tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879192449061145204.post5160638325369222471..comments2024-01-05T01:05:21.841-05:00Comments on Back Door Logic: Dear Nursing Home Care Workers Everywhere,Susan Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07019940790074997076noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879192449061145204.post-285232365966168862011-09-10T07:49:20.532-04:002011-09-10T07:49:20.532-04:00Dear Anonymous... why do you hide your true identi...Dear Anonymous... why do you hide your true identity? <br /><br />Not sure which dictionary you use but all the dictionaries I've referenced about the word slander have this as the definition:<br /><br />slan·der [slan-der] <br />noun<br />1.defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.<br />2.a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.<br />3.Law . defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.<br /><br />Tell me again HOW my blog post is slanderous when I documented FACTS which I have witnessed first hand? A fact is a fact... period.Susan Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019940790074997076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879192449061145204.post-27541329984308611532011-09-06T17:43:59.355-04:002011-09-06T17:43:59.355-04:00"There are many unemployed people who would l..."There are many unemployed people who would love to have the job of these 'professional' workers."<br /><br />It might be different if you treated them like "professionals". The nursing home operators hire people with the minimal skills and education, pay them peanuts, provide few if any benefits; all in the name of enhancing their profits. I know that thousands of unemployed are would just jump at the chance to earn minimum wage, change adult diapers, deal with people with dementia, and get slandered and ridicudled by people like the author of this blog post.<br /><br />So maybe your anger is misplaced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879192449061145204.post-15449376916017217422011-09-05T09:19:13.814-04:002011-09-05T09:19:13.814-04:00NewKid.... yes, I have shared and I do every day. ...NewKid.... yes, I have shared and I do every day. Like all other families with loved ones in this facility, all of us are not heard. I have met with and spoken to the Ombudsman. I've also spoken with the state survey team that was in doing a survey last month. <br /><br />My mom is happy and doing well but it's because I visit every single day, sometimes twice a day. I'm exhausted. I want time off. I deserve a break. I'm tired.<br /><br />Not sure if the home reads my blog, but I hope they do. This nonsense has got to stop, it's wasting valuable time and money while creating an uninhabitable living environment.<br /><br />I will speak my mind and will not stop until I'm heard.Susan Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019940790074997076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879192449061145204.post-48402890947981828702011-09-05T09:00:42.047-04:002011-09-05T09:00:42.047-04:00Can you either share this post or document the bad...Can you either share this post or document the bad mouthing and leave it with an administrator. You could make the difference in the place. Or maybe you have tried that. There are many unemployed people who would love to have the job of these "professional" workers.Carol Noren Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103922738438801967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879192449061145204.post-83955678896660915052011-09-05T08:39:16.146-04:002011-09-05T08:39:16.146-04:00Sheri... THANK YOU. It truly rots. I am angry. ...Sheri... THANK YOU. It truly rots. I am angry. This disrespect MUST STOP and I will do all that I can to make it stop in my mom's home.<br /><br />People forget and get sucked in to the tar pits through their chosen attitudes. <br /><br />I am giving people everywhere permission to be brave and initiate the change. It all begins with one person who has the courage to say ENOUGH!Susan Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019940790074997076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879192449061145204.post-46506925699985747152011-09-05T08:27:35.515-04:002011-09-05T08:27:35.515-04:00Susan, thank you for voicing this. i have seen som...Susan, thank you for voicing this. i have seen some of the same things and it hurts so much. I know the work is hard there, but nobody is forcing them to do it. I am sure there are good aides out there, but when it is bad it is horrid.Sherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951853063959637790noreply@blogger.com