What happened to responsibility?

[JenLPN001]

I work in an Alzheimer's/Dementia facility. Every one of our 60 residents has some type of dementia diagnosis. We allow our residents to "age in place" so we have a very broad spectrum of cognitive ability represented. Our Administrator is an insomniac so it is nothing to see her come in at 3am to have some quiet time (yeah right) to work on paperwork. The other morning, she came in at 3 and found TWO of the night shift people asleep. One was even lying on a couch in one of the resident common areas. The Admin even took their pics, with flash, and neither stirred. She then woke them both up and told them to clock out and leave the property as their services were no longer required. Then boy did the excuses start flying. One even blamed it on menopause.....whatever. The thing that gets me is this... we've had this situation before, night shift caught sleeping... it's automatic termination. No ifs ands butts or maybes... GONE. I don't mean fired if you're sitting at the desk, pen in hand, nodding over a chart. No, that's different. That just gets you a nudge and a suggestion to get up and walk around. I mean about a year ago we had one curled up with a pillow and a blanket! These folks filed for unemployment... and GOT IT! They were approved because, according to the unemployment commission, simply "exercised bad judgement"... ummmm what? Bad judgement? We have residents who wander, and who get into everything, and can, at times, become agitated and overly aggressive and the aides who were sleeping were simply displaying "bad judgement"? Does this seem wrong to anyone else, or is it just me?