Comments on: Two Escambia Assisted Living Facility Bosses Arrested For Abuse And Neglect

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:52:24 +0000

Those who abuse the elderly , and in their hour of need to boot, have especially cold hearts. Full time care of a loved one is a huge act of love that is also most tiring. Facilities like this are meant to ease the workload for people and help to keep their loved one safe, not increase the workload and add fear. Those who cannot bear the thought of doing with love and care the daunting task of caring for the elderly should not even go near this profession. Realistic challenges can be keeping the person safely in their home, medical needs that require a professional, having to continue to earn a living to provide for the elderly person. Conditions such as dementia & Alzheimer’s can mean having the patient go from loving one moment to confused , angry and combative the next moment. It is emotionally and physically exhausting, heartbreaking. People who turned a care facility into a gulag removed, now let’s hope for just punishment!

By: Been there

Been there — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:37:32 +0000

We had to go through the same stuff at another local nursing center. We moved my father in law from one to another because of the care. The one he stayed at for 3 months wasn’t much better. The whole place reeked of urine. He was there for rehab and is now in an private (no state assistance) assisted living facility where they treat him like a King, but it’s $2,100 per month too. After his discharge from the nursing home, we had a bill of over $8,000 that Medicare didn’t pay and he wasn’t eligible for Medicaid. I had to fight with them and get the company’s CEO involved just to see what we were being charged for. I have no doubt that it’s Medicare fraud, but I couldn’t get any help. They said they charged for cutting up his foods because he couldn’t swallow. No, he has Parkinson’s. He can’t hold silverware long enough to cut up food, but really, charging extra to cut food? These places need far more scrutiny than they get.

By: bp

bp — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:39:57 +0000

My patents are in Century care Center they ate really good they do a lots with the residents they got the star award.

By: fred

fred — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 21:08:59 +0000

@Molino Jim – you are exactly right. I also have “The 36 Hour Day”, and it is a very good book on the subject. A good nursing home is very hard to find, but there are some good ones around here. The trick is getting in and having it close enough to go by regularly to check on your loved one regularly (which is daily, if you can.)

By: molino jim

molino jim — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:20:47 +0000

@MolinoMan. The hard part is finding a place in this area. My wife was in “rehab” at a local location and I did not like the place– but it was the only room we could get when she was discharged from the hospital. The payments from federal/state/insurance has dropped over the years and there is so little profit that no one wants to build new locations. The cost cutting has nothing to do with ObamaCare, it has been going on for a while. The floor people at the location tried to do their best. I feel very sorry for the people in these places– but where else can they go? Most families can not give full time care to the family members who are warehoused in these places. The care giver has burn out at some point. There is a wonderful book about being a full time care giver–”The 36 Hour Day”, it give the truth about taking care of someone all of the time. It should be required reading for anyone who thinks–”there’s nothing to taking care of _______ (fill in the blank).

By: Chris from molino

Chris from molino — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:22:56 +0000

My wife worked at Kipling and testified against them. When she got there, residents hair was dirty and matted, fingernails dirty and long, and some smelled of urine that they had sat in for awhile. She couldn’t keep up. Most of the other employees hated her not because she cared, but because they didnt and it showed.
There are not just elderly people, but young people as well. It was more of a psych unit than a nursing home. Most suffered dementia. Ultimately my wife was terminated in February for telling others how to treat patients and how they should do their job. There were just too many people who didnt care.
When we had the ice storm I personally witnessed Mr. Williams curse residents and call them names. I drove my wife that morning and was appaled at the cheap, old decor and how unclean the place was. It looked more like something I’d use for a bunkhouse for a hunting camp, not somewhere to care for my mother or father. It’s finally caught up to them.
Thank you to those who made it possible.

By: haley

haley — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:12:54 +0000

This is sickening. How do ppl abuse and take advantage of the elderly? Just greed. I do hope these ppl if found guilty of this abuse, are punished to the maximum extent possible.

By: MolinoMan

MolinoMan — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:43:41 +0000

I have heard nightmares about this place… It is a variable hell-on-Earth for its residents. How it is still operating is beyond my comprehension.

Who ever has loved ones in there should seriously consider taking them somewhere else.

This place should be made into a parking lot it would serve more of a purpose than a monument to elderly abuse.

By: Otto

Otto — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:36:16 +0000

I am glad to see this happen. The Agency for Health Care Administration has a list of complaints going back 10 years on Kipling Manor, thankfully they finally revoked their license. It had gotten to the point where the patients were prisoners, held incommunicado for what get Kipling could get out of Medicaid or Medicare. While their were good and caring people that worked there; there was a lot of theft of patient property. In short the only thing that mattered to the owner was money and he preyed upon a weak and virtually defenseless section of society.

http://www.floridahealthfinder.gov/facilitylocator/FacilityProfilePage.aspx?id=1318

By: troubled

troubled — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:12:07 +0000

I hope they get a judge who will throw book at them!!!!!! I am tried of people abusing something or someone and getting a slap on the hand! Whether it is a person or an animal , they deserve better.
me
just yelling and
hoping someone hears