Some nursing homes have switched to treating only COVID-19 patients, who bring in more government money. But to make room for them, the original residents are forced out of places they've called home.
There are a lot of mental and emotional consequences, too.Ruby Hamilton is surrounded by her granddaughter Liz McLemore and grandsons David Oliver and Timothy Oliver. Family members always coordinated a party or luncheon when they visited Hamilton."We wanted to give her flowers while she was alive," McLemore says.Ruby Hamilton is surrounded by her granddaughter Liz McLemore and grandsons David Oliver and Timothy Oliver.
"The first day I arrived [at Leonard Manor], I said, 'Oh, this is heaven.' And I just felt so safe with those people and they were so caring," she says. "I've spent many a weekend in bed because there was no one to get me up," says the woman, who needs help to get from her bed to her wheelchair. "My concern when COVID hit was there would be those in the industry who saw an opportunity to trade low-paying Medicaid residents for high-paying COVID patients," he says.
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