hoplittlebunny
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I’ve been lurking on this thread for so long because I used to work for Northcare. I recently quit though so now I don’t care about coming on here . So the family that I’ve interacted with are William and his mum, Margaret. I’ve never met his sister Katie, but William and Margaret have always been very lovely to me and they make an effort to speak to staff when they are in.Does anyone else find it sickening that all of that money came from care homes? There’s no way profit margins like that exist in the care sector without ripping families off whilst cutting some horrendous corners.
The management in these homes though, is absolutely shocking and it’s a common theme amongst all of the homes from what I’ve gathered, so they must be aware of it. The wage was £9 when I started working there and is now £10.50, so it’s more than some care homes offer but still not a lot, especially with the cost of living rising to the extent it is.
They’re currently struggling to adequately staff all of the homes they have, yet keep opening up new ones, which winds me up because the residents suffer when there’s not enough staff on shift. The families pay so much money for them to be there, so decent care standards is the absolute minimum they should be able to expect.