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mostlysignssomeportents · 1 year

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KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits

Tomorrow (May 10), I’m in VANCOUVER for a keynote at the Open Source Summit and a book event for Red Team Blues at Heritage Hall and on Thurs (May 11), I’m in CALGARY for Wordfest.

Auditors are capitalism’s lubricants, who keep the gears of finance capital smoothly a-whirl, allowing investors to move their money in and out of companies without having to go pore over their books and walk through their facilities. Without auditors, the gears of capitalism would grind themselves to dust:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/18/ink-stained-wretches/#countless

If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/09/dingo-babysitter/#maybe-the-dingos-ate-your-nan

Unfortunately for capitalism, auditing is irredeemably broken. The Big Four auditors (PWC, EY, Deloitte and KPMG) have merged to monopoly, becoming “too big to fail” and “too big to jail.” These four gigantic firms have spun up fantastically lucrative “consulting” divisions that advise companies on how to cheat on their audits and attain incredible (paper) gains. The work of these “consultants” is worth far more than the accounting and auditing jobs the companies do, and the weaker the audits are, the more profitable the consulting is:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/04/aaronsw/#crooked-ref

This crisis has been a long time brewing. Back in 2001, the accounting/consulting giant Arthur Andersen was at the center of Enron’s fraud, which lit $11B in shareholder capital on fire. Enron had been making everyday people angry for years, engineering rolling blackouts and incredible energy-price gouging, but no one cares about working peoples’ complaints. By contrast, stealing $11B from rich people was something the authorities couldn’t ignore. They gave Andersen the death penalty, trying to teach the surviving accounting firms a lesson about what happens when you fuck with plutes.

But those other firms learned the wrong lesson: the collapse of Andersen was so disruptive that it soon became clear that the authorities would never take another giant consulting firm down, no matter how egregious its conduct was. They doubled down on crime, and then doubled down again.

It’s hard to pick a winner in the Big Four Accounting Firm Corruption Olympics, but KPMG is a strong contender, with a long history of just being monumentally inept and wrong. Back when Enron was unspooling, KPMG devoted itself to threatening people who linked to its website “without a license to do so”:

https://web.archive.org/web/20020207141547/http://chris.raettig.org/email/jnl00040.html

A couple years later, they declared war on wifi, trying to convince normies that wireless networks were an existential risk to human civilization:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2885339.stm

But there’s not much money in wifi scare stories or licenses to link. KPMG are good dialectical materialists, devoted to money over ideology, and boy did they figure out some wild ways to make money. For one thing, they figured out that they could get more accountants certified by cheating…on ethics exams:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-kpmg-cheating-scandal-was-much-more-widespread-than-originally-thought-2019-06-18

KPMG’s top managers bribed regulators to give them the answer-sheets for ethics exams. What did they bribe those public employees with? Jobs at KPMG:

https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2020/01/how-accountants-took-washingtons-revolving-door-to-a-criminal-extreme

There’s hardly a month that goes by without another KPMG scandal somewhere in the world, with enormous monetary and social fallout. During the lockdowns, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government outsourced the creation and maintenance of ArriveCAN (a contact tracing app for people who entered Canada) to a grifter called GC Strategies, who billed millions for their services. GC Strategies didn’t do any work — instead, they paid KPMG $1,000-$1,500 day to hire freelancers to build the app. The app itself was a catastrophic failure, and that failure didn’t just embarrass the government — it also failed to protect Canadians during a once-in-a-century global pandemic. KPMG raked off a 30% commission:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/31/mckinsey-and-canada/#comment-dit-beltway-bandits-en-canadien

In the USA, KPMG helped Microsoft work up a radioactively illegal tax-evasion scheme. Microsoft poured the millions it saved by cheating on its taxes into dark-money operations that lobbied to defund the IRS so that KPMG and Microsoft could cook up even more illegal tax-evasion schemes:

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-irs-decided-to-get-tough-against-microsoft-microsoft-got-tougher

But KPMG doesn’t content itself with screwing over everyday people and rotting our democratic institutions — it also engages in the dangerous business of helping billionaires steal from millionaires. KPMG was the auditor that signed off on the scam “oil company” Miller Energy Partners, a fraud that operated for years thanks to KPMG’s rubber-stamp on its crooked books:

https://www.desmog.com/2021/06/03/miller-energy-kpmg-auditors-oil-fraud/

The company was run by serial fraudsters with long rapsheets for stealing millions. They staffed their C-suite with executives from disgraced companies that had been busted for running Ponzi schemes, issuing press releases praising those execs’ “proven track records in raising capital.” KPMG ignored every red flag, ignored the hundreds of millions in fraud on the books — and when the whole thing came crashing down, the responsible KPMG partner kept his job for years, until retiring with a full and fat pension.

More recently, KPMG made millions by confidently certifying the stability of a large regional bank, assuring investors and depositors that it was managing its risk and could be trusted. The name of the client that KPMG was so bullish on will be familiar to you: Silicon Valley Bank:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/kpmg-faces-scrutiny-for-audits-of-svb-and-signature-bank-42dc49dd

KPMG epitomizes the idea of Too Big To Fail and Too Big to Jail. Despite being at the center of virtually every major finance scandal, it continues to thrive and grow. Remember the Carillion bust, in which billions went up in smoke and swathes of privatized government services vanished overnight? Not only did KPMG sign off on fraudulent Carillion books, but it escaped fines for doing so — and got paid to help administer Carillion’s bankruptcy:

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/uk-watchdog-fines-kpmg-24-mln-over-carillion-regenersis-audits-2022-07-25/

Despite this, KPMG continues to find willing buyers for its services. After all, when the sector is dominated by four giant, lavishly corrupt firms, there’s not much choice in the matter:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/29/great-andersens-ghost/#mene-mene-bezzle

This is bad news for the investor class, of course, but it’s even worse news for the people who rely on the services that KPMG certifies, even as it helps grifters destroy them. Every kind of business relies on audits, from transit to aviation to day-care to eldercare.

Here’s a scary one for you: in Australia, the job of auditing residential eldercare homes’ compliance with safety and anti-abuse rules has been outsourced to KPMG. While KPMG earns a mid-sized fortune from these audits, it earns far more advising the owners of residential aged care homes on how to beat those audits:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/04/firm-performing-australian-aged-care-audit-also-charging-providers-for-expertise

KPMG says that the division that ensures the safety and dignity of elderly people is firewalled off from the division that advises companies on how to spend as little as possible on that safety and dignity — but KPMG also went to great lengths to keep the fact that it was selling services to both sides a secret.

Once the secret got out, an anonymous KPMG spokesmonster said, “When considering a request to perform an audit, we undertake a detailed process to ensure the engagement is free of conflicts.”

It’s hypothetically possible that this is true, but anyone who believes anything KPMG says is a sucker. The company’s rap-sheet goes back decades. This is, after all, a company that cheated on its ethics exams.

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Inspired by an illustration by Matt Kenyon for the Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/07184d86-81cf-11e2-b050-00144feabdc0

#pluralistic #too big to jail #too big to fail #elder abuse #eldercare #conflict of interest #auspol #kpmg #nursing homes #dingo babysitters #australia #auditors

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mobilityshop · 6 months

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Shower stools for disabled: The Homecraft Corner Shower Stool

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quality-elder-home · 4 months

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glynnisi · 1 year

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Mixed Emotions post-Eldercaregiving

God forbid, I'm quoting an article from AARP, but it helped me.

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"Relief is earned

It's not just that the caregiving work is wearying — especially when it goes on for months and years — but that it often takes caregivers away from other life pursuits of great importance to them. They live in a constant state of tension, comparing who they were and how they spent their days before with the person they've become and the duties that now fill their hours. When those duties end, that tension abates as they contemplate resuming cherished activities and roles they'd set aside."

