I've had a gutsful of watching segments on, and reading articles about, the most horrific abuses of the elderly and
medically-dependent (e.g. dementia sufferers) people in "care" "homes".
I don't even have any elderly relatives. My loved ones all died young. But even I - who have no immediate vested interest in the topic - have been becoming increasingly indignant and even distraught about the sheer fraud and abuse that the vulnerable in Western society are subject to.
Why aren't more families and concerned staffers of these houses of horror, speaking out? It's plain to see that many families DO complain to the facilities' managements . . . but, for goodness' sake, in the majority of cases you are fobbed off and ignored, and sometimes even belittled for your concerns. So isn't it time to either club together and lodge a class action, and/or reach out to media channels until they start picking your stories up and following through with macro-level coverage of this profiteering, ethics-gone-AWOL industry? You should be even angrier than I am!
Well, as it turns out, one of the prime offenders - an international chain of true houses of horror - BUPA, is in fact to be the subject of a class action in Australia . . . and, if an expose lead by Rova's Duncan Garner is any early indication, it might be about to see itself similarly exposed and accountable to the New Zealand legal system.
So, who exactly is BUPA? I looked it up on the always questionable in terms of the subjective detail, Wikipedia. Here's what it states by way of a description of the organisation:
"British United Provident Association Limited, trading as Bupa (/buːpə/), is a British multinational health insurance and healthcare company with over 43 million customers worldwide.
Bupa's origins and global headquarters are in the United Kingdom. Its main countries of operation are Australia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Turkey, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico and the United States. It also has a presence across Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, including joint ventures in Saudi Arabia and India.
"Bupa is a private company limited by guarantee. It has no shareholders and reinvests its profits.
Health insurance represents 71% of Bupa's revenues worldwide and 24.4 million of its customers. Bupa runs various health provision services for a further 19.2 million customers worldwide (21% of its revenue) including hospitals (primarily in Spain, Poland and Chile), outpatient clinics, dental centres and digital services.
Bupa also runs aged care facilities in four countries; the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and New Zealand, which make up 8% of its revenue."
But here's the best part:
"It was ranked 83rd out of 750 global companies in the 2020 Forbes World's Best Employers List."
How do outfits like Forbes come up with these "Best" lists?! What a joke?! Well, actually, it's NOT a joke . . .. because there's a rapidly expanding ensemble of former BUPA staffers coming forward to Garner's YouTube-based daily news program to blow the proverbial whistle. And it's BAD:
REAL bad.
REAL, REAL bad:
