Similarities Of Heroes To A Nursing Home

Putting a loved one into a nursing home is never an easy decision. One will want their loved one to be cared for as if it was their own parent or grandparent. One must go to the nursing home and make sure that it’s a suitable place for their loved one and make certain that it’s a place where they will be happy. Heroes are no one special or with any special powers. They do not need to run into a burning building and save lives. A hero is courageous and is brave. A hero can also be defined as a compassionate person or people that show love and care to strangers during an unfortunate situation. Two unlikely heroes came to the rescue of residents in a California nursing home and to take care of their needs while waiting for help. Unfortunately,
The close and transfer of residents was not what many had expected; there were fourteen residents left at the home who were ill and could not care for themselves (Hastings). Castro Valley Assisted Living Facility had issues dating back to two thousand and seven (Hastings). The abandonment of these residents had the Alameda County departments such as social services and police department questioning what went wrong (Hastings). A woman whose mother-in-law was at the facility called the situation as, “brutal and horrific”. Another family member felt as the facility was, “negligent, and they should be prosecuted” (staff and wires). A worker for the state looked at the facility before she left for the weekend and noted that there was not enough food and meds for all of the fourteen residents before being evacuated to other nursing homes. The worker for the state
He had no prior experience on taking care of elderly residents especially ones that were ill or residents with dementia. His only experience was caring for his own children at home. He was hired as a janitor, thanks to his friend who helped him to get hired. The facility left fourteen residents to fend for themselves while the caretakers walked off the job. Their only hope of survival was put on one of the two heroes. He stayed at the facility to care for all the residents including having to shower them and make sure they were safe (O’Brien). He spent those three days at the facility with little to no sleep and never was paid for his services as a janitor. As the days progressed by the third day they were running out of food and medication and the residents were becoming sick. Through this traumatizing experience Miguel Alvarez said, “If we left, they wouldn’t have