Nursing home caregivers take stand for quality care

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Workday Minnesota

ST. PAUL - At five locations across Minnesota, hundreds of caregivers and community allies demonstrated in support of nursing home workers and residents.

The informational pickets and other activities are part of an ongoing statewide campaign for fair contracts, calling on nursing home owners and state legislators to invest in dignity for our state’s seniors and those who care for them.

The actions took place at Cerenity Care Centers in Saint Paul and South Saint Paul, Providence Place in Minneapolis, Red Wing Health Center, and St. Lucas Care Center in Faribault.

The workers are members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota.

Read more: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4647

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Outside Cerenity Care Center in St. Paul, state Rep. Erin Murphy, a registered nurse, praised workers for standing up for quality care and long-term care residents.



For more information: http://www.seiuhealthcaremn.org/

[Iowa]

1. Good for them. These are some of the hardest working, most underpaid people in the country.

[lonestarnot]

2. There should only be 4 residents per work team. Owners should stop living high on the hog and pay

more workers a living wage, reduce hours, and hire better doctors.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. We have handed our elderly over to profit making operations.

[uppityperson]

4. Good for them. Too often the staffing is atrocious and unhealthy for all.

[jmondine]

5. But... what if the senior forgets to pay their $75 fee?

Isn't the caregiver obliged to stand by and watch their patient flounder?

It'll certainly motivate the other seniors to pay their fee.