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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a betrayal to pretend you can care for her as well as a care facility.

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If you spend significant time in these places you will see that they don't provide nearly the level of care that you think. Memory care units seem to get all the caretakers and those people are watched 24/7 in secure floor(s) but at the expense of the rest of the residents. The rest of the floors are assigned significantly less staff. I have also sen staff avoid more difficult residents b/c they don't want to deal with them. So just go into it with your eyes open. It's a difficult situation for everyone involved.[/quote]

I’ve unfortunately spent significant time responding to homes where home care givers don’t understand how their care or lack there of causes UTIs, bed soars, falls, etc.[/quote]

Sure that happens too but the fact is ASL facilities misrepresent the level of care they provide. So families truly don't know how many things are slipping through the cracks with regards to the care their loved one receives. The answer is for there to be better oversight and regulations of these facilities but until that happens these organizations and all the cottage industries that are attached to them will continue to exploit them. The other significant part of the problem is the actual training and hiring practices in this industry. The people going through CNA training receive little training and are paid poorly. There is constant turnover at these facilities b/c they do not provide opportunity for advancement, training, and compensation increases. The staff is overworked and the facilities hire the bare minimum of staff needed to keep costs down. This is also the problem with private care nursing companies. It's a difficult situation to remedy. [/quote]

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