I accompanied a senior citizen friend while he moved from his home to a Hendersonville nursing home, and the first thing the nursing home did was to put an electronic bracelet on him to prevent him from leaving.
I have since learned that entering a nursing home is the equivalent of entering prison for life without parole!
Once those electronic doors of a nursing home slam behind you, you are imprisoned for life and must spend 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in the hellish environment of a modern nursing home.
My opinion of Islamic terrorism has changed. Now if there were Islamic terrorist attacks here in Hendersonville, I would perceive them as being karmic punishment and karmic justice to a community that knowingly and willfully just stands back and does nothing to stop local nursing homes from being the equivalency of life behind prison walls with no hope for being freed from behind prison walls!
— Richard D. Pope
Hendersonville
What nonsense. Monitoring is required in memory units for obvious reasons. Your friend is perfectly free to leave if not in memory care.
Nursing homes are a highly profitable and a highly unregulated business, which is a recipe for problems in any business/ industry. And, enforcement is basically non-existent for what little regulations they operate under. This is not to say that many nursing homes operate under challenging conditions, and many people who work in the nursing home setting are empathetic and caring people who have dedicated their working careers to helping the elderly for less than generous pay. No good answers here.
Here’s an answer. No one is imprisoned. And if a dementia resident wandered off the letter writer would be the first to complain.
Many facilities bear the catch-all nomenclature of “nursing home.” There are varying levels of care provided at the many facilities in and around Hendersonville. From my personal experience when my father was experiencing cognitive decline and before he was moved to a “memory care” unit, a bracelet would have been beneficial to the staff because he was prone to wandering off. I hope someone in the business of assisted living, skilled nursing care, etc., facilities will jump in here and comment on policies for clarification.
Couldn’t agree more. After a 38 day stint in a facility I learned rooms only get trash emptied and sheets only get changed if you ask. Food is atrocious! 1 CNA for a floor 20 patients! Food always COLD and drinks not served with meal.