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Post by msventoux on May 4, 2020 20:03:52 GMT -5
My doctor just got new furniture in her waiting room, all velvety upholstering. How the heck are you supposed to clean that? I'm old enough to remember when vynal seats were common in public places like planes and waiting rooms. At least those could be wiped down and blasted with disinfecting spray. I was furniture browsing back in February and saw some pretty items at a local store. One was a velour couch--very retro--and all I could think was "How easy would it be to clean cat vomit off this?" My decorating life is pretty much governed by cat puke and animal hair. “How quickly will this get dirty, how badly will this stain, and how easily will it come clean?” Come to think of it, my fashion choices are largely ruled by animal hair too. If I walk from the bathroom to the front door and my pants hold enough hair it looks like I’m wearing mohair bell bottoms because multiple animals have brushed up against me, then those pants get tossed out.
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Post by alabamagal on May 4, 2020 20:20:50 GMT -5
I'd be totally cool waiting in my car listening to the radio/playing on my phone rather than sitting in a hotbed of sick loud people for anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours till my appointment. Not in the winter. I HATE just letting my engine idle while I sit- I swear I can see dollars flying out the window. After 2 hours I'd be seething. My son's pediatrician had one exam room with a separate entrance for communicable, or possibly communicable cases. They directed us there when he displayed symptoms of chickenpox, and that's what he had. I thought this was a great idea. Cars only use 0.2 - 0.3 gallons per hour when idling. So just a small $ amount. I hope that doctor’s offices get better about scheduling to reduce the waiting time.
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Cars only use 0.2 - 0.3 gallons per hour when idling. So just a small $ amount. I hope that doctor’s offices get better about scheduling to reduce the waiting time. Totally agreed on that second part. I know that Stuff Happens, especially if the doc's work involves delivering babies or doing surgery, so if they're longer than expected at the hospital they're late for all their appointments. With all the potential automation, smartphone apps, etc. there should be a way to let patients know when they REALLY need to be there, regardless of their nominal appointment time. That would mean that the docs who book 4 appointments for, say, 9 AM, and then take them in the order they arrive, would have to do something differently. I was once in a doctor's waiting room first thing in the AM and one of the patients was a doctor himself who had an appointment for the first thing in the AM- but there was already another patient in the exam room. He was quite miffed- he'd assumed he would be seeing the doctor at his precise appointment time. Taste of your own medicine, doc?
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 5, 2020 8:05:06 GMT -5
Cars only use 0.2 - 0.3 gallons per hour when idling. So just a small $ amount. I hope that doctor’s offices get better about scheduling to reduce the waiting time. Totally agreed on that second part. I know that Stuff Happens, especially if the doc's work involves delivering babies or doing surgery, so if they're longer than expected at the hospital they're late for all their appointments. With all the potential automation, smartphone apps, etc. there should be a way to let patients know when they REALLY need to be there, regardless of their nominal appointment time. That would mean that the docs who book 4 appointments for, say, 9 AM, and then take them in the order they arrive, would have to do something differently. I was once in a doctor's waiting room first thing in the AM and one of the patients was a doctor himself who had an appointment for the first thing in the AM- but there was already another patient in the exam room. He was quite miffed- he's assumed he would be seeing the doctor at his precise appointment time. Taste of your own medicine, doc? I almost always run at time. The schedule you describe is called a wave schedule, and it is a type of schedule that some consultants recommend to maximize efficiency. Ironic, isn't it. I do not agree with it. You should try to be on time at least 80% of the time. Doctors do some of it to themselves with their behavior. Most of my running late is patients showing up late, or not being upfront about their issues. They bring them up later in the visit, forcing me to use more time than allotted to sort through them. So, lots of blame to go around, but most is due to our behavior. Not sure how patients waiting in their car will work for us, as many of my patients are elderly and short of breath. They need to sit and catch their breath for a while. Will have another thing to have to figure out.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 5, 2020 10:31:13 GMT -5
Totally agreed on that second part. I know that Stuff Happens, especially if the doc's work involves delivering babies or doing surgery, so if they're longer than expected at the hospital they're late for all their appointments. With all the potential automation, smartphone apps, etc. there should be a way to let patients know when they REALLY need to be there, regardless of their nominal appointment time. That would mean that the docs who book 4 appointments for, say, 9 AM, and then take them in the order they arrive, would have to do something differently. I was once in a doctor's waiting room first thing in the AM and one of the patients was a doctor himself who had an appointment for the first thing in the AM- but there was already another patient in the exam room. He was quite miffed- he's assumed he would be seeing the doctor at his precise appointment time. Taste of your own medicine, doc? I almost always run at time. The schedule you describe is called a wave schedule, and it is a type of schedule that some consultants recommend to maximize efficiency. Ironic, isn't it. I do not agree with it. You should try to be on time at least 80% of the time. Doctors do some of it to themselves with their behavior. Most of my running late is patients showing up late, or not being upfront about their issues. They bring them up later in the visit, forcing me to use more time than allotted to sort through them. So, lots of blame to go around, but most is due to our behavior. Not sure how patients waiting in their car will work for us, as many of my patients are elderly and short of breath. They need to sit and catch their breath for a while. Will have another thing to have to figure out.Wheelchair runners? Have office staff go pick them up from their car in a wheelchair. Requires staff, but saves your time in needing to let them rest before checking them out.
