Nursing Licensing Gets More Intense
Starting in 2013 I read that there will be further education required for nurses. I am not sure if this will also apply to CNA training too, but I do know that the level of care my Grandmother gets at the nursing facility we placed her in is not up to par. Will this change the cost of care?
I hope that this furthering of education and requiring of a college degree will help weed out the bad people. There are just way too many nurses aides who have come from jail or other places that do not need to be working with these old folks.
Since this change doesn’t take effect for a while, I think that people who are wanting to get a nursing job should consider whether its going to be worth it for them. the last time I went to the hospital and was treated for my bone condition, the nurses seemed abrupt and almost in a hurry. I can understand that they may be understaffed, but their job can’t always be treated as a job.
I think part of the problem too has to do with the fact that they work them for so many hours at a time. You can’t just work someone until they are drained. 12-14 hour shifts will cause anyone to start under performing at their job. So i guess it is also a blame on the employer.
I just hope that the requirements and extra training will allow the nursing field to get better and more responsible with their duties. It may not change for the certified nursing assistant, but maybe the nursing staff will be more strict on them and help them to be trained better on the job.
What Does Medicare Cover?
Well my mothre has been getting up in age, and I wanted to look into getting some additional insurance for her since Medicare oly covers so much. I can only tell you now that having that extra insurance is a real blessing during difficult times. When you don’t have the money for the extra out of pocket expense, Medicare supplement Insurance is so small in comparison to what you might be paying.
If you are a son or a daughter, and your parents don’t have the money to cover these extra bills, then the responsibility really rests on you. And if you don’t have the money then who will pay them? I suggest you look into medigap insurance plans right away, and follow through on getting one of the A-L policies offered. They are quite reasonable, and it is easy to compare all the different policies you can get so your not going to get ripped off.
Save yourslef the headaches in the long run, and encourage your over 65 family members to look into what they have covered and what they don’t so they are aware of the extra cost.
Why Saving Is More Important Now
I think a lot of people now think that since the economy is bad that they don’t have any money to put away into savings. let me tell you why now should be the time to put money into a savings account.
While you may think the economy can’t get any worse, the companies that are surviving are really not surviving, they are coasting until they can get back into some positive numbers. If you are collecting a check from the company you are currently with, and they are having some financial troubles, then now is not a bad time to be saving up money. Your job could be cut next month or even next year.
Even if its not a lot now, it all adds up. That extra 500 dollars or 1000 dollars might be what you need to survive the next financial drought. Now is the time to be putting those small amounts away in a picggy bank or at least a few bucks each week into a savings account.
The Dollar Store Destroyed Me
My wife and I went to the dollar store. When you are looking at everything and consider buying it because its cheap, you tend to forget that the quantity of what you are buying adds up. My wife ended spending over $120 bucks at the dollar store. is that even possible?
One thing I learned from this is that we as humans justify how we spend money. If it appears that the money we are spending is in small quantity its easier to spend money on multple things that would normally cost what one item might cost that we would never purchase.
To say the least i now have a bunch of crap that we never needed before we hit up the dollar store. next time I will know better.