tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post1606394516996362047..comments2024-03-28T14:42:42.958-04:00Comments on Runs for Cookies: Nursing home visitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-32530760409770224262014-01-04T20:18:31.991-05:002014-01-04T20:18:31.991-05:00That makes me frustrated about the nursing homes! ...That makes me frustrated about the nursing homes! I am a CNA and my grandmother had Alzheimer's and there is NO reason to ignore them... GRR! LiNdS https://www.blogger.com/profile/16793883623473935500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-43027342244657927842014-01-03T15:03:03.482-05:002014-01-03T15:03:03.482-05:00Nursing homes are typically super depressing. Unfo...Nursing homes are typically super depressing. Unfortunately the staff are typically overworked and underpaid. I was shocked to learn how little they make (often just above minimum wage). Unfortunately they are mostly "for profit," which is kind of f**ked up, so they are trying to maximize revenue while cuttings costs. Luckily we were able to find a pretty good home for my grandma, but Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193466736869818256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-62164577560449935282014-01-03T09:51:49.373-05:002014-01-03T09:51:49.373-05:00Thank you for reminding me - I've been meaning...Thank you for reminding me - I've been meaning to do something with the nursing homes near us.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681193035888306703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-70842002187005907302014-01-03T09:14:29.195-05:002014-01-03T09:14:29.195-05:00We got tons of snow too--yuck. I also have trouble...We got tons of snow too--yuck. I also have trouble with nursing homes--that can be so so hard. Mark is so lucky that he has friends like you--and you guys are lucky to have someone like him in your life!! :) Also...cards against humanity is SO FUN!!! We play it all the time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-29090403572509499442014-01-03T08:56:42.184-05:002014-01-03T08:56:42.184-05:00Urgh ~ I'm over this winter already too! Its ...Urgh ~ I'm over this winter already too! Its still snowing here! And Cards against Humanity is the best game ever!! Good work on that run!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942782278935157383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-54924638138480882392014-01-03T00:43:28.877-05:002014-01-03T00:43:28.877-05:00i'm so over this winter already!!! it's be...i'm so over this winter already!!! it's been just below 0 all week and up by the cabin, in ely, was -26 today and that's without the wind chill!!! Amarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650604727704838546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-40201562295771640282014-01-03T00:26:09.810-05:002014-01-03T00:26:09.810-05:00Wow that IS A LOT of snow.
By Middle do you mean ...Wow that IS A LOT of snow.<br />By Middle do you mean the comedy series The Middle?<br />I have been super demotivated...but gueds I will get there.<br />Z@KickingKiloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06411219822291256156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-6587220643357365652014-01-02T23:20:49.890-05:002014-01-02T23:20:49.890-05:00I work in a nursing home and i absolutely love it!...I work in a nursing home and i absolutely love it! These people are like family to me and they are happy! It really looks different when you are just a visitor. But we do spend day after day there. It's hard for an outsider to understand the lifestyle there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-11913057054282106982014-01-02T21:48:03.043-05:002014-01-02T21:48:03.043-05:00I don't know about the nursing home where you ...I don't know about the nursing home where you are, but in the defense of them CNA's are overworked and very underpaid. I have worked in one and if they answered her every time they would be there all day. It is hard because they have like 15 patients to 1 can.. So glad to hear mark is doing ok...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-89804373948677677772014-01-02T21:21:02.383-05:002014-01-02T21:21:02.383-05:00As a nurse I feel your pain in visiting nursing ho...As a nurse I feel your pain in visiting nursing homes. I could never work in one and I will tell you why, the nurse patient ratio is ridiculous. Usually 1 nurse to 20+ patients. I am not joking or exaggerating. One girl I worked with worked overnights in a nursing home as a nurse right out of school. She had the whole floor to herself with 1 nursing aid, for 65 patients. So on top of givingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703105882005852242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904256286279591900.post-24121024079631403422014-01-02T21:16:58.440-05:002014-01-02T21:16:58.440-05:00I was probably about 8 years old too when I first ...I was probably about 8 years old too when I first went to a nursing home and like you, it was to sing Christmas carols. I thought it was such a horrible place!! Fast forward a few years later and my favorite grandfather -my maternal grandfather, had to go into a nursing home. My Mom and her sisters put him in his daughter's nursing home in a small town in Central Illinois. I had never ali9570https://www.blogger.com/profile/11248777627341794750noreply@blogger.com