"Urgency of Normal" which successfully stopped the shutdown & masking of public school students and freed them of mandates may not be so easy with nursing homes. But absolutely *needs* to happen.
While not as dire in my area for LTC I despair of EVER getting rid of masks for caregivers, nor the forced weekly nasal rapes regardless of symptoms for EVERYONE when there is an outbreak. Nevemind even CMS doesn't recommend this anymore-the LTC corporate overlords have deemed it necessary to cover their own asses. At least my residents can go out, aren't quarantined upon return etc. But we are now seeing a wave of deaths from the imposed restrictions previous that sharply increased depression leading to severe increase in frailness and worsening of their disease states. MANY residents-who were functioning, relatively happy resident prior to 2020-have expressed their desire to just die to be done with it - they OVER the constant threats of everything they have left to live for being taken away on a whim. Keep in mind most have "survived" covid of 2020, 2021, 2022 with nary a sniffle by this point, and have been jabbed 4-5 times-each with promise of "normality" returning.
FAMILIES need to SUE CMS for intentional HARM, neglectful policies and need the MEDIA local and national to start spotlighting this-starting with fear porn Walensky herself-we need reporters who are NOT AFRAID of actually asking the hard questions and follow ups and push her and st fauci into corners to make fools of themselves and keeping that on nightly news for weeks (like they do with the USELESS case counts of ONLY covid)
Myself-I am actively looking to get out of my field of 20+ years as I cannot stand the thought of masking for rest of my years until retirement when rest of society doesn't have to anymore.
Thank you for sharing and for being a voice for the voiceless. This madness has to end, but I think you are correct and if money is involved, there’s no incentive for it to end. It’s all about control. Sadly, medicine as a whole stopped being about the patient years ago, and LTC communities are no different. It used to be what is in the best interest of the patient. First do no harm. Those aren’t even considered now. It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better. As long as the government continues to hold the purse strings, they will control everything.
Do "the authorities" want normal (pre covid) care? do they? is it a question of "finance"? or control? or negligence? and the role of families? So I asked the family in PA their opinion: "We are not in a “nursing home” (yet) because we are in the “independent living” section of a CCRC (continuing care retirement community).
The entire health care area which includes a nursing facility, dementia unit and assisted living, has a mask mandate for all, including visitors. Anyone can visit, must check in and pass a screening, I.e. questions on computer screen. Residents are able to come and go, if their condition allows it. No quarantine unless a positive Covid test.
One health care resident died of Covid last year. Only a few cases occurred although many staff members were infected. "X" took all recommended precautions seriously, enforced them and has the best infection record around here for institutions of this type. You will remember that in the US most long term care facilities had many Covid deaths. Certainly "X"could re-institute masking, etc, if a big Covid wave hits.
Independent living residents and staff do not have to mask, can come and go as they please, go on group trips which are fully resumed, invite guests.( I notice many staff wear masks although not required to.)
All that said, we wear an N95 mask anywhere in a public crowd. I’ve been masking on, and about a week after, airplane trips, to protect myself and others.
While not as dire in my area for LTC I despair of EVER getting rid of masks for caregivers, nor the forced weekly nasal rapes regardless of symptoms for EVERYONE when there is an outbreak. Nevemind even CMS doesn't recommend this anymore-the LTC corporate overlords have deemed it necessary to cover their own asses. At least my residents can go out, aren't quarantined upon return etc. But we are now seeing a wave of deaths from the imposed restrictions previous that sharply increased depression leading to severe increase in frailness and worsening of their disease states. MANY residents-who were functioning, relatively happy resident prior to 2020-have expressed their desire to just die to be done with it - they OVER the constant threats of everything they have left to live for being taken away on a whim. Keep in mind most have "survived" covid of 2020, 2021, 2022 with nary a sniffle by this point, and have been jabbed 4-5 times-each with promise of "normality" returning.
FAMILIES need to SUE CMS for intentional HARM, neglectful policies and need the MEDIA local and national to start spotlighting this-starting with fear porn Walensky herself-we need reporters who are NOT AFRAID of actually asking the hard questions and follow ups and push her and st fauci into corners to make fools of themselves and keeping that on nightly news for weeks (like they do with the USELESS case counts of ONLY covid)
Myself-I am actively looking to get out of my field of 20+ years as I cannot stand the thought of masking for rest of my years until retirement when rest of society doesn't have to anymore.
Thank you for sharing and for being a voice for the voiceless. This madness has to end, but I think you are correct and if money is involved, there’s no incentive for it to end. It’s all about control. Sadly, medicine as a whole stopped being about the patient years ago, and LTC communities are no different. It used to be what is in the best interest of the patient. First do no harm. Those aren’t even considered now. It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better. As long as the government continues to hold the purse strings, they will control everything.
Do "the authorities" want normal (pre covid) care? do they? is it a question of "finance"? or control? or negligence? and the role of families? So I asked the family in PA their opinion: "We are not in a “nursing home” (yet) because we are in the “independent living” section of a CCRC (continuing care retirement community).
The entire health care area which includes a nursing facility, dementia unit and assisted living, has a mask mandate for all, including visitors. Anyone can visit, must check in and pass a screening, I.e. questions on computer screen. Residents are able to come and go, if their condition allows it. No quarantine unless a positive Covid test.
One health care resident died of Covid last year. Only a few cases occurred although many staff members were infected. "X" took all recommended precautions seriously, enforced them and has the best infection record around here for institutions of this type. You will remember that in the US most long term care facilities had many Covid deaths. Certainly "X"could re-institute masking, etc, if a big Covid wave hits.
Independent living residents and staff do not have to mask, can come and go as they please, go on group trips which are fully resumed, invite guests.( I notice many staff wear masks although not required to.)
All that said, we wear an N95 mask anywhere in a public crowd. I’ve been masking on, and about a week after, airplane trips, to protect myself and others.
We are fully vaccinated and boosted. "
That is what THEY want, so they got it.: CONTROL.