Comments on: A Caring Society? http://www.justice.net.nz/justwiki/a-caring-society/ Standing Just Where We Are Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:22:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen Close http://www.justice.net.nz/justwiki/a-caring-society/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Stephen Close Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:59:03 +0000 http://justice.anglican.org.nz/just-living/a-caring-society/#comment-1141 What Valerie writes about is all too true. I work as a caregiver in a rest home and while the needs of residents goes up the staffing levels remain the same. It is impossible to toilet residents as regularly as is desirable and hence the development of rashes as described above. Some staff work dangerously long hours thus putting the care of residents at risk. I have known quite a number of residents whose lives have ended prematurely early due to preventable falls. Companies who run rest homes purely for profit pose a great danger to our frail elderly. What Valerie writes about is all too true. I work as a caregiver in a rest home and while the needs of residents goes up the staffing levels remain the same. It is impossible to toilet residents as regularly as is desirable and hence the development of rashes as described above. Some staff work dangerously long hours thus putting the care of residents at risk.

I have known quite a number of residents whose lives have ended prematurely early due to preventable falls. Companies who run rest homes purely for profit pose a great danger to our frail elderly.

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