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Your Mudgee Guardian front page Friday 15th March 2019 'Pioneer House is a Disgrace' [Editor's note: The headline was 'Pioneer House Disgrace'] is an indication of poor and exaggerated journalism.
You showed no regard for the wonderful nursing staff we are fortunate to have at Pioneer House nor for those may have read your paper who are likely to become residents there.
Shortage of staff members is the problem that surely could have been corrected without [an] alarming headline.
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As a resident here for over 18 months myself I have been met with kindness and care.
What is important to me is that in that time this amenity has had no closures for outbreaks of gastroenteritis or influenza.
Discontented people exist some may require nursing home care.
The government would do well to direct finances to increase nursing staff numbers, rather than decrease where areas appear to be wanting.
Get it right.
- Margaret Burnett