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NURSING HOME REFORM NEWSLETTER

December 20, 2005

We put aside the serious stuff of nursing home reform this month to bring you our Christmas greeting:

SANTA, PLEASE BRING...

...NURSING HOME RESIDENTS, enough front-line caregivers to provide them quality care and to keep them safe and happy.

...THE NURSES AIDES, the certified nursing assistants, please bring them better pay, good benefits and better working conditions.

...GOVERNOR FLETCHER the opportunity to do something for the "Forgotten Kentuckians" in nursing homes, something big that would get him headlines he would enjoy seeing on newspapers’ front pages in 2006.

...LEGISLATORS the chance in the 2006 session to do something really meaningful for the "Forgotten Kentuckians" in nursing homes by passing legislation that will mandate minimum staffing standards.

...STATE BUREAUCRATS, especially the ones in expensive black suits, red ties and six-figure salaries, bring them compassion for the poor and elderly, the "Forgotten Kentuckians" in nursing homes.

...THE NURSING HOME INDUSTRY, especially the ones in expensive black suits, red ties and six-figure salaries, bring them compassion for the people they serve and a new desire to work with advocates for good care of the "Forgotten Kentuckians." There’s plenty of money, folks, to do your job right and still make a profit.

...THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT NURSING HOME REFORM, all of you who read this newsletter and offer us messages of support, and those who have given of their time and money to support this good cause, all the blessings of Christmas and the New Year, and a Happy Holiday for all.

BERNIE VONDERHEIDE
 

P.S.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.
 

Bernie Vonderheide
KENTUCKIANS FOR NURSING HOME REFORM
Tel: (859) 312-5617