by evilgenius » Tue 07 Mar 2017, 11:51:59
As a for instance, I just read a story on my local paper's website about one of the places I deliver to. I've always considered that place kind of a sh*thole. I mostly made that determination because I've never seen anything but boredom from its residents. While group singing isn't my idea of paradise, at least it indicates that management cares enough to recognize they ought to get involved in the mental health of the people who live there. I've seen papers on the walls purporting to advertise activities, but I've only ever seen residents bored and either piled up at the nurse's stations staring or alone in their rooms. I've smelled and seen some bad things there in relation to this. A person visiting during the day trying to make a determination about the place, however, might be fooled because of an inherent bias toward benefit of doubt.
Well, this place had a supervisor rape a nurse. And he also pressured CNA's, who were fired when they complained about it. The nurse was fired too, and accused of stealing narcotics because the rape happened before she could record the pills she had given to a couple of residents. She was called to his office. Afterward she wept in a janitor's closet. They've had other sexual assaults take place there as well, not related to the supervisor. Management covered everything up. They didn't report any of it to the state body overseeing them. That body only found out from the reporters who investigated the crimes. They, apparently, took a look at how profitable the business is, tried for a cap on payouts for such incidents (accepting that it would be more expensive to manage the place in a manner that ensured these things wouldn't happen) and then let it roll.
I'm not providing any links because I don't want the fact I said anything about this to come back on me. Let's just say that my position is no more safe than hers in terms of an association with bringing the subject up in the first place. I'm an independent contractor. At this job we get looked at first when anything happens. That means I am always on the bubble.