We are halfway through the year, and I am already angry. Angry at what, you may ask? All the interference from government, both elected officials and the bureaucrats. From people who think they understand how seniors housing should work. From the unions. From the anti-PE firm groups. I always say, do a few 12-hour shifts, or move in for a few days, and then tell me what you think. It is not easy, and most people are doing the best they can.
Regardless, I am mad as Hell and getting tired of it all.
Except, and not to sound hypocritical, but I had to smile when I read about the investigations into A Place for Mom, a service that I always had my suspicions about. A service that many providers hate but feel they have to use. A service that perhaps gets paid too much by an unsuspecting customer, because it is not the future move-in who is paying for it, at least not directly.
We have a major looming problem with the aging population, Medicare and Social Security running low on future funding, and the cost of housing and caring for seniors rising so much that it is increasingly pricing out seniors. And so, Congress has to investigate the industry and also increase a staffing mandate for SNFs? Come on, you should be mad as Hell as well. And none of us should take it anymore.
What we need are solutions, and do you think you will hear any during tomorrow night’s presidential debate? Ha! In my dreams. Maybe they should do a respite stay and try it out…It could help. I may need it myself.
