re: Apparently private equity is buying up small hospitals in LA

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If the Church is God's House, the Devil's is a Nursing Home.

They way they spend down some of these people's incomes should be criminal.



Was spending $9200/month for my mother and had to battle them to get her out as they outright lied to the doctor.

5 star place and all I will say about that is the 3 stars must be real bad as I was not impressed at all with the care and I'd be surprised if prisons have worse food.

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Nursing homes are a racket, no question. A kid I went to high school with owns a chain of them and is insanely wealthy. The nursing home lobby is second only to the oil and gas lobby for legislative influence in Louisiana.

With that said, my mother is in one and it's been a godsend. We simply couldn't duplicate the same level of care at home for any amount of money. She has nurses checking her condition twice a day, which I believe has saved her life at least once. She has aides helping her with her daily activities, she has more social interactions that she would at home. It's been a great weight off my dad's shoulders, who was ruining his own health trying to take care of her by himself. Most of all, my mother seems pretty content. Trying to manage independent living was stressful for her, too.

I wish it hadn't come to this. It's not how I imagined my parents' golden years. My heart breaks a little bit every time I go there. But it had to be, and we're making the best of it.