In Florida nine elderly people died after hurricane Irma hit and the facility didn’t notify the authorities or evacuate the residents. The ninth one was found dead on Wednesday. After hurricane Irma a nursing home was left without Ac for several days and didn’t do anything about it. Instead of moving them to the functioning hospital right across the street, they left them with a few fans in the heat and called it good. They are also not taking responsibility, even though they had been warned several times by state managers to call 911 if anything like this problem arose. All 141 of the residents are being treated for problems relating to heat. The hurricane was very damaging and could place the U.S. in a lot of debt. This will also make people doubt the ability that nursing homes have to care for the elderly. It also raises awareness of good safety measurements needed for a disaster. A solution is few managers could’ve gone to every place that cared for the sick and disabled to make sure no one was in danger. In any disaster, these types of businesses should be checked so every civilian is safe. Or the staff could’ve just moved them to the hospital that was across their
In Florida nine elderly people died after hurricane Irma hit and the facility didn’t notify the authorities or evacuate the residents. The ninth one was found dead on Wednesday. After hurricane Irma a nursing home was left without Ac for several days and didn’t do anything about it. Instead of moving them to the functioning hospital right across the street, they left them with a few fans in the heat and called it good. They are also not taking responsibility, even though they had been warned several times by state managers to call 911 if anything like this problem arose. All 141 of the residents are being treated for problems relating to heat. The hurricane was very damaging and could place the U.S. in a lot of debt. This will also make people doubt the ability that nursing homes have to care for the elderly. It also raises awareness of good safety measurements needed for a disaster. A solution is few managers could’ve gone to every place that cared for the sick and disabled to make sure no one was in danger. In any disaster, these types of businesses should be checked so every civilian is safe. Or the staff could’ve just moved them to the hospital that was across their