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BUT, the owners of nursing homes and for-profit hospitals are collectively among the absolute scummiest human beings not named Trump on the planet. They want warehouses, staffed by nursing aides making minimum wage and even at THAT they want the absolute bare minimum on site they can get away with having without getting citations, fines or cease and desist orders.

The state of the United States is abysmal across the board right now, but the state of geriatric care specifically is appalling.

I lived through this in a very nice facility for my dad prior to his passing and there was major conflicts between him and the overnight staff - who would frequently allow him to lay in urine or feces until the AM shift change instead of getting him up to change him when his incontinence became more difficult towards the end of his life. My wife has spent decades in geriatric care and is currently a corporate auditor for multiple centers across the country (another gift from the consolidation of industries into non-acknowledged but nearly functional monopolies). The tales she tells me when she is frustrated by dealing with this would curl your toes and have you ready to light the torches.

Profits matter, people don't. But even given that ethos, moving to AI programs for nursing care is a horror show in waiting (in reality?)...