Fate Of Lehigh County's Cedarbrook

Randy Kraft at WFMZ reported "Concerned about how much money the Cedarbrook nursing home is costing Lehigh County, county commissioners plan to begin the new year by authorizing an independent evaluation of the operation’s future."

Again kudos to Randy on his reporting.

I was always reminded by my old boss, "shit rolls downhill". Boy it sure does. In this country we once had homes like Cedarbrook in nearly every county of Pennsylvania and the United States. These days government at the federal and state levels no longer give a rat's patootie about funding what inevitably will befall everyone... the aged in their final years.

Some will die young from disease, accidents or war. A far greater number of us will make it past those calamities in life. Fact is nobody, not anyone will make it out of this life alive. By far most will succumb to old age. Those making the budgeting decisions must think somehow they will be immune to becoming old. Well I'm here to tell ya....

"...the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped. "
~Last Speech of Hubert H. Humphrey~
1977


What Lehigh County Commissioners will be facing in the days ahead...

Cedar Haven Lebanon County, Pa. Commissioners Discussion on 10/09/2013
How to approach a $12 million pension deficit at Cedar Haven



Options for Cedar Haven