I will tell you something that is even more idiotic.... I see and care for patients in a NH....Very government regulated places... Just to show you how stupid governement can be the NH has to pay for Pharmacist to consult every month. They look at charts not patients. They write up little notes that I have to address. They say we must check A lipid panel on all patients every 6 months and recommed I start so and so on lipid lowering medication.. I have to use my time writing to them why I do not feel it necessary to start John Doe on statin drugs as he is tube feed, does not walk or verbalize and does not know who or where he is but the government thinks lowering his cholesterol is of upmost importance. Never mind he is 85 years old. JUst like they tell me I need to start a female patient with the same medical condition on calicum with Vit D. Oh really. That is the problem with government paper pushers and regulators.
Great, even if I hijack my own thread. I worked at a nursing homes too. I hope you can be there on Election Day to report that the staff helps the patients with dementia to vote. I wasn't aware that they voted a straight dem ticket, but I was told by the nurses that the staff helps the patients with voting at Kings Harbor NH, Bronx, NY, Nov. 2001. My jaw hit the floor.