18 APRIL CARE HOMES CRISIS

WHEN CARE HOME TURNS TO  ‘DEATH PIT’   WHO’S TO BLAME?

SKELETON STAFF WHO STAYED ON BUT CAN’T COPE WITH IMPOSSIBLE WORKLOADS?  

OR EX-EMPLOYEES WHO STAYED AWAY TO LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN?   AS IF LOW PAY’S WORTH THE HIGH RISK 

MAYBE MANAGERS NOT EXPECTING TO GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY  MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER JOB IFTHEY’D KNOWN   

OWNERS COULD’VE PUT MONEY INTO BUY-TO-LET  BUT THIS WAS THEIR BEST PENSION OPTION    

PERHAPS PUBLIC OFFICIALS BANNING FAMILY VISITS TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS  SO ELDERLY INMATES BECAME INVISIBLE EXTERNALLY…….   

NO ONE DECIDED THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD WALLOW IN THEIR OWN EXCREMENT    

NOBODY WANTS ‘NON-BREATHERS’ TO EXPIRE ALONE  

BUT IF THE BOUGH BREAKS IN MORE THAN PLACE  THE CRADLE OF CARE COMES CRASHING DOWN INTO THE PIT BELOW

WISHING THAT TAKING CARE OF OTHERS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF IN FUTURE     

YOURS TRULY    

THE NEWS POET