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  Honestly I think more people should die at home surrounded by loved ones in their own bed. So many people die in nursing homes, or hospitals instead of surrounded by loved ones in a place of comfort. My aunt had terminal cancer and for the final years of her life she opted to stay at home and refused all medical care and treatment. She had battled cancer for a very long time she even defeated breast cancer twice but it would always come back somewhere else. Eventually it spread through her whole body and she resigned herself to a peaceful death at her home, in her own bed, with her only child there taking careful care of her. Sure there were nurses that would occasionally visit but still she was at home and her daughter lived with her and stayed by her side.
context: This happened at two different places around a week apart the first was a 93 year old. Also both places are owned by the same company. >
  
  Residential facilities, man. Theyve all got corruption in them >
  
  It looks like a low level CNA or housekeeper will have to take the fall for this, while management skates. Life in assisted living facilities is quite a bit different than the sales brochure. >
  
  Responsibility? It’s the managements job to assign responsibility to someone else. >
  
  Did someone miss the obvious joke/sarcasm? >
  
  These places like to impress the families with the size of the chandelier in the lobby, but neglect to tell them that the people who actually take care of their parents are being paid $12 an hour. >
  
  In some places CNAs make minimum wage, and are subject to mandatory doubles. >
  
  I'll go out on a limb and say the brand is Fabuloso >
  
  Some forbidden lemonade >
  
  We need to take better care of seniors in this country and that means paying the people who staff these nursing homes a hell of a lot more than we do now. I don’t know why anyone is surprised when stuff like this happens. Americans are so far removed from the death process that I think they have no idea what these places are really like. It’s criminal if you ask me. >
  
  Being under paid and under staffed is a huge problem for a lot of these places. I work in home health and go into a lot of these facilities. There are absolutely some benefits that can come from living in an ALF, but it's critically important for family members to not only do their research when looking into assisted living but also continue to be an active part of their family member's care. 
  Senior care is such a complex and difficult thing to navigate for so many families. >
  
  Stories like these are why my mother and i cared for my father at home instead of letting the hospitals send him to rehabs or nursing homes for the last 5 years of his life. It was the only way to insure he would never be abused or mistreated. Even when we had visiting care providers, I would never leave them alone with my dad until we knew them well enough. 
  It also gave us the ability to give him the death he wanted, at home with his family and dogs on the 17th.