I've been bitching and moaning about Detroit's healthcare system for 5 years now, especially regarding nursing home care. People I work with are probably tired of me saying "Well in Iowa it wasn't like this!" Frankly they just don't believe me. I've worked in Nebraska and Illinois also and it wasn't like this.

I'm definitely going to print this article and show it to them:

Los Angeles is the nation's best city for nursing home care, according to a new study. Detroit led the company's list of cities with the worst nursing home care.

Fifty-four percent of Detroit's facilities had actual harm federal deficiencies in the last 4 years. Scarey shit.

People that live here, grew up here will give you all kinds of excuses as to why. The why is this area has the largest percent of workers with the poorest work ethics, and amazing belief that the "system" owes them, and no desire to do a good job. Also I personally believe the easiest cirriculum for nurses in the U.S. that is mass producing under educated nurses.

This attitude goes far beyond the healthcare here. You can witness it daily in restaurants, retail stores and bank lines. A total disregard for others. It's the "Life is all about me, so fuck you" syndrome. There is a reason Detroit's homicide rate is so high. I'm sure that's not even counting the neglect in their nursing homes.

Anyone who lives in this area and has never lived in another portion of the country for any length of time would tell me I'm so full of shit. Well I am, but not about this.