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 5, 2020 10:45:00 GMT -5
I almost always run at time. The schedule you describe is called a wave schedule, and it is a type of schedule that some consultants recommend to maximize efficiency. Ironic, isn't it. I do not agree with it. You should try to be on time at least 80% of the time. Doctors do some of it to themselves with their behavior. Most of my running late is patients showing up late, or not being upfront about their issues. They bring them up later in the visit, forcing me to use more time than allotted to sort through them. So, lots of blame to go around, but most is due to our behavior. Not sure how patients waiting in their car will work for us, as many of my patients are elderly and short of breath. They need to sit and catch their breath for a while. Will have another thing to have to figure out.Wheelchair runners? Have office staff go pick them up from their car in a wheelchair. Requires staff, but saves your time in needing to let them rest before checking them out. We have construction going on too, so parking will be a mess once we get back to full schedules. The headaches from this just keep multiplying
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 5, 2020 12:16:38 GMT -5
Wheelchair runners? Have office staff go pick them up from their car in a wheelchair. Requires staff, but saves your time in needing to let them rest before checking them out. We have construction going on too, so parking will be a mess once we get back to full schedules. The headaches from this just keep multiplying UGH! Sorry. Locally, parking isn’t an issue but it always was when I was going to Seattle to deal with my infection. Construction was one headache that I never had to deal with. We just had to handle I5 Seattle traffic, which is ugly in itself.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 5, 2020 12:31:05 GMT -5
I have to admit, I'm not unhappy about my commute being 7 minutes most days. Pre Covid it was 15+ so it's not like it was horrible to begin with.
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 5, 2020 12:31:48 GMT -5
We have construction going on too, so parking will be a mess once we get back to full schedules. The headaches from this just keep multiplying UGH! Sorry. Locally, parking isn’t an issue but it always was when I was going to Seattle to deal with my infection. Construction was one headache that I never had to deal with. We just had to handle I5 Seattle traffic, which is ugly in itself. Part of what you deal with in the Northeast. Distances we travel aren't too far, but there is always traffic, and when the weather warms up, roadwork.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 5, 2020 12:38:25 GMT -5
UGH! Sorry. Locally, parking isn’t an issue but it always was when I was going to Seattle to deal with my infection. Construction was one headache that I never had to deal with. We just had to handle I5 Seattle traffic, which is ugly in itself. Part of what you deal with in the Northeast. Distances we travel aren't too far, but there is always traffic, and when the weather warms up, roadwork. Yeah....I started my career in Boston, living there 5 years and went to college in NY. I remember it well.
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 5, 2020 12:45:45 GMT -5
Part of what you deal with in the Northeast. Distances we travel aren't too far, but there is always traffic, and when the weather warms up, roadwork. Yeah....I started my career in Boston, living there 5 years and went to college in NY. I remember it well. Fondly?
