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To: KLP who wrote (224049)	10/14/2007 4:02:00 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793605

doubt their is an age set , it is understood from relatives and friends i talk to that have relatives over there. It is hard enough if you are young and sick to get treatments, if elderly almost zip. here is something i found on web. this also applies to home care in usa . I hear many aides find their clients in the same diaper they left them in the day before. We know we have abuse in nursing homes hopefully not to this extent.. The major question ,, where are the relatives? How can a parent be left in diapers for 14 hours, day after day and their children etc find it acceptable? It's like these people are expendable, no attachment. // May 28Nursing Home Care In Europe By: Heather • In: News, Nursing Homes, Around the World Heh. Nursing home care in Europe is much worse than in America (sarcasm intended) Bedsores, unchanged diapers and inattentive staff members are the rule rather than the exception at Copenhagen’s largest nursing home, according to a documentary aired on the national broadcaster Sunday night news magazine. An undercover journalist, Marike Jensen, took a job at the Fælledgården nursing home and followed daily life for two months using a hidden camera. The results were shocking, said Jensen, who without prior training, was put in charge of caring for residents. ‘The people were so weak and it was so important to bring this out, I was able to justify doing this,’ said Jensen. Jensen recorded scenes from the home and found that some of the home’s 250 residents were allowed to lay in the same diapers for up to 14 hours. The scene from Fælledgården was not unique to Copenhagen, said Bjarne Hastrup, the director of DaneAge Association, the national interest group for the elderly. Cutbacks, a lack of qualified staff, personnel changes and substitute workers provided sub-standard service levels across the country. People with family members at nursing homes flooded DanAge with emails after seeing the broadcast, he said: ‘We will now try to collect and organise the reports so we can gain an overview, and then we will send them on to ministers and mayors.’ Hastrup noted that relatives seldom complained about poor nursing home conditions, because they were concerned about the consequences. ‘Many people are afraid that a complaint might lead to a resident receiving less care and attention. At the same time both family members and residents build a relationship with caregivers and don’t want to complain about them.’ A friend of mine was having lunch with two of her three sons. One son was in town for a major charity golf event. She is moving into a senior development ,town houses, with assistant living available down the road and daily basic medical needs attended to on site. her son says to her , you should think about choices in a nursing home now. She is still in shock. this woman is in great shape, attractive and very smart. she is caring for her husband (m.s.), but to have her rich, successful son, throw out nursing home, and not even a suggestion that she had alternatives, like coming to live with them or another son... shocking.