Chapter 24
Those nursing homes were the type of places where they warehoused the elderly poor quite like the ones he visited when he first came back from school. Brian read newspaper exposés that reported institutions where they tied the patients to chairs and placed them en mass, in front of a blaring television, which the management passed off as recreation for the residents.
Others were reported for medication mishaps resulting in serious injury to the residents and this was an everyday occurrence. Mary played on his fears, calling Brian with constant demands that he up the ante for room and board.
He spent the last year paying all of Irene’s outstanding bills and meeting Mary’s ever-increasing demands. A few more pay checks would bring him enough money to pay the necessary fees to get Irene established in a decent assisted living facility.