Despite paying a premium for assisted living, seniors say they aren't getting promised care - strib

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Richard Thomalla’s room in a memory care unit in North St. Paul costs more than $12,000 a month, his daughter Laura DeGree said.
For that, she expected he would receive the compassionate, attentive and quality care promised on the facility’s website and in Thomalla’s care plan. But, she said, it’s not even close.

Since December 2024, when DeGree installed a camera in her dad’s room, she said she’s chronicled a growing list of instances of inattention, from staff not changing her father’s soiled clothes for hours to leaving him stranded in his wheelchair into the wee hours of the night. Even his frequent falls attracted slow and scant responses from the workers tasked with delivering his care, she said.

And yet, despite repeated phone calls, frequent emails and a bunch of meetings checking in on his care, DeGree said nothing has changed.

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[Skittles]

1. it's a scam

seriously - just WTF costs that much money?

[OldBaldy1701E]

2. She is going to get sued by the home for putting the camera in there.

They will probably try to get it all thrown out, as they did not 'allow' the camera to be installed.

My mother spent the last ten years of her career as a nursing home inspector.

The stories that I could tell.

But, I don't have to. There are plenty of stories out there about the fact that our entire medical profession is nothing more than a money-grubbing attempt like most every other 'business' in this country.

It is disgusting. And, I guess we are fine with it, since nothing has changed.

(BY the way, has anyone gone to the home of the director, or his top people, and seen how they are living while their paying customers are being treated like discarded stuffed animals? I am taking bets as to how nice it all is.)