They like patients like this. Somebody is paying for care, the patient is quiet and compliant. Easy to ignore.
Whether to pull the metaphorical plug on someone or not is not the decision of nursing home staff or owners, thank fucking god.
Elizabeth’s being forced to turn her virginity into a fetish the size of her kingdom has always bothered me. She had to—not only would being married usurp all the power she had (queens had no power; watching her father tear through noble, ostensibly “powerful” women like so many turkey legs at a drunken feast taught…
“bring a female attendant in” is not a solution! It would undoubtedly lead to very low paid (definitely part-time) female workers who are there as tokens and not actual bulkheads against abuse. Frankly, the entire place should be shut down for not noticing in her day-to-day care and vital signs that she was pregnant.…
That “Male staff may only enter a female room with a female staff member” policy is going to last about five minutes, tops. Nursing homes are already massively understaffed, they’re not going to be able to spare an extra staff member for that, there will be a lot of “just this once” and “whatever, I trust you”.
“We can say that our patients and clients health and safety is our #1 priority and that we always cooperate, when asked by any agency, in an open and transparent way,” the statement reads.
If I were a man on that staff I would insist on having my DNA sampled to prove that it wasn’t me.
Don’t forget male visitors, even (or especially) those related to the patient, as well as consultants, repairmen, etc. The mind boggles.
“Possible” abuse? How the heck is this not “definitely” abuse?
I don;t believe so, they would probably ask for voluntary samples and then take a look at those who refused- or sent their friend in their place
I’m just gonna leave this here:
I’m genuinely curious on the civil rights aspect of this. Can they compel all male employees to submit to a DNA test? Legally?
*pokes head in, sees heart monitor still working, leaves*
If there is family that wants the person alive (no idea in this case) or if there is no family around, when do you get to decide to kill someone?
In the US, rich people get to go to nice places and the rest of us get warehoused and abused.
The same terrible care most get in long term care
There are many fucked up things in play here, but my first question is: why would someone be kept in a vegetative state for a DECADE? Was it written into her will, and there is nobody to override it? Who is paying the bills?
DNA test the baby and the male staff.
How the fuck did no one notice that she stopped menstruating? Do they just let women in a vegetative state freebleed?? Or did no one check or notice? No one takes blood tests regularly? What care was this woman receiving?