Monday 22 October 2007

You Have NO Idea

Many of us in the field watched this program with interest;

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It's certainly true that long term facilities become "dumping grounds" and by no means provide care only for the frail elderly. The thing is, long term beds are cheap and psych beds very expensive and at a premium-many psych centers have been closed and are no longer options.

I take exception to the assertion that this behavior is accepted by staff-there is only so much staff CAN do. The model of care is anarchistic and over and OVER we hear that these people have the right to integrate. It's like everything, we hear that segregation of problem people is unfair to them, just as it is on the other end in schools-and everyone else has to lump it.

I am reminded however that at the same time people are horrified by segufixes.

Ach with the baby boomers and their absolute demand for personal autonomy aging, expect things to get shittier.

11 comments:

mem said...

My teachers yelled at me first for my small handwriting, and then, once I had started typing papers, small print.

How is it that your father was so severe when it came to articulation and you use such uh-words so frequently in your, you know, speech?

"Nerdpolean Bonaparte?" Wow. Just wow.

separateunion said...

What is it with Petheads, blogger, and Team Pyro? I mean seriously now...

mem said...

Hey, she started it. That's all I'm saying. She's dragging us all down with her, too.

separateunion said...

Way to go, Char. I blame you for all my problems now. Don't you feel lucky?

mem said...

And yes, you did start it all. You even started the fire. So don't whine at me about not starting anything.

Also, the verification word is znumz, which you can pervert any way you please. It's the lolcat version of calculus.

mem said...

Also, this reminds me of you for some odd reason. Hmm.....

separateunion said...

What blog does she respond to your comments on, Ethan?

Char said...

I ignore him. Yet he still wont go away.

mem said...

This is rich. You do not ignore me. You like to think you do, but sending turds by mail is not ignoring. Not even close.

And how would you know what I drink? You're a stinker, and that's that.

J-it's my zone username.blogspot.com. I keep it unlisted mostly to save the world from reading about my life.

mem said...

I'm pretty sure you're stinkier.

And of course there are nasty hymns, too. I'm not so partisan to think all of them are good. Of course, it's pretty difficult to feel emotionally manipulated by a hymn the way you can feel that way with some of the current p/w choruses.

Joy to the World is still my favorite song. Or at least one of them.

separateunion said...

Char, you *have* to be the stinkiest. I mean, look at the title of your blog!

"Hey Dooders?" Now, the word "dooders" has stinky written all over it, if you catch my drift...