"More than 90 percent of nursing homes employ one or more people who have been convicted of at least one crime, federal investigators said Wednesday in a new report. In addition, they said, 5 percent of all nursing home employees have at least one criminal conviction."
That's according to The New York Times, citing a recent report of the Inspector General. This is in spite of a criminal background check required by most states. Most of these crimes are for theft or drug use, not patient abuse.
Today's one-liner: "The shortest way to the distinguishing excellence of any writer is through his hostile critics." Richard LeGallienne
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
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C'mon Bernie
ReplyDeleteWhat are you trying to do? Scare everyone? Criminals are working in every section of the community that affect our every day lives. Look at the Catholic Priests. Look at the Judges. Look to Congress. Their everywhere. Even on County Council.
I'll bet a majority of the homes in the study were private nursing homes.
ReplyDeleteYeah.....guess what Bernie, you are NO upstanding citizen yourself!! Remember what you did to some of your clients that cost you your license! People who live in glass houses should not cast stones.........
ReplyDeleteAmon: 6:02
ReplyDeleteoh how true.
sorry I ment Anon: 6:41
ReplyDeleteexcuse me please.
Bernie trying to get "His Facts" out and we can see how that is going to be. Even though he wants to make a point that not only are county employee's union goons, they are also criminals.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is he makes the opposite point. The privates don't give a shit and with their massive turnover, if you can breath they will hire you. Since they offer barely no benefits and very low pay, they attract some characters. The county can watch and control who is hired and since it is not "JUST' concerned with the most profit of the Mercedes driving owners, we can watch after our seniors.
Thank you Bernie for giving all a reason to keep Gracedale in County hands.
Save Gracedale;Dump Angle/Stoffa!!
It would be criminal to keep Gracedale and saddle Norco taxpayers with the burden of paying for that money pit. The seniors and others on fixed incomes are losing their homes with spiraling energy and food costs, and taxes at all levels out of control. The Gracedale supporters don't care one bit about seniors losing their homes- they'll end up in Gracedale receiving undignified, inferior care. Just to satisfy the greed of the union goons.
ReplyDelete5:27,
ReplyDeleteI'm not trying to scare anyone. I am passing along information. This is something that happens in ALL nursing homes, both public and private. I would suggest that this really has little to do with the private - public argument, but a lot to do with a need for closer scrutiny in ALL nursing homes.
Some of you folks are so worked up about Gracedale that even a neutral observation that applies to ALL nursing homes results in personal attacks.
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ReplyDeleteIf find it amazing that we won't allow someone with a minor infraction coach little league sports when parents are a plenty and watching every moment, but, we will allow criminals to work with those who have no one watching most of the time. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bernie All the more reason to keep Gracedale from privatization!
ReplyDeleteSo? Presumably these people have paid their dues to society. There's no reason their sentence should extend into post-prison life as a stigma. We want these people getting jobs in the licit economy, rather than the illicit economy. Northampton County's recidivism rate is high enough and it's only going to go up if people create additional barriers to licit employment after prison.
ReplyDeletefyi I was counsel to the Nursing Home Division of the Pennsylvania Department of Health a few years ago
ReplyDeleteI found out that the employee turnover rate in nursing homes sometimes reaches 100% on an annual basis
privatizaiton will not deal with this issue at all but in all probablility would keep that percentage closer to 100%
these are not easy jobs
Geeting, I am all for hiring convicted criminals who disclose their past. This should be on a case-by-case basis, with longer periods of probation and more intense scrutiny. I do not support people who lie or preying on the elderly.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with Barrister assessment. The turnover is high and the jobs are tough. Basically, you are signing on for a permanent back injury.
ReplyDeleteI have seen people on work release working at nursing homes. I think misdemeanors are OK, not sure about felonies.
Bernda (Bernie & Brenda) spoke at 9:14 & 9:15
ReplyDeleteBernie,
ReplyDeleteShould I come out of the closet?
Naaaaahhhhhh, its warmer in here.
lmao
Bernie dam give it a rest already,the Gracedale matter will be resolved by the voters,what is it now scare tactics,now you sound like the so called union goons you chastize in every article you post.People this will continue till afer the election and hopefully it will stop when the Gracedale issue is resolved and Ron Angle is voted to go away.
ReplyDeleteThis is not "scare tactics." It is a situation that might actually apply more to private nursing homes, and people should know it.
ReplyDeleteBernie, I guess you don't know, but the county does a criminal check on all of it's employees, if someone doesn't disclose that they were a criminal, they are terminated. Here we go with scare tactics!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks anonymous 4:01pm ALL THE MORE REASON TO KEEP GRACEDALE COUNTY OWNED!
ReplyDelete4:01, I am sure they do, and I am equally certain that some get by.
ReplyDeleteBernie.....nobody gives a HOOT about your certainty!
ReplyDeleteWhat is the percentage of convicted criminals in local and state legislatures?
ReplyDelete8:15 good question.. get your statistics on that ''local blogger''...
ReplyDeleteStudies show that 3 out of 4 people are 75% of the population.
ReplyDelete10:20 Anon,
ReplyDeleteThat was AWESOME!
Have a great day.
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