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<blockquote data-quote="onpoint!" data-source="post: 221810" data-attributes="member: 2703">wow, you must've been involved in a doozie if you really believe that - sorry to hear. in most cases, prolonged presence does not equal more revenue and the &quot;medical people&quot; that i know try hard to do a good job, whether that's wiping someone's behind or trying to collect on a past-due bill.Long term care is the least profitable industry in the US with an overall profit margin of negative 1.0%, meaning they actually lose money each year, and it is worse in ND - so more of us may have to install chair lifts, go part-time and learn feeding tube techniques as the nursing homes close down in coming months/years...My mom, a resident of one of those strapped facilities, needs us kids to help with cares when we can (changing, bathing, clipping nails, cutting hair, changing chair/bed linens, blah blah - the things we take for granted and for which we wish they had more success recruiting staff).&nbsp; the answer is &quot;pay staff more&quot; right? yep, and increase those losses. hey, i don't have the answers. but i'm betting they're more complicated than most of us understand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="onpoint!, post: 221810, member: 2703"] wow, you must've been involved in a doozie if you really believe that - sorry to hear. in most cases, prolonged presence does not equal more revenue and the "medical people" that i know try hard to do a good job, whether that's wiping someone's behind or trying to collect on a past-due bill. Long term care is the least profitable industry in the US with an overall profit margin of [B]ne[B]gative[/B] 1.0%[/B], meaning they actually lose money each year, and it is worse in ND - so more of us may have to install chair lifts, go part-time and learn feeding tube techniques as the nursing homes close down in coming months/years... My mom, a resident of one of those strapped facilities, needs us kids to help with cares when we can (changing, bathing, clipping nails, cutting hair, changing chair/bed linens, blah blah - the things we take for granted and for which we wish they had more success recruiting staff). the answer is "pay staff more" right? yep, and increase those losses. hey, i don't have the answers. but i'm betting they're more complicated than most of us understand. [/QUOTE]

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