Living In Assisted Living

Discussion in 'Personal Diaries' started by Lon Tanner, Sep 5, 2017.

  1. Beth Gallagher

    Beth Gallagher Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2018
    Messages:
    21,852
    Likes Received:
    46,525
    They didn't want to be photographed with bed-head. :D
     
    #676
    Faye Fox, Bobby Cole and Yvonne Smith like this.
  2. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,651
    Likes Received:
    26,155
    If the residents finally found out that their breakfast was being shipped in from China, then it would indeed be crap table and the reason for the masses to partake of the meal somewhere else.
     
    #677
  3. Lon Tanner

    Lon Tanner Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2016
    Messages:
    5,596
    Likes Received:
    5,318
    It was always full at 9 AM before COVID
     
    #678
    Hoot Crawford and Faye Fox like this.
  4. Faye Fox

    Faye Fox Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 31, 2019
    Messages:
    6,086
    Likes Received:
    12,263
    Thanks! I can imagine even if they ate earlier that it would be nice to hang around and drink coffee and socialize. I am surprised that so many are still holed up in their apartments in fear of covid.
     
    #679
  5. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    24,974
    Likes Received:
    36,498
    One of the many intended effects.
     
    #680
    Bobby Cole likes this.
  6. Lon Tanner

    Lon Tanner Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2016
    Messages:
    5,596
    Likes Received:
    5,318
    They do a great job of accommodating your requests. You can order anything you want for breakfast and as much as you want. French Toast. Eggs. Omeletes. Hot Cakes, Cereals.Juices. Danish. Lunches and Dinner always offer two Entrees but you can substitute and ask for soup and a grilled ham & cheese or cheeseburger,
    fish & chips. Seconds are always available or switching veggies. OK sure--we residents are paying for all this you say but it's been good value.
     
    #681
    Faye Fox, Joe Smith and John Brunner like this.
  7. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    24,974
    Likes Received:
    36,498
    Residents at other facilities who are only offered limited choices and limited quantities are paying for it as well, Lon. I wouldn't know why anyone would point that fact out in your specific case...none of it is free.

    I'm glad you've found a well-run place that feels like "home." For a brief period my mother was in one of the premier and well-respected dementia facilities outside of DC. My sister was spending lots of time in the facility with her. My mother had a roommate. Both of them were on on a cocktail of medicines. One day an orderly walks in with a tray full of pills, goes up to my mother's roommate, and says "Time for your medication, Mrs. Brunner." Had my sister not been there, the other woman would have been taking a bunch of stuff that was not prescribed for her, AND she would have not received her own meds. Of course, that stuff happens all of the time, and likely happened to my mother when no one was present to manage it.

    Just because one spends a lot of money does not mean that they get quality service or care.
    And just because one receives value does not mean that they are paying premium dollars.
     
    #682
  8. Lon Tanner

    Lon Tanner Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2016
    Messages:
    5,596
    Likes Received:
    5,318
    EETURNOVER.jpg
     

    Attached Files:

    #683
  9. Lon Tanner

    Lon Tanner Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2016
    Messages:
    5,596
    Likes Received:
    5,318
    Some residents have cats like me and a couple with dogs, several with gold fish and the attached picture of John with his pet parrot called Nancy.

    PARROY.jpg
     
    #684
  10. Cody Fousnaugh

    Cody Fousnaugh Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 12, 2015
    Messages:
    13,024
    Likes Received:
    9,153
    And, the point of your thread? Actually, Lon, this letter isn't really giving a reason for the turnover, other than to say "pursue other opportunities. Pursuing other opportunities can be true about some, but in general, there can be a more definite reason.
     
    #685
  11. Lon Tanner

    Lon Tanner Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2016
    Messages:
    5,596
    Likes Received:
    5,318
    The resident has been removed and all Care Workers screened. All new hires to be tested.
     
    #686
  12. Yvonne Smith

    Yvonne Smith Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    15,654
    Likes Received:
    30,099
    Wasn’t everyone in your facility and all of the staff just recently vaccinated for covid ? If people are still getting sick, what good did the vaccinations do ?
     
    #687
  13. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,651
    Likes Received:
    26,155
    So evidentially some staffer in memory care forgot to vaccinate a patient in memory care. Either a staffer is Very forgetful or didn’t do his or her job or the vaccinations do not work the way the incredible Dr. Fauci said.

    Or are we going to hear once again that the vaccination merely make having the virus easier than it would be without having one’s DNA messed with?
     
    #688
  14. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    24,974
    Likes Received:
    36,498
    Folks, vaccination does not prevent one from getting (or transmitting) The Virus. It merely reduces the severity of the illness...or so we're told. I guess there's no real way to test how sick any individual would have been without the vaccine. But it does not prevent illness.

    Kinda makes one wonder why they call it a vaccine. Just as it makes one wonder why being vaccinated means you get to take your "it protects everyone else" mask off. The Vaccinated can still transmit it. Sounds more like a reward than sound health advice.
     
    #689
    Last edited: Jun 26, 2021
    Bobby Cole likes this.
  15. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,651
    Likes Received:
    26,155
    Precisely.
     
    #690

Share This Page