No Nursing In Nursing Homes
The Severe Decline In Care/In My Opinion
How did it happen?
When did life end?
When did this become reality
how could they...
When her independence became weakness
and doubt blended into assuredness
Saturating her calm confidence
shattering the illusion of self
Who she was, who she'd been...
She became one of the "forgotten"
now, just another body on a list of to do's
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She sat in that chair for nearly 12 hours
soaked in her own urine, lunch still on her chin
solely and completely dependant on strangers
who were oblivious of who she was
Emotionally disconnected and devoid of that kind of knowledge
the kind of knowledge that connects a human to their spirit
But self and spirit needed to be dissected at the point of arrival
it made the "job" easier
Task in place of service
body after body
room after room
full of to do - tasks
of once vital souls
drained of humanity
As need and disease arrived
leading into the new season
depravations of the human spirit
Lonely souls left to deteriorate into oblivion
under the careful watch of no one in particular
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Comments (6)
Gripping and real, Kelli. Really hit home for me. My mother is in a nursing home. At 94 in a couple of months, she is just biding her time waiting for the inevitable.
Very sad but true, and I worked night shift at a nursing facility for almost two years. I had to move on way to sad, but I did get a kick out of a few of the residents I cared for then.
This is very sad. Unfortunately if family or love ones do not visit they would not some nursing home are mistreating an elderly 😪
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Which one is the unnecessary line? I'm having trouble following this prompt
This is not a reflection of every nursing home, but of most. Unforunately... Very well written.