12-20-2024, 10:30 AM
(12-20-2024, 10:10 AM)quintessentone Wrote: Well, acetaminophen seems to be the pain killer of choice in nursing homes as my 90 year old mother can attest (with a few shots of morphine here and there).
If it's that bad, why is is the go-to drug for the elderly?
And perhaps the idea of minor pain relief seems to outweigh the liver damage over long term, and that is acceptable to medical technicians.
Many of elderly who report pain are treated as if they were 'making it up' or 'exaggerating' their pain for attention, and most nursing home staffing situations are far from the nurturing caring facilities they promote themselves to be... what is the single lowest "cost" treatment for pain? Acetaminophen. One dose... walk away.
Does it really work? Is it a liver-damaging problem over long term? Do the administrators and accountants care? Or do they not likely hold that "They're just "old people" who are going to die anyway... and this is a business... not a charity... our employees and services are not based on love and caring... that's just marketing for investors and suckers customers.
I truly hope that I am completely wrong, at least in some cases, because my Mom spent a lifetime there for a few years before I got her out of there...
It was horrific, if you care about the actual point of living... as opposed to be in a perennial 'holding pattern' until you die... among uncaring strangers.
