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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are people surprised at the care?  Are any DCUM posters working as care home aides or any of their family?  It's a bad job, even if you pay more.  You end up physically a wreck and do you really want to do personal care as a job?  Nobody wants to.   [/quote]

They are understaffed, underpaid, doing work most are not willing to do (like change adult diapers), doing work that can literally be backbreaking, with a lot of residents who are awful to them. And for what? Pay that is so low that you probably still need government assistance. I’m sure the burnout happens fast.

Clearly it is terribly wrong to move the call button out of reach with a vulnerable elderly person. But I can imagine multiple circumstances under which a staff member might feel the need to do it.

This is the reality. People don’t want to pay for better care. Many families can’t. But many just won’t—little Larla’s travel soccer and little Larlo’s tutors and the weekend out of town for an anniversary are more of a priority. And they simply aren’t willing to let grandma move in. They don’t want to change our diapers either. And there are other priorities. This is the reality.

Bottom line: there really shouldn’t be shock when there isn’t anyone to take your relative in the nursing home to the bathroom. It should dismay, perhaps. But not shock.

There is also plenty of waste in these places. My DH’s nephew is an OTA. They have him doing ADL therapy with residents that will never actually be able to perform that ADL, because they can get away with billing for it. While paying the OTA very little. As you might imagine, he doesn’t care much, and doesn’t work very hard at it. At a certain point, you just stop caring.[/quote]

My dad is indigent.

Home care aides would be 1/3 of my take home pay.

DH and I have to work and cannot care for my dad ourselves. We tried lifting him once. Hurt ourselves and him. [/quote]

You just proved PP’s point. The work is backbreaking and few are willing to do it. [/quote]

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