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I worked at a nursing home as a cook, I guess it was a nice one? We had a nutritionist and made like cafeteria food, then chopped half of it up for the people who had problems, then puréed it for the ones who couldn’t feed themselves.
Profit has become a tyrant. We used to make people happy in its name, now we shape everything in its service.
Profit has become a tyrant
Unfortunately, I disagree. I think it’s become hero. It shouldn’t but it is.
Much more than mildly infuriating.
That’s not food. That’s sadness in polystyrene.
A 3k a month what?
Nursing home I imagine by the price?
I wish I noticed that before someone embarrassed me in the comments 😪
Edit and it never happened 😉
What never happened? I didn’t see anything. 🙂
I worked for years in a nursing home and I can tell you that it is total bullshit. Everything is the lowest quality at the highest markup. Let me assure you that the staffing at 99% of these places is so low that the residents are waiting 20-30 min to use the restroom and basically live trapped in a bed with little to no assistance.
I just talked with a coworker about this today. Her dad lost his leg because they failed to respond to a foot infection and they then also blamed him for not telling them soon enough… It’s disgusting how we treat the elderly in those facilities (and here we pay double those 3k btw…) I was forced to work in a nursing home for 2 months as part of my civil duty (military service substitution). I couldn’t do it anymore, it just kills you how they treat some people. Those are grown adults and I was told they can’t have a small knife to cut vegetables, not because they were unsafe with them but just as a matter of policy. Others where given clothes to fold that afterwards where thrown back into the same bucket that they came from to be folded again tomorrow. They were lied to and treated with less respect than little kids… And then the whole COVID thing in addition to that where they couldn’t see anyone and had to endure this idiocy basically 24/7.
I really never thought about suicide but if I end up in such a facility when I’m old, I might have to reevaluate my stance on that… that’s not living, that’s dying in installments while being drained of your money….
Does anyone recognize what that beige slop is in the lower compartment?
Looks about right. I worked in a retirement home for 4 years. 2 in the kitchen and 2 doing maintenance. These residents were paying upwards of $10k a month and the food was fucking awful 90% of the time. Not only is the food super shitty but they dont even get all their meals included in their monthly rent so if they wanted 3 meals a day (Breakfast, lunch, dinner) then you had to choose which meal you wanted to pay for out of pocket. These retirement/nursing homes are predatory as hell. I know its not possible for everyone but if you love your parents, do them a favor and keep them out of these homes.
Disgusting. Some of the SNF (skilled nursing facilities) in good ole USA are just criminal organizations
@Striker@lemmy.world appreciate the shoutout. Oddly enough I just happened to stumble upon this post. Did not see this in my “Mentions”
That’s more than mildly infuriating my guy. That’s just cruel.
Just like with r/Mildlyinfuriating It’s like it never left!
Urgh. Disgusting how terribly humans treat other humans.
My ex (we broke up a year ago and don’t talk) worked as a nurse in an expensive nursing home. Some of the stories she’s told me about how they treat staff and even patients are shocking.
You have understand, 2k of that is just for rent. By the time they get done paying the staff there’s not any money left for food. This is actually a public service!
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“paying the staff” lmao. I know it’s sarcasm, but still. As someone who has worked as a nurse in a shitty home, I can only emphasize the money ain’t going to the staff.
My cat eats better than this and I buy the cheap stuff.
That single broccoli makes me wheep.
Oh no. Please don’t tell me that’s what that diseased morsel in the top left corner is.
My dad is in an assisted living facility and this is unfortunately the type of food he gets. I have to send him groceries every week just so I can be sure he’s getting enough to eat.
