I worked at a nursing home as a cook, I guess it was a nice one? We had a nutritionist and made like cafeteria food, then chopped half of it up for the people who had problems, then puréed it for the ones who couldn’t feed themselves.

Profit has become a tyrant. We used to make people happy in its name, now we shape everything in its service.

That’s not food. That’s sadness in polystyrene.

That’s more than mildly infuriating my guy. That’s just cruel.

Looks about right. I worked in a retirement home for 4 years. 2 in the kitchen and 2 doing maintenance. These residents were paying upwards of $10k a month and the food was fucking awful 90% of the time. Not only is the food super shitty but they dont even get all their meals included in their monthly rent so if they wanted 3 meals a day (Breakfast, lunch, dinner) then you had to choose which meal you wanted to pay for out of pocket. These retirement/nursing homes are predatory as hell. I know its not possible for everyone but if you love your parents, do them a favor and keep them out of these homes.

A 3k a month what?

Disgusting. Some of the SNF (skilled nursing facilities) in good ole USA are just criminal organizations

@Striker@lemmy.world appreciate the shoutout. Oddly enough I just happened to stumble upon this post. Did not see this in my “Mentions”

I worked for years in a nursing home and I can tell you that it is total bullshit. Everything is the lowest quality at the highest markup. Let me assure you that the staffing at 99% of these places is so low that the residents are waiting 20-30 min to use the restroom and basically live trapped in a bed with little to no assistance.

My ex (we broke up a year ago and don't talk) worked as a nurse in an expensive nursing home. Some of the stories she's told me about how they treat staff and even patients are shocking.

Bro they trying to starve them to make more room for new clients

Much more than mildly infuriating.

Appalled that the nursing home experience being poor is so widespread. Where I live, nursing homes are largely private enterprises receiving government funds and are poorly regulated. Residents often have to take out reverse mortgages if they own their homes to fund their nursing home residencies. And yes, the food is still often that bad.

Urgh. Disgusting how terribly humans treat other humans.

Is there even any point in getting old. I hope I don't make it that long.

It's not about the money, they're not even trying to make something decent...

Does anyone recognize what that beige slop is in the lower compartment?

Dang, where is there a nursing home for 3k a month? My dad had to go into a nursing home here in Colorado, and had to private pay out of his savings until it was exhausted and the Medicaid kicked in. Private pay at the cheapest place in town was 7.2k a month minimum, and the food was about like that. They shut that facility down a few years ago, and he got moved to a much nicer one that still took medicaid. Food is orders of magnitude better there. Not all places ate like that, but they are all very expensive for private pay.

We kept our mom out of a nursing home specifically for the food and staffing and overpriced everything reasons. When we looked them all over, even the $5000 a month place had residents calling out for help endlessly, with just two nurses aides working over 100 residents. So sad. Profit over care, from insurance to nursing home.

My cat eats better than this and I buy the cheap stuff.

You have understand, 2k of that is just for rent. By the time they get done paying the staff there's not any money left for food. This is actually a public service!

/s

That single broccoli makes me wheep.

My dad is in an assisted living facility and this is unfortunately the type of food he gets. I have to send him groceries every week just so I can be sure he's getting enough to eat.

Is 3K considered cheap or costly in the US for nursing home? In any case, this food doesnt look appetizing at all. In India, we still havent gotten these as currently the children are expected to care for their older parents. But when my generation becomes old we probably need to check ourselves into these facilities.

I don't even wanna know what that blue thing in the left hand corner is. Yuck.

WTF is that blue thing? Please tell me that's not a broccoli floret

People leaving USA for cheaper healthcare. Maybe we need to leave for better long term care.

Everything about this practice is abhorrent. Profit shouldn't be valued more than humanity, but here we are.

That's horrible. I hope this gets fixed soon.

That isn't a nursing home that's a scam.

More than just mildly infuriating. It also makes me really sad.

for anyone with a loved one in a nursing home: try to visit often! there are pros and cons to letting them know ur coming vs coming unexpectedly. if u let them know ur visiting, theyll probably make some nice food for everyone that day (in my experience at least). on the other hand, if u visit unexpectedly, u can get a better idea of how theyre really treated.