Ideas in Action - Elder Abuse: America's Dirty Secret
The American Association for Justice recently released a study on the dreadful conditions in America's nursing homes. I have long advocated that America's "Greatest Generation" deserves better than what they are receiving their "golden" years. The nursing home industry is dominated by corporate interests that use a series of corporate spider webs designed to enrich the owners while providing as little care to residents as possible. Sadly, those who saved our country in the 1940's and made us a world power are now among the most vulnerable people in our society. How is the nursing home industry thanking them? By providing them as little care as possible, forcing them to lie in their own waste for hours on end as bed sores fester and become infected. Once strong veterans are now injured by employees who drop them, then cover up their injuries. The daily tragedies happening in nursing homes across our country are horrific and should be stopped. Unfortunately, legislators in Missouri and Illinois have chosen to crawl into bed with the nursing home industry rather than protect the citizens that secured their freedom to run for political office.
As I sat down to write a blog entry on this new study, I first read an article by my friend, Ken Connor. Frankly, I can't expound upon the AAJ study any better than Ken did in his article Elder Abuse: America's Dirty Secret. Ken runs the Center For A Just Society, where he puts the spotlight on critical issues facing elderly Americans as well as other pertinent issues facing our country. I strongly recommend that you read Ken's article Elder Abuse: America's Dirty Secret.
