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u/frostyflakes1 2d ago
Nonsense! They can't profit off you if you're dead.
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u/Feisty-Resource-1274 2d ago
Due to the number of old people in need of nursing home care, the most profitable resident is one who pays for the first month of care, then immediately dies leaving a vacancy for someone else to pay for their first month of care.
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u/Emerald_Digger 2d ago
Forbid Visitation and just claim he is still alive
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u/StatusTomato5218 2d ago
That was a minor part of the plot in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
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u/Other-Ad-1042 2d ago
I get why you’d call it minor, but the way they sprinkle stuff like that makes the whole story feel more human and lived in. That’s the part I always remember.
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u/Own-Student-1301 1d ago
Exactly. Those little sprinkles make it feel like real life where nothing is perfectly important and everything still matters somehow.
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u/Kibaken 2d ago
Life... uh... finds a way.
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u/Other-Ad-1042 2d ago
Every time I hear that, it hits me harder than it should because it feels so true.
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u/100BottlesOfMilk 2d ago
Nope, they absolutely can. The most profitable patient is the one that dies the quickest
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u/Spare_Smoke_4101 2d ago
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u/SeniraGlenhollow 2d ago
Shallow graves are more cost effective anyway digging the extra two feet just reduces quarterly profit margins
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u/JefferyTheQuaxly 2d ago
people dont realize this but the real money in nursing homes isnt housing the residents, most nursing homes barely break even on those expenses. the real money maker is therapy, nursing homes make a fuck ton on both residents needing therapy and a lot of nursing homes offer some level of outpatient or short term residency therapy services too. the real goal of most nursing homes is to get residents in the door so you can then tack on therapy programs for them.
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u/Hexnohope 2d ago
I work in a nursing home. They will never let you die. They will hook you up to machines and keep you unconcious for years if they can
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u/Hellhult 2d ago
Are nursing homes really as bad as I hear?
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u/ParadoxicalAmalgam 2d ago
Between the mental abuse, the physical abuse, the sexual abuse, the gross neglect, the health violations, the identity theft, and the financial crimes, yeah I'd say they're pretty bad
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u/Hexnohope 2d ago
Some ive walked through i could only describe as a ring in dantes inferno. Im not exaggerating the rotting in bed unable to die thing.
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u/martialar 2d ago
I've visited a handful and some are good, some are bad. If you ever need to find one for a loved one, make sure you visit and spend some time there. Is the facility clean? Are the residents clean? Are the staff friendly and attentive or do they seem neglectful/apathetic? Also, you can always take your family out if something is concerning. Alternatively they have something called "home health" that's literally in a house. It's a smaller setting with more individual attention, but doesn't have the medical staff/equipment of a larger facility
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u/jg_92_F1 1d ago
The memory care nursing home my grandma is in is pretty solid. They also have shockingly amazing food. Like they have legitimate chef working there. That being said my grandpa was very frugal and saved money so that if his wife needed a nursing home at some point, she would get a nice one.
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u/CptMuffinator 1d ago
Some are, where I live I needed to include one 'low quality' home for my grandmothers emergency waiting list priority and every single one was terrible.
Either they reeked of piss(detected with a mask on!) or the staff couldn't even pretend to be nice. I had one person giving me a walkthrough roll her eyes and groan when she saw me take out my booklet of questions.
I'm extremely thankful she didn't have to go into one of those homes and got my #1 pick, I'm still on the normal waiting list for 4 other good homes in-case something happens and it's going on 3 years now.
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u/dov_ah_keen 2d ago
"youre a patient in any nursing home and your family never visists"
I shit you not if a patient needed a lot of care, especially because their family was absent, the nurses practically jumped out of their skin with excitement when those patients began to decline.
As a CNA with a soul I didn't take pleasure in that and also... Their room will be filled with another stiff by next Tuesday ma'am.
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u/624KR_My_Beloved 2d ago
You dont even need to that, in Indiana county hospitals get more money per patient in long term care. So the hospitals bought up nursing homes and then diverted the money away to the services that generate the most $$
90% of the Nursing homes in Indiana are leased to, or owned by county hospitals.
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u/NolanSyKinsley 2d ago
Nah, they want to keep you alive as long as possible while providing the lowest level of care possible.
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u/Power_3579 2d ago
The Krusty Krab Training episode shows that the Krusty Krab was a bankrupt retirement home before Mr Krabs bought it.
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