Gov. John Kasich has done a magnificent job of destroying the foundation of the entire state. He has disrespected teachers, firefighters, police officers, public workers, and nurses. He called a police officer an "idiot" in front of other public employees. He refused demands to bring diversity to his administration. He overpaid his staff, and brought in an out of state pal to head the Department of Development.
Kasich has gone after those groups who did not support him by trying to eliminate their rights as citizens. His plan for public schools is to cut their funding and give money to failing charter schools. Charter schools exist so that their owners make a profit. Public schools exist to educate all children. Kasich is firing people and privatizing oil and gas contracts and drilling in state parks. Now he wants to cut the quality and funding for nursing homes.
I wouldn't trust John Kasich's word on anything. Any person that goes after the poor and the elderly in an effort to save money is just plain mean. Has Kasich visited a nursing home recently or ever? Does he realize that those people residing in nursing homes are unable to be accommodated at home because of their special medical, physical, and mental needs?
In an appearance at the Vandalia Senior Center, Kasich provided this information.
DaytonDailyNews:
....Kasich, along with Director of the Ohio Department of Aging Bonnie Kantor-Burman, visited the Vandalia Senior Center to outline the changes in the governor’s proposed budget that affect senior care.
“We want everyone who has a health issue to have the most independence with the best care at the lowest cost,” Kasich said.
The governor stressed that the plan is about creating efficiencies, not making cuts. He said the default has previously been to send recovering seniors from the hospital to a nursing home, even though home care is less expensive for the taxpayer and most people would prefer to be in their homes....
So Kasich's plan is to send seniors home for their therapy, medical observation, and follow up care? Really? Obviously, Kasich is completely clueless.
When grandma, who just had hip surgery is sent straight home instead of the nursing home, how will she go to the bathroom? Who will prepare Grandma's food, check her vital signs, and see if an infection is beginning? If Grandma's grown children are working, who will answer the door when the visiting nurse comes, twice per week? How will Grandma take her medicine, give herself physical therapy, and have her pain monitored?
I know a few things about Grandmas and nursing homes because my Mom is a resident at one. It breaks my heart that I am unable to care for her. I cannot lift her, manage all her medications, and tend to her needs. However, Mr. Kasich thinks he knows best about what my Mom and yours need. In his own way, Kasich is denying our parents their medical needs so that he can give tax breaks to his greedy, rich friends.
John Kasich says he'll deliver better quality by cutting funds to schools and nursing homes. Do you believe him? I don't.