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 5, 2020 13:02:22 GMT -5
Yeah....I started my career in Boston, living there 5 years and went to college in NY. I remember it well. Fondly? I liked Boston, but starting out in research the salaries are incredibly crappy (which really hasn’t changed much). Boston was one of the better places to get my foot in the door to get the experience I needed. What I did NOT like about Boston was the COL. I lived in a 200 sq ft studio apartment, used public transportation and walked everywhere. My hips started acting up when I was 25, and the lousy weather didn’t help. When my boss was recruited to a medical center in San Antonio, and asked me if I wanted to run his lab there, I jumped on it. I was asked to go with him to KY 14 years later when he was tapped to be dean. I grew up an Air Force brat, so moving for a job wasn’t ever an issue. I got my MS in TX, and was ABD for my PhD when I got sick in KY. So each move benefitted me in one way or another.
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Post by Sharon on May 5, 2020 14:21:41 GMT -5
Our state has opened up for routine medical and dental. Nothing else yet. Several counties with low numbers want to open. The governor said, show me your plans and we'll consider it. DH has a routine dentist appointment on Wednesday. They say they have all the PPE in place they need. (A state requirement). The big difference is that he is to wait in his car until they call him for his appointment. No hanging out in the waiting room.
My Chiropractor has been doing this. You go in check in, fill out the form that you haven't been overseas to certain countries, haven't been in contact with anyone known to have the virus and aren't displaying any symptoms of the corona virus. They verify your cell number and send you back to your car. Then they either call you or they come outside and wave you in. Mostly they have been coming outside the office staff say they enjoy stepping outside for a few moments.
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 5, 2020 14:31:08 GMT -5
I liked Boston, but starting out in research the salaries are incredibly crappy (which really hasn’t changed much). Boston was one of the better places to get my foot in the door to get the experience I needed. What I did NOT like about Boston was the COL. I lived in a 200 sq ft studio apartment, used public transportation and walked everywhere. My hips started acting up when I was 25, and the lousy weather didn’t help. When my boss was recruited to a medical center in San Antonio, and asked me if I wanted to run his lab there, I jumped on it. I was asked to go with him to KY 14 years later when he was tapped to be dean. I grew up an Air Force brat, so moving for a job wasn’t ever an issue. I got my MS in TX, and was ABD for my PhD when I got sick in KY. So each move benefitted me in one way or another. When I was interviewing for fellowship, one of the Boston programs had salaries for 4 positions, but took 5 people. The fellows all said they gave you a list of moonlighting opportunities. Would have made less than I did as a resident. I passed. The prestige of being in Boston was supposed to make up for it in some way. Lots of provincial thinking there. My son is now a surgical resident in Louisville, I think looking at COL was one of the deciding factors.
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I liked Boston, but starting out in research the salaries are incredibly crappy (which really hasn’t changed much). Boston was one of the better places to get my foot in the door to get the experience I needed. What I did NOT like about Boston was the COL. I lived in a 200 sq ft studio apartment, used public transportation and walked everywhere. My hips started acting up when I was 25, and the lousy weather didn’t help. When my boss was recruited to a medical center in San Antonio, and asked me if I wanted to run his lab there, I jumped on it. I was asked to go with him to KY 14 years later when he was tapped to be dean. I grew up an Air Force brat, so moving for a job wasn’t ever an issue. I got my MS in TX, and was ABD for my PhD when I got sick in KY. So each move benefitted me in one way or another. Boston parking spots. And With a Roof, They’d Cost Even MoreBOSTON — If you thought housing prices were spiraling up again, consider the lowly parking space. A slab of asphalt, a couple of white lines, it often comes as part and parcel of a home purchase without too much thought. But in cities like Boston, parking spaces are at a premium, and prices have been climbing for years. In certain neighborhoods, the price of a home can go up $100,000 or $200,000 if parking is included, which it often is not, only adding pressure to the supply and demand crunch that drives prices up further. Jaws dropped in 2009 when someone paid $300,000 for a parking space, which was thought to be a record. But now, even that has been shattered. At an auction on Thursday, the bidding for a tandem spot — space for two cars, one behind the other — started out at $42,000. It ended 15 minutes later at $560,000. The spaces are behind 298 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay, one of the costliest neighborhoods in the city. link
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Post by lynnerself on May 6, 2020 12:28:05 GMT -5
DH is back from his dentist appointment. He said the wait in the car was long. I expect things are slower with extra cleaning etc. The hygienist wore glasses, mask and gloves, but no gown or face shield. The main difference was all manual cleaning. No high pressure spray.
