Comments on: See Ya, Gramps: Motion Picture Television Fund Offloads Old Folks

By: barrygwick57

barrygwick57 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:25:51 +0000

shame, shame, shame…we have loved our movie heroes and creators…we have paid high prices to see them…and now we are left with the knowledge that Hollywood doesn’t care…shall I rent another video? shall I buy another one? shall I buy a ticket? those who are being thrown into the Soylent soup…I remember. but don’t tell me they’re being thrown away…cut out of the movie heart…and thrown on the cutting room floor…shame, shame, shame.

By: Lisa Derrick

Lisa Derrick — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:56:45 +0000

The 290 employees represent 1/3 nursing staff and 1/3 management at both the hospital and the nursing home. What concerns me is that by shuting the long term care facility, the residents of the assisted and independent facilities will no have nowhere for transitioning.

I am very blessed that I was able to find my aunt a wonderful private nursing facility where she lives in a house in a residential neighborhood with 5 other ladies and full time staff–but she has the funds to support that. The flip side are nursing homes which just get by on Medicare funds, that are holding tanks. It is a difficult situation, but to removed people from familiar locations, from staff and friends brings confusion and sadness to the elderly. One woman is 94 years old, another man is 87…

I wish that the consultants and planners for MPTF had more funds at their disposal and perhaps had figured out a way to raise $20 million to keep the facilities going..granted a wellness center is nice, but one day the peopel using it wil be old–and where will they go?

By: ibfreenow

ibfreenow — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:51:23 +0000

Soylent Green time anyone?

By: Leen

Leen — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:43:01 +0000

What many of these folks get paid in these places specifically the aides is pathetic. Just pathetic. This is where the bulk of the work is done. It is from these angels on earth that our seniors get most of their touch, love and care.

Let’s hope Andrew Stern has success in organizing these workers. They deserve to be paid far more for their important work

By: ibfreenow

ibfreenow — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:38:09 +0000

So, let’s get rid of the oldest and sickest!
WTF, none of the MF’ers making millions a picture can kick in a few $100,000 a year? Let see, just a couple of dozen of them spending their mad money to help out these pioneers might be a start.
God curse these rich arrogant pricks withered, frozen souls. I won’t go to another MF’in’ movie if this happens. I won’t watch prime-time TV, or rent DVD’s. Let’s see what happens then!
I say boycott entertainment until the millionaires shell out. Yeah, right, that’ll happen. God forbid people don’t see the latest stupid superhero movie or episode of ‘Lost.”
We, as a society, are LOST!!!

By: darkblack

darkblack — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:04:31 +0000

An excellent way to procrastinate, Bonkers…Thank you.

;>)

By: AitchD

AitchD — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:57:02 +0000

We didn’t do so great for everyone when our society/economy had only 200 million people, we didn’t plan for this 300-million-people society back then, and now we have the largest cohort - ever - leaving the workforce in retirement, which is just the beginning of a new kind of social emergency. Fortunately, this present cohort (Baby Boomers) are the best-prepared and best equipped to fend and fight on behalf of everyone’s enlightened self-interest.

Many assisted-living facilities are dependent on their residents’ financial portfolios, most of which have lost at least 20% of their wealth forever.

These buildings and beds are also part of our infrastructure, aren’t they?

By: Blub

Blub — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:47:40 +0000

there are pretty consistent reports that a vast amount of professional services companies with “flex” employment arrangements are cutting back hours for salaried employees to bring them below the threshhold required for health coverage (graphics designers, architectural designers, interior designers, the like). It’s getting really ugly out there.

Meanwhile (CNN), 68,000 jobs lost in a day. The final week of January began with a bloodbath for the job market, with more than 68,000 cuts announced today.

Yah economy.

By: puppethead

puppethead — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:46:57 +0000

Michael Bay gets unlimited cash to churn out mindless crap filled with unnecessary explosions, while this happens. Shame!

By: bonkers

bonkers — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:38:58 +0000

In case you haven’t see it, there was a great documentary about Don Van Vliet that someone was kind enough to load on the Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M5YE_a4B1U

Great way to procrastinate.