As a nurse working in LTC for about 13 years now I see a lot of generalizations being made here.
while we should be paid more, this myth that nurses and CNAs make slave wages is false. I make around $40 an hour as a LPN and CNAs where I work make well over $20. And this is considered mediocre nursing home pay around here. We make slightly less than other homes because we have reasonable ratios and don’t accept train-wrecks just to fill beds. The truly shitty homes have to pay more to get a nurse to even consider stepping in the door.
And before you get high and mighty about taking care of your loved ones at home, the vast majority of the time I see families taking absolutely shitty care of the elderly at home. Partly from ignorance/lack of training, partly because they burn out fast.
As hard as it is to take care of *one* confused and incontinent old person, imagine taking care of around 10 of them for eight hours. Cut them some slack (not the crazy ***** in the video, if it was even real).