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BEWARE OF OUR SUPERMARKETS: ABUSE AT THE NURSING HOMES/CENTERS

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I have been completing research on a variety of nursing home and rehabilitation centers that were under investigation and scrutiny regarding continued neglect of their patients. What inspired me to do this research was a former client who preferred to remain anonymous, let us just name her Socorro, who spent seven months in two Nursing Homes or Rehabilitation Centers.  She told me she would stay hours on her wheelchair, in urine & feces, and end up with boils in & around her butt and front area, which was highly painful. She told me, patients with severe dementia, wonder around the facility in the middle of the night, disturbing, and harassing other patients. She felt that the facility was under staff ratio, with neglectful, rude, and very unkind staff members, many not professionally trained.  Imagine how many other patients, elders and the disabled, are experiencing this humiliation? Neglect and abuse go hand in hand, a partnership in human violations, especially against patients diagnosed with severe depression, and dementia, in elderly patients, they end up severely abused and neglected. The metaphor of domestic violence is another chronic disease which is useful on clinicians. Studies of domestic violence over a life span suggest that most likely, on-going illnesses and disease, that are typified by periods of quiescence and exacerbation, abuse are more often episodic and recurrent in a nursing or rehabilitation facilities then in an isolated event. This comparison can also help to remind doctors or physicians that the elderly and disabled are at an extremely high risk. New York nursing homes are more likely to deny such practices. The patients, for the most part, are one-third of the impoverished population that register into the New York State nursing homes, and they are the ones whose bills get paid from the beginning of the process when admitted into  nursing homes or rehabilitation centers. Across New York State a little over 22,000 are twice likely in getting admitted in a one-star, then a five-star nursing home, based on 2017 data from the NYS Department of Health, reported by the Buffalo News. They were four more times likely to be admitted to a one-start nursing home. This must be addressed, investigated thoroughly. No human being should have to be robbed of their dignity and right to a decent, dignified, loving, and proper care. Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books & Poems Business Community Education Entertainment español Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics Sports THE HOMELESS VERSUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING December 25, 2020/No Comments THE HOMELESS VERSUS AFFORTABLE HOUSING The holidays are here, and we’ll be entering 2021 along with President Biden and his Read More THE NEW ERA OF IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA October 25, 2020/No Comments THE NEW ERA OF IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA This is the new era of immigrants entering the United States! I have Read More TRUMP AND THE CORONAVIRUS IS DOING A JOB ON US! PLEASE BE CAREFUL September 25, 2020/No Comments  TRUMP AND THE CORONAVIRUS IS DOING A JOB ON US! PLEASE BE CAREFUL Did you know that crime has risen Read More Load More End of Content.

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I AM BIPOLAR, NOW WHAT? MY INITIAL ACCOUNT AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED

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Mental illness is not new but for some, like me, it was hard to wrap my head around the idea that I was clinically diagnosed. I’m writing to raise awareness of symptoms specific to Bipolar and rid of stigmas attached to this ailment. I was diagnosed with Bipolar in 2001. Being of Black & Hispanic descent, I feel it was hard for me to grasp that it even happened. Like most illnesses that plaques humanity, they are not often welcomed with an open mind; and, I do not think anyone would with open arms want them. When I was first told of my mental illness, I felt ashamed, I was awestruck not understanding or even knowing what it was or what I did to get it. Truth is do not be ashamed, guilty, or embarrassed. What I learned is that it can be mostly due to genetics or traumatizing events in my life that contributed to my breakdown. Symptoms that are included and are also documented at BIPOLAR DISORDER. Symptoms: “Extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression) that can affect one’s judgment and lifestyle and even one’s thinking, including delusions.” With a medication regimen and counseling, I can live a healthier lifestyle today. I often write for therapy. Recently, as a help to myself and for others to hopefully benefit, I am beginning to blog about my journey. My road to living a fuller life, embarking upon my lifelong dreams as a writer. My PERSONAL BLOG  which has my social media links and blog. We can support one another, alike and differences. We stand stronger as a community when we lift each other up. Until next time. Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books & Poems Business Community Education Entertainment español Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics Mixed Colors May 16, 2023/No Comments Mixed Colors Silence is what I am about to speak. Who would have thought it would be me to turn Read More AlterNation Series Part II : SOCIAL ETIQUETTE ONLINE April 24, 2023/No Comments AlterNation Series Part II : SOCIAL ETIQUETTE ONLINE My previous article on what we can do to propel a better-knit Read More ELEVEN TERMS AFFECTING OUR LIVES September 24, 2021/No Comments ELEVEN TERMS AFFECTING OUR LIVES This is a list of some of the terms active in the political world. I Read More Load More End of Content.

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You want to know what it means, just look around and see what people are making the decisions and who is listening to them? The sociological hierarchy starts at the top with white men, followed by white women. Second on the tier is Black men with Black women, and third, on the downward spiral — Latino men and Latina women. Why Latino people are on the third tier is because of factors that do not affect the other two, i.e. language and/or citizenship.   This also means that the sense of entitlement of those on the higher-level trickles down and the Latina women becomes more invalidated from all those on the higher levels. What becomes even harder to grasp is dealing with adversaries from those on her same level.     If you stay in your designated place, you are causing society a financial hardship, and if you supersede them (members of the other levels), you are a rarity never to be trusted. Even with the significant increase of the Latino population, there are misconstrued “facts” that continue to falsely represent the truth.    When it comes to public policy, it the white men and white women making all the decisions – decisions that are culturally sensitive, etc. Why are white women administrators or directors of women’s issues, when clearly the Latina women have been enduring hardships long before present day shelters.  In some cases, minority women are fired at a “at will” state, Florida. There was an incident in Tallahassee where a shelter director had fired seven (7) minority women coordinators in less than three (3) years. As of today, this practice or reality continues. We are now viewing issues for the black men. Some of it includes the black women, but as you see, they must take a back seat. Black women could tell you more about violence than most white women, yet most of the women’s shelters are directed or run by white women.   Racism and sexism has reached such a high level that most people prefer to think our system is fine – “It is their problem.”  The first level do not like their comfort zones disturbed. Some people refer to laws as a guideline but those well informed soon learn that slavery was legal, women being wrongly institutionalized was legal, and that even waving the Puerto Rican flag could get you ten years in prison.    Bottom Line is that some people feel entitled to certain privileges of this society and continue to propagate false conclusions, so it won’t upset their comfort zone. It needs to be brought, front and center, to realize the facts that more Latina females are victims of human trafficking than any other group, more Latina women are subjected to domestic violence than any other group, and that many of the reported criminal cases with Latina women victims are never solved, in any state. Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books & Poems Business Community Education Entertainment español Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics Sports SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO: PUERTO RICAN WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS 2021 September 17, 2021/No Comments SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO: PUERTO RICAN WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS 2021 (Puerto Rico first partcipated at the Olympics Games in Read More SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO August 17, 2021/No Comments It has long been known that women have taken a historic back seat in all fields.  The  lack of exposure Read More BRIEF HISTORY OF SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO July 17, 2021/No Comments BRIEF HISTORY OF SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO The Taínos who inhabited Puerto Rico before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in Read More Load More End of Content.

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