Response on Quality of life for the elderly

After reading the Blog on When does Quality of Life End? I was appalled about the statistics of nursing home abuse and the number of facilities had been cited. How scary to know that you may be putting your loved one into the care of a monster, who might abuse them in ways unimaginable.

I agree with the author, something must be done. A start is passing a bill to enforce stricter enforcement on hiring requirements for care giving facilities. I truly hope they do not stop there. The punishment for this type of abuse should be harder and come with stiffer consequences.

The thought of anyone putting a loved one into a facility only to find out they are abused has got to be a horrific event that will forever change the life of all involved. The Nursing Home industry should really work on the requiring more structured education as well as continuing education classes in required subjects, as well as scheduled mental evaluations.

Until we start taking care of our elderly as we take care of our children, we will continue to see senseless abuse and deaths of our mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles.