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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.

Beware of our Supermarkets: Price Gouging on the Lower West Side Today’s economy has gotten ridiculous, especially on the lower west side. Supermarkets, store merchants and other businesses are raising their prices during this Coronavirus epidemic – guilty of price gouging! This is unacceptable!  It is not fair to those of us that cannot afford it, plain and simple. Let us compare Tops supermarket’s pricing the potato salad, a cost of $9.99. I can get it for a much lower price at the Price Rite supermarket on Elmwood, $2.39 for a 32 oz, the same at Walmart, only a 10 oz. difference. A pint of strawberries are close to $5.00, yet I can buy it at Price Rite or Walmart for $1.79. That is a big difference! Is this Tops supermarket’s strategy to limit the low-income customer from shopping there, to accommodate our higher income customers? This is, I am convinced, a product of gentrification, which is having a great impact in our lower West Side Puerto Rican/Latino community. I used to be a regular customer at Tops until I realized they were constantly raising prices, which is known as price gouging. The price gouging is well organized by management, raising product pricing on the first two weeks of the month when their lower income customers happen to receive their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). This is no coincidence, there is something wrong with this picture? This price gouging must stop, it is not fair to our low-income people that are struggling monthly to make ends meet, especially during this Covid-19 pandemic. While there is no federal law against this practice, price gouging is against the law in New York State. I will continue to research this issue. Price gouging is a serious and inhumane practice. I will look at other food establishments and compare product pricing, to determine if price gouging is taking place or practiced during this Coronavirus epidemic. Unfortunately, there are no laws against the casual price gouging. While consumers may feel that gouging prices is unfair, the free market system that is used in the United States has made it illegal for the Government to demand that merchants keep their prices below a certain amount. It is up to the community to choose to not purchase any items in a store that is gouging prices, but there is no legal action they can take. Merchants will usually gouge prices on things when the supply of those items are limited. Tops Supermarket consumers or customers in the lower West Side are not your average middle or high middle-class customer. A large number receive some form of public assistance to complement their income. _________________________________________ As of January 2019, 34 states have laws against price-gouging. New York State is one of them. The governor is encouraging all New Yorkers who observe or are a victim of price gouging to report these occasions. Price Gauging Hotline: 1-888-364-3065 Read More From This Writer All Post Business Culture Entertainment Food Government Health Interviews Lower West Side Business & Economic Development Medical Military & Veterans Our Community Peace People Sports Beware of our Supermarkets: Price Gouging on the Lower West Side July 25, 2020/No Comments POST TITLE (CAPITAL) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus Read More SUCKING THE BLOOD OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY June 25, 2020/No Comments SUCKING THE BLOOD OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY I am so frustrated at the dramatic change our Latino West Side has Read More LATINOS DECLARE WAR ON THE CORONAVIRUS May 25, 2020/No Comments LATINOS DECLARE WAR ON THE CORONAVIRUS It’s March 14th, 2020, and I go to my Facebook page, which is always Read More Load More End of Content.