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Post by emma1420 on May 6, 2020 14:21:36 GMT -5
I have to admit, I'm not unhappy about my commute being 7 minutes most days. Pre Covid it was 15+ so it's not like it was horrible to begin with. It may stay short. I know where I work, even though our office is allowed to open as of May 11, we are all working remotely until at least June 1. I have some friends who have already been told they will be working remotely until at least July 1. I think there are many organizations that will continue to ask their employees to work remotely, because implementing social distancing is something that could be expensive and challenging. Especially as where I work we share the building with an organization that regularly has members of the public coming in and out of the building and we all share things like restrooms and common areas. To be honest, I won't be changing my habits when we open back up. We are testing more so our case count is still rising, but there are still too many people who don't take this seriously, and who could be walking around with the virus and don't seem to care.
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Post by formerroomate99 on May 6, 2020 14:31:29 GMT -5
I heard on NPR that the Social Security administration is considering having their employees work from home forever. Apparently, their employees are more productive working from home, and since the population they serve is mostly high risk, it would be madness to force them to do face-to-face meetings.
Personally, I’ve never understood why anybody would think that sitting in her room that’s always the wrong temperature and has all kinds of conversations going on would make anyone more productive.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 14:39:06 GMT -5
I have to admit, I'm not unhappy about my commute being 7 minutes most days. Pre Covid it was 15+ so it's not like it was horrible to begin with. It may stay short. I know where I work, even though our office is allowed to open as of May 11, we are all working remotely until at least June 1. I have some friends who have already been told they will be working remotely until at least July 1. I think there are many organizations that will continue to ask their employees to work remotely, because implementing social distancing is something that could be expensive and challenging. Especially as where I work we share the building with an organization that regularly has members of the public coming in and out of the building and we all share things like restrooms and common areas. To be honest, I won't be changing my habits when we open back up. We are testing more so our case count is still rising, but there are still too many people who don't take this seriously, and who could be walking around with the virus and don't seem to care. My company is essential and was never shut down. They still sent as many to work remotely as they could and I think they'll keep that up past any "all clear" notices. I like to think it's because they care about us and want to keep us safe, but I know it's really a financial decision. Bodies are hard to come by around here and trained ones are valuable. If an outbreak occurred in our plant it could be devastating to the business. We have a furlough week scheduled following Memorial Day, and I doubt they'll even think of sending anyone back before that is past. As long as everyone continues to keep up and IT doesn't put up too much of a stink about security I think it could even go into the Summer.
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Post by hoops902 on May 6, 2020 14:41:07 GMT -5
I heard on NPR that the Social Security administration is considering having their employees work from home forever. Apparently, their employees are more productive working from home, and since the population they serve is mostly high risk, it would be madness to force them to do face-to-face meetings. Personally, I’ve never understood why anybody would think that sitting in her room that’s always the wrong temperature and has all kinds of conversations going on would make anyone more productive. I wonder how much of that enhanced productivity though is due to people simply pushing off contacting them for a while? I get the feeling all of those folks who really want to meet with someone in person, and may not fully understand what's going on over the phone, might put a damper on productivity. I know when I went there with my mom after my dad died, the woman helping us was writing all kinds of things down, giving my mom papers to look at, etc. It would probably have lasted 3x as long if she'd had to try to do it all over the phone. Based on the kind of work they do...I might make a reasonable guess that the work they do now during the pandemic was already the most productive work (i.e. not involving talking to individuals, just knocking out regular tasks). I'd venture to say that if you work with a population like those using SS, you'd probably experience your highest productivity in times that you didn't have to meet with as many people at all...either in person or remotely...which is probably what's happening now.
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Post by billisonboard on May 6, 2020 15:16:18 GMT -5
I had a VA work study job back in the 80's when I was in college. I was a file clerk in a regional claims office. There were well over 100 file cabinets full of folders for individual vets in the center of a huge room and along the windows on two sides were cubicles. The people at those desks simply processed paperwork and were never face to face with anyone. I would assume that all those files are now computerized and there would be no reason that those workers to be physically at an office.
