OUR ELDERLY - THEY ARE JUST JOBS

This couple may have felt that the end was inevitable and becoming part of the care system was not a pleasant option. They would lose their independence and have to rely on people who just regard them as a tedious job that is for life, if one dies another one will replace them. so you always have a job.

As promised to trade union members our elderly are just jobs and therefore the care factor is not a priority. Some of the carers don't have the feeling for caring that is desirable in such an important job, instead it is regarded as an industry, lacking the right attitude does not matter, what matters is the job. But the nasty side to this is when someone not caring is caught out and the unions hide the truth behind a wall of silence to protect their members.

Not to long ago an 80 year old woman was dragged 20 yards by a bus, the driver was talking to a passenger who was a work mate of his (this is illegal). He drove off leaving the woman trapped in the door of the bus and only stopped because another passenger shouted at him telling him to stop. Afterwards he was heard to remark that it was not his fault he was concentrating on driving and did not notice the problem . (an old person person is a problem ?) When her family complained about this they were met with a wall of silence as if it had never happened even though both the driver and his workmate were identified no action was taken. But the bus company did put up notices on buses about passengers talking to drivers, the driver is still driving, no action was taken against him, the poor union person him.


In my area it is considered the done thing to rip off old people, you can see young con artists tagging on to the elderly to get what they can out of them and this is also true of some of the carers. It is known about by the elderly who are afraid of going onto the care system because they know they will have their assets stripped by very clever thieves who steal and try to make out their charges are senile when they complain.

FOOTNOTE:

This is not a statement that all care for our elderly is bad but it does point to the reason why none of them trust the system , they are all afraid they will get some bad ones in charge of them. Bad ones protected by others. The private sector has people just as bad but they are no different to public sector workers, none of them care.

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