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    Posted May 9, 2008 by
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    DO ANY OF YOU PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CARE ABOUT GRANNY?

    By HARVARDHONEY  |  Posted May 9, 2008  |  Baltimore, Maryland
     

    I wish to ask all three presidential candidates a simplistic question:  What are your plans to assist nursing home residents, who are vulnerable within state regulated facilities?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    • NEWSFLASH: Many nursing homes within America are ABOVE GROUND GRAVES!

     

    ************************We are neglected:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    • Patient to nurse ratios are AWFUL (50 to 1)

     

     

    • Nursing home facilities are understaffed

     

     

    • Unsanitary enviornments

     

     

    • Minimal access to the "real world"

     

     

    • Minimal hygiene services available: bathing, grooming, exercise,  and dentistry needs are lacking

     

     

    • Rodents within facilities

     

     

    • Limited food and drink choices

     

     

    • Limited visiting hours such that family and friends are given FALSE impressions of the facility's TRUE stand

     

     

    • Many nursing home residents are routinely IGNORED as nurses sleep, eat, read magazines, speak on cellular phones, and gossip

     

     

     

     

    *****************WE NEED HELP******************************************What are you suggesting to help us?  Remember, you too will get old some day.  Moreover, you don't have to be ederly to end up at a nursing facility!  An unexpected accident, sickness, or injury will land you in a nursing enviornment (HELL HOLE).

     

     

     

    Lastly, despite how much money one has, NOONE is going to blow your nose and or  wipe your behind....................................AS YOU DO!

     

     

     

     

     

     

    *Therefore, HELP US!   Please.....................................

     

     

     

     

     

     

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