Comments on: Nursing Homes Look For State Money For Generators

By: Howie

Howie — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:26:33 +0000

These facilities that are required to put in place standby generators – yes they can afford it. A 100 KW Electric Generator costs $24,500 because I priced them. That size will cover a large square foot area. Your buildings may need 5 generators, and so what. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are the richest business in the US. Hospitals and Medical Centers already have in place a standby alternate power source. I’m glad that Gov. Scott is making this mandatory. You never know when you or I may be in one of these facilities.

Great comments by all of you !

By: bewildered

bewildered — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 10:56:08 +0000

The State and private companies have to keep all institutionalized people as comfortable as humanly possible (Prisons, mental health facilities, etc) or lawsuits would go through the roof. It’s a fine line between death due to the result of a natural disaster (an act of God) and gross negligence. No matter how hard we try to overcome the law of nature that weeds out the weak, old, and feeble of any other species or plant category – we will fail in certain instances where Humans are concerned.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:14:15 +0000

Good comments on the need for nursing and rehab centers to have standby generators to provide needed power during storms. I do believe that any care facility currently has to provide a written plan to the state in the event of storms or any other emergency. Do these plans include the ability to power themselves following an event? I doubt it.
Keep in mind that simply installing a generator and closing the doors is not in itself an answer. Generators need fuel, if natural gas fired what is the reliability of the local or municipal utilities to provide an uninterrupted supply of natural gas? If diesel fired, which comes with FDEP regulations for containment in the event of a spill. What inspections are in place to test the fuel that has been in a fuel tank for five years?
A generator with a running engine can only produce electricity if the generator is sound so an annual load test is needed to confirm the integrity of the electrical producing piece of the package. All of these things cost money that the operators will certainly complain about.
There is no easy answer but I do think that onsite operational electrical generation should be mandated for these facilities to protect and care for some of our most vulnerable citizens. Wasn’t something similar put in place for gasoline retailers so we could fill our cars? Take a look around the hospitals, do they have standby generators? Yes, they do. Do they install and maintain this equipment because they want to or are they mandated to do it? In all likelihood they are mandated. Why should it be any different for nursing homes?
This issue should not be buried in our state chambers.

By: phillip

phillip — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 23:51:53 +0000

completely agree fred and retired, there is no reason they can not pay for the generators. Nursing homes are like our prison system and education system, there is more than enough money for the necessities the spending habits need to be corrected.

By: Retired2

Retired2 — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:54:20 +0000

Our friends in Alabama should take a lesson from Florida , and also look at flooding as well. I personally know one that needs both.

By: retired

retired — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:54:19 +0000

with what nursing homes and asisteded living homes charge they can a ford to buy the genarators

By: fred

fred — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:27:42 +0000

If you saw the lavish lifestyle that owners of nursing homes live, you’d roll your eyes at the suggestion that they can’t afford generators. Ridiculous.