Minnesota sends in the National Guard
to save desperate nursing homes: Hundreds
are given 'rapid-fire' training to fix
care staffing crisis as Covid surges
Posted By: Ribicon, 12/23/2021 3:43:02 PM
Minnesota has drafted in the National Guard to save the state's desperate nursing homes, crippled by staffing shortages and facing new pressures amid the rapid spread of the Omicron Covid variant. Some 400 troops without any prior nursing experience are going through rapid-fire training at community colleges before being sent to long-term care facilities. Hospitals swamped by soaring Covid infections are in desperate need of functioning nursing homes to send patients who require long-term care—but the pandemic has put such pressure on staff that many carers have decided to quit.(Snip)Among their duties, the troops have been collecting bedpans, clipping toenails and feeding residents.
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Why drop the mandated shots that do not work or pay employees more than $16 an hour when you can send in the National Guard for free, and burn them out too?