Watching yet another horrific news story got me thinking about these sickos who would abuse some poor victim in a nursing home. Those video clips of that poor man in Texas City made me sick. It tears at my heart when I see these poor helpless victims being abused by caretakers at their home, or by staff in nursing homes and care homes. I wonder how long they've endured abuse. I wonder how scared they have been, and for how long. It's as horrific as someone abusing a helpless infant, or some kid with special needs in a care home. It takes one sick human being to do this stuff. They are the worst of the worst, preying on the vulnerable. It wouldn't bother me a bit to see them receive the same type treatment for a few hours. Chain them to a post in town and let people line up and give them a punch or a kick for $100 for an hour or two, and give all proceeds to the victim. Then, drop them in the middle of a desert from a plane by parachute. Let them suffer a bit. It would save tax dollars.
I think about the ones who have nobody to tell, or are unable to speak. It's so horrible. I remember one day being at HEB and this real old man was at the counter with some lady just standing back. He was struggling pulling his card out and paying. The woman must have been his caretaker. She pushed his cart as he walked real slowly to her car. She looked like such a b*tch, not talking to him or anything. I felt sorry for that man, and wondered how he was treated when they weren't in public.
My aunt works in a care home in the middle of nowhere northeast TX and we've had talks about it from time to time. She makes 11 an hour (been with the company for 3+ years now), and her co-workers make similar money... and they are constantly understaffed. To find people willing to do that job for that pay... it's rough. Old/dying people need all the patience that kids do, except most aren't nearly as cute, they can be a hell of a lot meaner, and they are a lot more fragile. For a job this difficult, this important, it should probably be paying more than a starter's wage for a teenager at Sonic. That doesn't excuse any abuse obviously, but important to understand what the environment is like in some care homes. Imagine poor and often broken-down people taking extremely stressful and requiring jobs for **** pay, dealing with old dying people, many of whom were poor and broken down themselves in life, it can be a really hectic, physically and emotionally environment. Seems like a setup doomed to host tragedies of abuse more often than it should.
This is the problem! It's disturbing and disgusting how these outfits that make millions try to hire people cheap. The vulnerable people in this country should have the best care, and never be in fear of being abused. The government should shut down every place where something like this happens. Maybe then they will start monitoring rooms more diligently, and paying "skilled" workers an amount that they deserve, and an amount they don't want to lose by doing something like this. The salaries should be at least $20 an hour, with more training and vetting of the ones caring for them. You can't expect highly trained professionals at a wage that doesn't fit the demands of the job.
For those (like me) who didn’t already know about the incident this thread is about. https://www.click2houston.com/news/...n-camera-abusing-elderly-resident-police-say/
Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys, and babies, don't let your Mama go into a nursing home in Texas. Texas the dubious distinction of being one of the most dangerous states in the country to be a nursing home resident. Since 2015, more than 1,800 dangerous incidents, categorized as “serious deficiencies,” have been reported to federal regulators from Texas—more than in any other state. New York, the state with the most people in nursing homes, had 162. In the past five years, at least 143 people have died due to neglect and poor quality of care in Texas nursing homes. https://www.texasobserver.org/neglect-nursing-homes/
