Gonna just say this, the Democrat lead governors were already having shitty economic recovery.
They did everything before to stifle the Trump recovery. Case in point, CA's economic recovery was artificial in nature. It was pumped up mainly by HB1 Visa workers who were counted as citizens by Silicon Valley.
The reality is, the recovery in CA has been lagging far behind the national average and comparatively behind Texas. Most CA residents have 2-3 jobs to make ends meet. Since how everything is counted none of them equate to full time.
If anything there's a lot of issues we're seeing from certain sectors of our country. Mainly elderly care has been exposed as complete shit. Take away Covid, and we would never know how bad our elderly are being taken care of. Sick workers taking care of people....getting our grandparents sick....just so they can make time. That's complete BS and the elderly care companies need to be held accountable and have stronger safeguards. Families pay money for these places to take care of their elderly love ones . Only for the companies to push forward, that some caregiver needs to clock in, even if they are sick as a dog because if they dont, they get fired.
My mother-in-law suffered dementia toward the end. Her husband heroically took care of her at home until he passed away from a sudden heart attack. None of us could possibly care for her, and he should have had professional help much earlier. It wasn't possible for her to be in her home anymore, and none of us could do it either.
So we found a memory care senior facility of good reputation. These places probably do their best, but they are dealing with a tough situation. Adults with memory and cognition issues are difficult to care for, and would try the patience of a saint. But they're pros, right? We can't be there 24/7, we don't know what's going on when no one is there. We were so fearful of what was happening there, but didn't have many options.
She passed away about 8 weeks later, after pretty much forgetting how to swallow. She couldn't self-feed, or care for herself at all. The only incentive these places even have to keep patients alive is for an ongoing income stream (which is huge, they're like $7000/mo and up per resident).
I make no accusations, some of the workers were really nice (at least when we were there). But we have no idea what really happens at other times. The residents can't tell you, apart from visible injuries (always explainable as "she fell", or whatever). It's a scary situation.
Elder care is a problem, and hugely difficult for those who need complete professional care.
I think the elderly care business is in great jeopardy, many will rather remain in their residences. And states are ill-prepared to pick up the problem and fix it
Let's not split hair. The Elderly Care business has been in terrible shape leading up to this. The Covid only exposed how bad it was. We got glimpses (from small news stories) but now we can see exactly how bad the quality of care for what we pay is just..bad.
Gonna just say this, the Democrat lead governors were already having shitty economic recovery.
They did everything before to stifle the Trump recovery. Case in point, CA's economic recovery was artificial in nature. It was pumped up mainly by HB1 Visa workers who were counted as citizens by Silicon Valley.
The reality is, the recovery in CA has been lagging far behind the national average and comparatively behind Texas. Most CA residents have 2-3 jobs to make ends meet. Since how everything is counted none of them equate to full time.
If anything there's a lot of issues we're seeing from certain sectors of our country. Mainly elderly care has been exposed as complete shit. Take away Covid, and we would never know how bad our elderly are being taken care of. Sick workers taking care of people....getting our grandparents sick....just so they can make time. That's complete BS and the elderly care companies need to be held accountable and have stronger safeguards. Families pay money for these places to take care of their elderly love ones . Only for the companies to push forward, that some caregiver needs to clock in, even if they are sick as a dog because if they dont, they get fired.
My mother-in-law suffered dementia toward the end. Her husband heroically took care of her at home until he passed away from a sudden heart attack. None of us could possibly care for her, and he should have had professional help much earlier. It wasn't possible for her to be in her home anymore, and none of us could do it either.
So we found a memory care senior facility of good reputation. These places probably do their best, but they are dealing with a tough situation. Adults with memory and cognition issues are difficult to care for, and would try the patience of a saint. But they're pros, right? We can't be there 24/7, we don't know what's going on when no one is there. We were so fearful of what was happening there, but didn't have many options.
She passed away about 8 weeks later, after pretty much forgetting how to swallow. She couldn't self-feed, or care for herself at all. The only incentive these places even have to keep patients alive is for an ongoing income stream (which is huge, they're like $7000/mo and up per resident).
I make no accusations, some of the workers were really nice (at least when we were there). But we have no idea what really happens at other times. The residents can't tell you, apart from visible injuries (always explainable as "she fell", or whatever). It's a scary situation.
Elder care is a problem, and hugely difficult for those who need complete professional care.
I think the elderly care business is in great jeopardy, many will rather remain in their residences. And states are ill-prepared to pick up the problem and fix it
Let's not split hair. The Elderly Care business has been in terrible shape leading up to this. The Covid only exposed how bad it was. We got glimpses (from small news stories) but now we can see exactly how bad the quality of care for what we pay is just..bad.
We need an overhaul and for the better.
It's exposing how crap the teachers are too which is a good thing for parents to be aware of
American families need to take care of their elders just lile in the old times. Family units are key to a strong society.