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Manor Care buyer puts staffing promises in writing
Bowing to pressure from the Service Employees International Union, investment firm The Carlyle Group has made some written promises regarding staffing, training and investment in its Manor Care subsidiary. Carlyle execs vowed yesterday that they would provide adequate staffing levels and training--as well as making appropriate infrastructure investments--to make sure patients get quality care at Manor Care facilities. They're sending a written promise to this effect to state regulators across the U.S. While some observers have slammed the statement as vague and unenforceable, others suggest that the mere existence of a written pledge represents meaningful progress.
Carlyle recently agreed to pay $6.3 billion to acquire Manor Care, one of the largest U.S. long-term care providers, which has 500 facilities under management. Since that time, however, it's faced very public challenges from the SEIU, which has been working to organize the company's 60,000 employees.
To learn more about Carlyle's promises:
- read this piece in The Washington Post
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Comments
By Anonymous | Posted 4:41pm | May 16, 2008
I don't care whatever promisory note written. Most of these nursing home owners are nothing but blood suckers. I have worked in various nursing home in my 12 yrs nursing career and I have seen how heartless and insensitive these owners and their co-culprits, the administrators and director of nursing manipulate staffing just to make their cuts. They exploit the patients, staffs and the system for their greedy needs. Right now, the name nursing home disgust me, not that I don't have feelings for the poor helpless fragile old citizens there, but the atrocities committed in the nursing home by owners, administrators and director of nursing need to be stopped. They misinformed the patients family members, they underpay and cheat the staffs and they do makeovers when the state or counties are inspecting. If any staff says anything to the inspectors they victimize you, look for fake mistakes, report you to the state to get your license from you. Do you ever wonder why is it that 90% of those who work in nursing homes are forigners? Because these groups are easily intimidated and exploited. They are afraid to say things or report things to the authority. There are so many things to write but the time has not come yet.
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