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Post by jerseygirl on May 6, 2020 15:34:49 GMT -5
NJ governor just extended lock down to June 6. About half of 8549 deaths were in nursing homes. 308 deaths yesterday but definitely trending down. Both nyc and nj have large %of deaths in care facilities. Both states are ‘investigating ‘ reasons. Cuomo apparently back in March agreed with policy if elder from nursing home tested positive to send back to nursing home. Why? Could have sent them to Navy ship or Javits center but sent back to further infect vulnerable people. Disgraceful also didn’t supply PPE to nursing homes Lots of people hurt by sickness and also lack of jobs. Very difficult and anxious time and who know what summer and fall will bring? More of same probably Most people are complying with masks and distancing
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Post by formerroomate99 on May 6, 2020 16:13:22 GMT -5
I heard on NPR that the Social Security administration is considering having their employees work from home forever. Apparently, their employees are more productive working from home, and since the population they serve is mostly high risk, it would be madness to force them to do face-to-face meetings. Personally, I’ve never understood why anybody would think that sitting in her room that’s always the wrong temperature and has all kinds of conversations going on would make anyone more productive. I wonder how much of that enhanced productivity though is due to people simply pushing off contacting them for a while? I get the feeling all of those folks who really want to meet with someone in person, and may not fully understand what's going on over the phone, might put a damper on productivity. I know when I went there with my mom after my dad died, the woman helping us was writing all kinds of things down, giving my mom papers to look at, etc. It would probably have lasted 3x as long if she'd had to try to do it all over the phone. Based on the kind of work they do...I might make a reasonable guess that the work they do now during the pandemic was already the most productive work (i.e. not involving talking to individuals, just knocking out regular tasks). I'd venture to say that if you work with a population like those using SS, you'd probably experience your highest productivity in times that you didn't have to meet with as many people at all...either in person or remotely...which is probably what's happening now. The report on the Social Security administration said that the workers were handling more cases than they did when they were in the office. So unless the people with really complicated cases are just not calling, The increase in productivity is real. Though I think at some point, they are probably going to decide to have a certain number of people in the office. There’s always going to be situations that require a face-to-face contact.
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Post by hoops902 on May 6, 2020 16:24:08 GMT -5
I wonder how much of that enhanced productivity though is due to people simply pushing off contacting them for a while? I get the feeling all of those folks who really want to meet with someone in person, and may not fully understand what's going on over the phone, might put a damper on productivity. I know when I went there with my mom after my dad died, the woman helping us was writing all kinds of things down, giving my mom papers to look at, etc. It would probably have lasted 3x as long if she'd had to try to do it all over the phone. Based on the kind of work they do...I might make a reasonable guess that the work they do now during the pandemic was already the most productive work (i.e. not involving talking to individuals, just knocking out regular tasks). I'd venture to say that if you work with a population like those using SS, you'd probably experience your highest productivity in times that you didn't have to meet with as many people at all...either in person or remotely...which is probably what's happening now. The report on the Social Security administration said that the workers were handling more cases than they did when they were in the office. So unless the people with really complicated cases are just not calling, The increase in productivity is real. Though I think at some point, they are probably going to decide to have a certain number of people in the office. There’s always going to be situations that require a face-to-face contact. Complicated...or people who just aren't going to handle "virtually meeting" well, even if the case is relatively simple. There's also a bit in there about how they're working more hours because they're working from home (which for a lot of people is a real thing, so there could be more work happening but at the cost of more hours...which I have to think is going to slow down at some point). Be interesting to see the experience of the telework being done while interacting with people...sometimes the most productive avenues aren't necessarily the best (i.e. I could process a ton of cases if I didn't take the time to do them right). I agree with you that while a lot of the work can probably be done from home...there's probably some portion where dealing with a person face-to-face makes more sense. I'm also not sure how they're doing things like checking the paperwork people are supposed to bring in...I'm guessing some of that is happening later which wouldn't necessarily increase efficiency (though it might increase productivity if every "case" you handle is only half the case).
