June, 2008

We are happy to hear from you regarding your own experiences in nursing homes and rehab centers. Whether you are a patient, resident, staff or visitor, we welcome you to communicate with us.

Hello and glad that you are here with us today. We are hoping that you will and do participate in this forum. It is all about reform, and changing things for the better inside of horrible rehabilitation and care centers and inside of horrible nursing homes. There are some things that need to be changed also, in some of the so-called good nursing homes.

Know this--that if you are undecided as to whether to go to live in a nursing home or not, kindly reconsider even thinking about it. Many of our friends, relatives, co-workers and associates have family members in some of them and they are almost all dissatisfied with the care, lack of care, the treatment and everything related to the bad homes and rehab centers.

This does not come out on the front pages of the news because it appears that the Directors of Social Work and the Administrators inside the horrible places, do their best and use their powers to keep everything QUIET, and to keep things out of the news.

Recently this past year, a lady actually left a nursing home , just walked out the front door of one, in one rehab and care center, and she got all the way to the Staten Island Ferry and not one employee noticed that she was even missing. How does that happen? It happens because the Administration and owners of nursing homes and those kinds of places are more interested in making money, in keeping money than they are interested in making things safe, clean and acceptable for residents and visitors there.

Yes, you did not see that incident on the news because it was hushed up and it happened right there in your own Staten Island community.


Then, months later, at another Staten Island nursing home, a resident was found on the ground after supposedly jumping from a sixth floor window. No one noticed this resident was gone until the body was discovered. Yes, right there in Staten Island. Fortunately this incident, this deadly incident was permitted to be put in the newspapers. Fortunately reporters got to the scene before any one could hush this one up.


Pass the word around. MOST , yes, MOST nursing homes and most rehab and care centers are focusing their attention on making money, getting money from Medicaid and Medicare and getting money from private payments rather than focusing their efforts and staff on keeping residents and visitors safe.

THis is your news flash for the month of June, 2008 .


We would like your input today; kindly leave a note to help ALL residents of all nursing homes around the world. Do you have a mom or dad? DO you have children? Then you need to participate here because these things affect you and your family and your heirs.