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What can you do? You can use a “virtual” phone number just like you would a virtual email to sign up when you join a site or create a credit card # to purchase something online. No need to use your personal number or email.
Actually there’s loads of things you can do to ensure privacy but seriously it isn’t worth worrying about. *tosses tinfoil away
As the others have replied it’s most likely robocalls.
You never gave this site your phone number so how do you think the phone call is connected?
Thus one of the reasons “Medicare for all” will not work. Not only will there be a shortage of CG in SNF but actual primary care physicians.
Many states are allowing CRNP’s to run their own practice and are not required to have a Physician review their orders. As a RN, I don’t know if I am comfortable with that, even though most of the CRNP’s I have worked with are excellent practitioners. But they don’t have the education and experience as a physician. The gap in providers is being filled with “physician extenders” like PA’s.
I don’t know the solution &
I’ve been a RN for 40 years. All I do know is that things aren’t getting better for seniors especially those with no assets.
If our stupid politicians would actually do the work we hired them to do they could have solved the immigration decades ago. If I were queen I would create an amnesty program for the parents of Dreamers with the requirement that they perform XX years of elderly care work to earn their spot here (while paying them a competitive wage). After that they can be citizens, and so can their kids. The govt MUST start letting in more people legally. If they come from the south border, they are usually unskilled and knowing little English, if any. This is a problem even if you are a lower-wage NH employee as many seniors can hardly comprehend what you say when your English is good. The govt can't really raise taxes to fund more towards Medicaid because it still doesn't address the labor shortage. The only solution is to let in more low-wage, unskilled labor and it needs to happen now.
It's clear to me that this is not a priority issue for the current "administration". Depending on the next election, there may be more support for exploring options.
But the funding is a critical issue, and, unfortunately, the older individual and caregiver populations have limited lobbyist support outside of AARP. We need resources like the gun lobby, which is very aggressive. But where do we get or find these resources?
We need champions in Congress, especially those who are experienced and knowledgeable of caregiving issues.
I think we also need to build a coalition of all affected parties and companies, but that still involves disparate interests. For profit private health care providers will obviously have their own goals, and they'll have more clout than individuals.
Unfortunately, I think the situation will get much worse before it gets better.
But thanks for posting on this subject; it's something that really will become critical in a matter of time.
A large continuing care community is being built near me. There are free educational opportunities for students who may want to work there in healthcare.
Creative solutions are needed to solve the healthcare worker shortages.