He was. But I deleted it to save my sanity :angry:
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probably my personal experience as a care custodian to someone who was in bupa. after they passed i was told to get there possessions out within 2 days ( not withstanding i lived in a different town ) as they needed the room for someone else. on the way out of this facility i was handed a bill for the ambulance that took them to hospital. they were not a very caring outfit i can honestly say.
Please do not judge the whole sector based on this experience. Yes, there is almost always someone waiting to come into a newly vacated room. That is the sad reality. Families are usually the ones who come and pack up the room and they often actually want to do that, quite quickly. Most facilities are very caring and empathetic and do not put pressure on families. Don't forget, the person who has died is part of OUR family too. Staff are also grieving whenever someone dies. Re the ambulance, not sure how other facilities operate, but we pay for ambulance transfers, not the resident. Although , that could depend on whether or not the resident concerned was having their care paid via government subsidy. Not sure if that would be the case if someone is paying for their own care (doesn't qualify for subsidy). I will have to find out. Either way, most facilities and most staff, are caring and kind and genuinely concerned for the people they care for. Which is why Crypto Crude's post was more than a little offensive.
I'm not sure that is what Crudie meant when he wrote
these are cash cow businesses that squeeze as much money out of elderly people for as little care as possible (generally speaking)...
I suspect he was meaning little care while they were there rather than gone.
Generally speaking this is of my experience of grandparents in rest homes, reading, seeing, hearing about on social media...
My Nana could not eat the resthome food it was torture for her... no flavour or seasoning... I seen the food with my own eyes it was horrible...
Some of these tenures are contracts for life... so when morale and quality of life goes down then ->
These are businesses aswell remember... and whats the most important goal of any business -> maximize profits...
You might not want to hear it but this is the truth...
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