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  I understand the “concern” of the Senators. Nursing Homes are way understaffed especially Nursing Assistants. I worked five years in one. I was an RN in one for five years before quitting nursing just as Covid hit. We had twenty five-thirty residents each as an RN, many were LPNs. Most all were very competent. When well staffed with assistants our job was easier and Residents received fine care.
  Too often Assistants were overburdened with Residents. They dealt with incontinence, dementia, preventing falls, bathing, turning among catering to the many requests by Residents, having fifteen to eighteen. There are regulations relating from to how often people are bathed to the ratio of Resident/Assistants. It is very difficult work. I imagine these Senators would not like the Assistant to Resident ratio be dictated among other cost saving measures. If they actually want to improve Nursing Homes situations, I would be happy. But I rather think they want to dictate rules to reopen Nursing Homes which and reduce quality of care. I wish they would address concerning issues such as many NH are managed by private money-making corps. They make it difficult to determine who owns them. Nursing Homes are a concerning issue that does need to be addressed FULLY.
context: Many rural nurses (mainly nurse aides, the core of any nursing home) are making 10-13/hour to start, if not less. These folks also have to go through a licensing process similar to LPN/RNs (though not nearly as extensive). Long hours, very hard work, and constant stress due to residents that are so demented (due to age and/or illness) they verbally abuse these nurses daily, if not hourly. >
  
  i has septis about 4 monts ago i was in the hospital for 17 days and then in the nursing home for 3 months of rehab i was there so long as at first they wanted me to rest and see if my heart would recover from the septis or if they would need to put part of a pigs heart in me im lucky i didnt need the pigs heart! but while the time i spent in the nursing home they were quite short staffed but they did thier best  yea i had to wait for stuff no big deal to me but my roommate was quite nasty to them all and alot of others as well and violent i couldn't wait to get out of the nursing home they had like 1 nurse to 40 people that i swear worked 24 hour shifts and quite a few cna's would sit down and vent about all the hours and pay and other things it wich was ok to me i know 1 saw at least 1 person every day hurt themselves trying to pickup or move a 2-300 pound person by themselves yes they had devices but no time to go get them and the worst was the family members thinking a nursing home that ran mostly on medicade patients was  a ritz carlton hotel instead of a old peoples warehouse!  as far as im concerned they should be paid a WHOLE lot more they dont have to worry about bullets flying but they have to watchout for about everything else! >
  
  Part of the problem is that they are just shit places to work. Shit management isn't something that legislation can fix >
  
  What can the administration reasonably do?  If you want more staff, pay better wages. >
  
  Offer better pay and benefits! Also treat people with dignity. Problem solved. >
  
  Pay people more.  That’s how you can address this shit.  Good lord. >
  
  And all of a sudden rural America fell in love with open borders and immigrant workers. >
  
  Write legislation not letters. >
  
  Support Medicare-for-all and living wages first, dip shits. >
  
  Rural nursing homes are all in red places, places who do not want socialism, so screw em. >
  
  Yeah, how about medicare for all and free college.... >
  
  This is the consequence of a for profit system. Larger cities make more money. Without public subsidizing of rural areas, there's zero reason to invest in any sort of medical or longterm care in rural areas.
  These areas often vote to keep the status quo when it comes to Healthcare. This is the status quo. The current system does not support medical care in rural areas >
  
  
  The current system does not support medical care in rural areas
  
  And they vote to make it happen, too.  
  "Keep your government hands off my healthcare!!"  
  Ok.  
  *all rural hospitals close*  
  *surprised pikachu face* >
  
  I get the impression that they don’t want Biden to mandate much higher wages for nursing home staff.