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Post by nidena on May 6, 2020 16:29:03 GMT -5
NJ governor just extended lock down to June 6. About half of 8549 deaths were in nursing homes. 308 deaths yesterday but definitely trending down. Both nyc and nj have large %of deaths in care facilities. Both states are ‘investigating ‘ reasons. Cuomo apparently back in March agreed with policy if elder from nursing home tested positive to send back to nursing home. Why? Could have sent them to Navy ship or Javits center but sent back to further infect vulnerable people. Disgraceful also didn’t supply PPE to nursing homes Lots of people hurt by sickness and also lack of jobs. Very difficult and anxious time and who know what summer and fall will bring? More of same probably Most people are complying with masks and distancing The more old people die, the less "drain" there is on resources. Social Security pays out less. The nursing homes have more room which means they can raise the rates--if they're private--for the new occupants. I imagine current residents are grandfathered in to a rate from when they entered the facility. Just pondering on the page; don't really have any hard data to support my musings.
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Post by jelloshots4all on May 6, 2020 16:47:25 GMT -5
NJ governor just extended lock down to June 6. About half of 8549 deaths were in nursing homes. 308 deaths yesterday but definitely trending down. Both nyc and nj have large %of deaths in care facilities. Both states are ‘investigating ‘ reasons. Cuomo apparently back in March agreed with policy if elder from nursing home tested positive to send back to nursing home. Why? Could have sent them to Navy ship or Javits center but sent back to further infect vulnerable people. Disgraceful also didn’t supply PPE to nursing homes Lots of people hurt by sickness and also lack of jobs. Very difficult and anxious time and who know what summer and fall will bring? More of same probably Most people are complying with masks and distancing I don't believe the Javits or Navy ship were available in March. He couldn't send them there. Also Cuomo was begging for PPE as NY did not have enough.
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Post by Tiny on May 6, 2020 17:06:12 GMT -5
The more old people die, the less "drain" there is on resources. Social Security pays out less. The nursing homes have more room which means they can raise the rates--if they're private--for the new occupants. I imagine current residents are grandfathered in to a rate from when they entered the facility. Just pondering on the page; don't really have any hard data to support my musings. FYI; 10,000 people turn 65 every day in America. That has been happening daily since 2011. Even if 500,000 boomers die from Covid19 It's not gonna put much of a dent in the number of 'old people' consuming SS, Medicare, or LTC/Nursing home services in America. It feels like there's "moral" component to this - America seems to have a "do everything possible" to keep the elderly alive kind of thing going. As in it's wrong morally?) to just let people who are dying - die . So, the seeming sentiments that it's ok to "let nature take it's course' with Covid19 and the elderly/infirm/existing conditions of any age - seems to contradict that 'moral value' -- that life is so important we must do everything possible to make sure people stay alive. But, then again maybe I'm wrong - there are a lot of really awful LTC/Nursing homes out there where the elderly/sick suffer maybe more than they should. So maybe it's all just 'lip service' that America actually cares about it's infirm elderly.. in which case that moral thing i mentioned above isn't really a thing. Maybe more of a Mother Theresa approach would work? Offer the sick 'comfort' and let what will be, be? ADDED: we are a couple hundred deaths away from 75K... we will be at/over 100K by the end of May...
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 6, 2020 17:37:29 GMT -5
My organization has said we will remain at home through August. I think they are thinking summer daycare will be unavailable for many.
Maryland's reopening plan includes asking that people who can telework remain at home for as long as possible. I don't expect to see my office again anytime soon.
The SSA thing is interesting because they cancelled their telework pilot program recently. They cited not enough work being done and backlogs increasing.
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jerseygirl
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Post by jerseygirl on May 6, 2020 17:40:03 GMT -5
NJ governor just extended lock down to June 6. About half of 8549 deaths were in nursing homes. 308 deaths yesterday but definitely trending down. Both nyc and nj have large %of deaths in care facilities. Both states are ‘investigating ‘ reasons. Cuomo apparently back in March agreed with policy if elder from nursing home tested positive to send back to nursing home. Why? Could have sent them to Navy ship or Javits center but sent back to further infect vulnerable people. Disgraceful also didn’t supply PPE to nursing homes Lots of people hurt by sickness and also lack of jobs. Very difficult and anxious time and who know what summer and fall will bring? More of same probably Most people are complying with masks and distancing I don't believe the Javits or Navy ship were available in March. He couldn't send them there. Also Cuomo was begging for PPE as NY did not have enough. Comfort arrived March 30 and think Javits opened same day - only 5 days after Cuomo ordered Covid diagnosed patients back to nursing homes. Now he’s ‘surprised’ by all the deaths
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