Thread: Covid Mk ll

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Yes my 94yo Mum has been in a nursing home since early November - delayed going into one because of the pandemic - less than 4 weeks in the home and comes down with Covid. Into isolation, the whole home locked in their rooms. Now this is really unacceptable to be basically locked up in solidarity confinement.

The system does not allow a suitably dressed aid to take the patients out on a one at a time basic to walk the gardens out in the open - not just easier to lock them all up.

My Mum got it from another resident who had been out on a day outing and brought it back into the home. Interestingly between the time my mum would have been infected and showed symptoms I had been with her all day, and the next day had been with her going through some paperwork - so was touching and in close proximity - I did not get it.

The paperwork we were going through was to sell her home. The aged care system is designed to strip assets from the elderly - $550,000 up front for a single small bedroom with bathroom (I could buy a nice unit in the area for $300,000). As she has only a small amount of savings we have to sell her home to raise the $550,000 and in the mean time the interest cost is about $3000 a month (6.25%) when home loads were around 4.5% - this is on top of her daily fees of $66 per day.

It is almost cheaper to buy a small 2 bedroom unit and have a live in nurse.

Can't have staff doing Resident walkies, OMG NO, Just think of the positive outcomes for patients. What are you trying to do get them all sacked?

. Far better employed gossiping & drinking copious amounts of tea in the Staff Room.

Yes, can't have the inm... 'Residents', get fresh air AND. free. Vitamin D to feed their immune system.... Keep 'em locked out of sunlight, and miserable and depressed and inactive. Only thing missing is Midazolam.

There are a few reasons my wife, a nurse of over 20 years in aged care has left the industry for good, covid responses and attitudes make up all of them which I will not go into on a public platform because as we all know if anyone speaks real world truths from experience not fantasy land the labels come out....
All I will say is I hope to die before an aged care facility is the only option

Originally Posted by discomatt69

There are a few reasons my wife, a nurse of over 20 years in aged care has left the industry for good, covid responses and attitudes make up all of them which I will not go into on a public platform because as we all know if anyone speaks real world truths from experience not fantasy land the labels come out....
All I will say is I hope to die before an aged care facility is the only option

My wife worked for many years in aged care (outreach) prior to her retirement and it was most definately one of the most under paid and thankless jobs, I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China.
And yes I too would prefer to fall off the perch before I am consingned to Gods waiting rooms.

Originally Posted by trout1105

My wife worked for many years in aged care (outreach) prior to her retirement and it was most definately one of the most under paid and thankless jobs, I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China.
And yes I too would prefer to fall off the perch before I am consingned to Gods waiting rooms.

And made even worse when dealing with people who are begging to see family and friends, begging to get out of their room and saying they would rather die than be locked away like a prisoner but alas no one shall die and they must be kept safe at all costs
Yeah pass

Originally Posted by trout1105

My wife worked for many years in aged care (outreach) prior to her retirement and it was most definately one of the most under paid and thankless jobs, I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China.
And yes I too would prefer to fall off the perch before I am consingned to Gods waiting rooms.

ROOMS??? Lucky you if you have a choice, trouty olde boy. You & Diver will probably snuff it sitting at the end of a wharf/jetty/ boat somewhere nice when you fall off your tackle box.


Only problem with that is his Rating Qualls will take over & he will spend eternity bobbing to the surface.

Originally Posted by 4bee

ROOMS??? Lucky you if you have a choice, trouty olde boy. You & Diver will probably snuff it sitting at the end of a wharf/jetty boat somewhere nice when you fall off your tackle box.

The NHS was buying up SO much midazolam that it was significant on world supply at the time. Join the dots......

Originally Posted by 4bee

ROOMS??? Lucky you if you have a choice, trouty olde boy. You & Diver will probably snuff it sitting at the end of a wharf/jetty/ boat somewhere nice when you fall off your tackle box.


Only problem with that is his Rating Qualls will take over & he will spend eternity bobbing to the surface.

Mate I intend to be shot by a jealous husband at the age of 99