you can opt out and delay pard b and d with a qualified event and employer plan to forgo the penalty as I understand it... But for a country like America to be so against universal and say it's a bad idea, and no why will it work in Americas healthcare care system they could try to learn what's happening with the universe healthcare plan they operate.