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Originally Posted by Sliver
I think the province's responsibility ends at providing nutritious food. They seem to be living up to that responsibility. If you want better food, you'll have to pay for it. If you can't afford better food I guess you're SOL. Just like every other person in the country.
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This is an absolutely abysmal attitude. Not only is it wrong, but there is no need for it to be this way.
There is no excuse in the world for serving food that is this poor in quality. Our dog and pet friends get fed better than this.
It is totally within the realm of possibility to not only serve food that is cost effective and nutritious, but also tasty and presentable at the same time.
From the various comments in the video, it sounds that the food in these homes used to be cooked on site and was indeed not only nutritious but tasty and presentable as well.
There is nothing wrong with having a standardized food plan...but that should not have to mean that the food is prepared out of country, frozen, and merely reheated at a later point in time.
These are nursing homes, not nursing institutions. Just because some of them have lost their mental or physical capacities does not mean that they should be treated in such a fashion. They deserve better.
Each of us will probably have to face having a loved one live in a nursing home at some point in our lives. The time to start being advocates for those loved ones is now, not when they enter nursing homes.