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Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns
No backup generator? At the nursing home I just left, they tested the emergency backup once a month. It was used once during a snowstorm. Outlets in red were used so oxygen and other electronics could be used to sustain life. Heat worked but it's an emergency system that is outdated. 70 degrees was too cold for most. CNAs wondered where people would end up if the system failed.
Heat and humidity in Florida with no air-conditioning can be deadly. Lawsuits will begin but the fines could bankrupt the nursing home and insurance company.
You think relatives wil be safe when put in a home, but you don't think of asking about emergency backup systems.
RIP
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My mom is in her 70's and a few years ago moved into an assisted living community. We looked at several of them before picking this one. Most of them are run as cheaply as possible and they cut corners everywhere they can. Out of 6 or 7 places we looked at only one of them had any kind of backup power system. Of course, where we live there aren't hurricanes. In all the time I have lived here there has only been once or twice that I can remember where the power was out for more than a handful of hours.