Nursing Home Heroes - a tribute to elder care staff

Nursing home staff talk about what it is like working in long-term care. Everyday we celebrate the work of nursing home staff. This short tribute stars nursing staff from "Nursing Home Heroes."

Category:

Education

Tags:

• nursing
• home
• nurses
• GNA
• CNA
• geriatric
• health
• medicine
• long
• term
• elder
• care
• assistants

[acqueous]

Nursing homes are a business. They brain wash the nurse to have compassionate care. While keeping all of the profits. The Administrator always puts the most minimal staff to run the home. We should not call them nursing homes but we should call them administrator homes. Right now the majority of nursing homes in america are working short staff underpaid in all the departments. They are managed very different than hospitals.

[proddie101]

We are understaffed, underpaid and not looked after by our management, but we do this job for our residents, to hear a family member commend me on the dedication and professionalism i bring to work every night, it brings joy to my heart and a revitalisation of my spirit and soul. we do it for them, not us, i always remember that.

Male 23 yo Nursing Assistant, Australia.

[x3Silly]

argh cant wait to do my interview >w< really wanna work with old people

[BlindLed]

I Love your team view, and apparent focus on knowing your duties, and caring for the individual. Thank you for sharing!

[gilnod]

@ochomagic Will having more money make you more compassionate?

Will having more money give you more empithy?

Will having more money allow you to treat people with more respect?

Will having more money make you treat people with more dignity?

Will having more money make you more caring?

If you need re-embursement to supply these "Costs", YOU are the real problem my friend.

[55ella2007k]

@acqueous I completely agree - except, you have to consider, that some of the staff, on all, actually cares about these elderly people. They have very little to work with, and some of them truly try their best under these circumstances. It is very hard work, not only physically but psychologically as well. And rest assured, no caring person who works in a nursing home, would ever want to end up in one. This is NOT dying with dignity, it's quite the opposite. At least in the US.

[TWENEER5]

Actually in my opinion Any country shouldn't be using nursing homes because for me it is a sign of disrespect and ungratefulness,They gave us everything we needed and not to mention everything we wanted. cant you guys let them stay in your home? I understand they would leave you in a house but hell they hire caretakers or babysitters to take care of you in their own home.they work their ass of to feed you, and what do families of the elderly in nursing homes do? escape responsibility and leave,

[dbrooks12009]

Wow

[dbrooks12009]

We are under a healthcare system that has set the stage for abuse & neglect. Medicare & Medicaid cuts, along with the greed of administration do deliberateley short staff nursing homes in order to pocket more profits. This leaves the staff with a patient load that is humanly impossible to provide excellent care for. Then frustration leads to abuse in some cases. But overall, dehydration, malnutrition, bed sores, missed assessments & med errors increase. The fall guy is the nurse.

[klownfreak87]

Awesome to all who work in a nursing home. It's a very rewarding job. I love my N. Home.

[makiatia]

@tightbrook Thank you. You too.

[makiatia]

@proddie101 I agree. I am a CNA too. God bless.