Tag: care coordinator

Institutionalization of the disabled has always bothered me.  It seems even sillier when you talk about placing kids into nursing homes.  Where is the thought of quality of life for these people?  While I do understand that these people are severely disabled and their quality of life may not be like yours and mine, they are still human beings.  Why diminish their quality of life even more by placing them in a nursing home if it isn’t necessary? 

In my opinion, it’s always a better option to keep people with their family members and in their homes when at all possible.  I also understand that there are times when this may not be an option for someone for various reasons.  The problem is that, at times, they aren’t even given any other option.

The article below seems to have some good ideas for steps in the right direction.  It talks about “care coordinators” being assigned to patients in the nursing homes.  The best part of the whole article is that if the program really works like it says it will, maybe one day people who really can be at home can have a “care coordinator” assigned to them in the comfort of their own home. 

Unfortunately, I think that the system currently in place is just the “easier” option.  If it weren’t for parents like the one interviewed in the article, most of these kids would probably be forgotten about.

Here is the link to the original article:

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/9-investigates-changes-floridas-care-disabled-chil/nTzNM/

Thanks for reading..

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