Caring- about the wrong stuff!

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal had two interesting articles side by side. The centerpiece was titled "How to Pull Off 'CEO Casual' The Goal: Shed the Stodgy Suit but Keep The Authority; One Executive's Views On Custom Shirts and Chest Hair." The article goes on to say that Ms. Anni Sarah Lam, CEO of Parc Landon, a Houston-based music, sports and entertainment agency, displays her 'insider status by wearing crisp jeans and trendy jackets to meetings. She signals her chief executive stature by carrying Louis Vuitton handbags and Montblanc pens.'

The article to the far right was titled "To Be Old, Frail And Evicted: Patients at Risk. As Nursing Homes Shift Focus To Short-Term Rehab Care, Families Must Look Elsewhere." According to the article "Across the country, nursing homes are forcing out frail and ill residents. While federal law permits nursing-home evictions in some circumstances, state officials and patient advocates say facilities often go too far, seeking to evict those who are merely inconvenient or too costly. Residents with dementia or demanding families are among the most vulnerable, particularly if -- like Ms. Nguyen and the other Lodi residents -- they depend on Medicaid to pay their bills, the officials and advocates say.Those on Medicaid bring facilities as little as half what they can get from residents who pay out of pocket, with private health insurance or through Medicare, the federal-state health program for the elderly."

Designer handbags and clothing for some, nursing home evictions for some. If a society is judged by how it takes care of its young and its old, then ours would get an F. The Commercial culture would spin this positively and say that there is only one way from here and that is up. However we could be floundering at the bottom for a while.