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The shame of Holyoke: Why did 73 veterans die?
By adamg on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 12:47pm
ProPublica takes a look at the Holyoke Soldiers Home:
Superintendent Bragged About VA Review of Short-Staffed Soldiers Home. Two Months Later, 73 Veterans Are Dead
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Kudos ProPublica
ProPublica does really excellent reporting on important topics, both on it's own and jointly with local newsrooms. I donate to them annually and encourage others to do the same.
Follow the bonuses.
Follow the bonuses.
State Facility
No bonuses.
What's the big deal?
Weren't these, like, old people? I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that it's OK to let them die now.
/s
Simple
Profit over quality. Hard Stop.
Profit?
The place is owned by the state.
Yes, but
Managers are rewarded for cost cutting just like their corporate peers.
Yes BUT that was not the case
Yes BUT that was not the case here. This was a case of someone unqualified being pushed into the position by powerful family and friends and then desperately trying to cover his tracks when things fell apart.
Now I know you are an expert on everything...
but that's not how state facilities work. The only bonuses management would get is if there is a surplus in the state budget.
What else to say...
disgusting and heartbreaking...
ALL elders should be treated
ALL elders should be treated with respect, but how shameful that our veteran care is so shoddy. If the government asks its citizens to go to war (or to unwinnable "conflicts" that drag out for decades), it should at the very least treat those that come back with the utmost compassion and care.
Neglect and improper care.
Neglect and improper care.
Death by hypocrisy
In America we have "thoughts and prayers" but little else. For example we like to thank first responders but some of them still can't feed their families
Thoughts and prayers are free...
... so even the most selfish can offer these with no cost to themselves.