#eldercare #survivor guilt #the work of grieving

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lockamylawyers · 7 months

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🌟 Shedding Light on Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect 🌟

Lockamy & Associates is dedicated to protecting the vulnerable. We're proud to present our latest article, "Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect: Signs, Prevention, and Legal Actions." 📖

The safety and well-being of our elderly loved ones is paramount. In this article, we delve into the signs of abuse and neglect, provide prevention strategies, and outline the legal actions you can take to ensure justice is served.

Discover: ✅ Warning signs that may indicate abuse or neglect. ✅ Measures to prevent mistreatment in nursing homes. ✅ Legal avenues to seek justice for your loved ones.

Empower yourself with knowledge by reading the full article here: https://lockamylawyers.com/blog/nursing-home-abuse-and-neglect-signs-prevention-and-legal-actions/

Share this post to raise awareness and ensure the safety of our seniors. At Lockamy & Associates, we stand with you in advocating for the rights and protection of the elderly.

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peace-chats · 8 months

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PEACEFULLIFESTYLES P.C.S.

Peaceful Lifestyles, the Best Way to Live!

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I was surprised this peace program actually existed. I find that all societies around the world could learn from this program since the elders are carriers of peace and wisdom like no other generation. Please take a look and let me know. Natanael

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careflick · 9 months

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Unravelling the Complexity of Caregiver Burnout

Let's dispel the notion of romanticising the caregiver role and delve into the complexities that caregivers encounter daily. While it remains a noble endeavour, we must recognize the difficulties that caregivers endure to provide honest support and understanding. A challenge that is common among caregivers is the caregiver burnout, a state of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion often experienced by those who provide care for others. Each caregiver's journey is unique, influenced by factors such as the nature of the caregiving role, the intensity of care required, and the duration of caregiving. Now let’s address it step by step.

Caregiver burnout is more than experiencing exhaustion, it affects your overall well-being. The reason why many caregivers may not even notice that they are going through caregiver burnout is because of how consuming it can be to take care of your loved one. So if you are a caregiver, go through this list and see if it resonates with you.

Physical exhaustion:

Feeling constantly tired, lacking energy, and experiencing frequent headaches or body aches.

Emotional exhaustion:

Feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and irritable.

Mood swings and increased sensitivity are also common.

Sleep disturbances:

Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or experiencing insomnia due to worries and stress.

Changes in appetite:

Significant changes in eating habits, such as overeating or loss of appetite.

Increased anxiety and depression:

Feeling constantly on edge, experiencing racing thoughts, and feeling hopeless or sad.

Lack of focus:

Difficulty concentrating, making decisions, and remembering important details.

Neglecting personal needs:

Neglecting one's own self-care, personal interests, and hobbies.

Withdrawal from social activities:

Avoiding social interactions, isolating oneself, and feeling disconnected from friends and family.

If you find that some of the points mentioned above strike a chord with you, it's possible that you are experiencing caregiver burnout. Experiencing caregiver burnout may result from insufficient support, limited respite options, and neglecting self-care practices. So it is essential to understand that you are not to blame for experiencing these emotions and challenges. Remember that you are not alone.

“I’ve given up the things I used to do for myself like swimming and singing in a choir because it felt selfish to be doing those things when everyone needs so much and I don’t really see my friends anymore because I’m always on call really. There doesn’t seem to be enough time to do everything.” says a single mum taking care of her father with dementia

Recognizing that seeking help is not a sign of weakness, but a crucial step in preserving well-being and the quality of care provided to loved ones, is essential. Healing from caregiver burnout is not easy, nor is it a linear process, as coping experiences differ for every caregiver.. But some common strategies that helped caregivers are these given below.

Seek Support:

Reach out to friends, family, or support groups to share your experiences and feelings.

Talking to others who have been through similar situations can be immensely comforting and validating. You can find many online support groups that may help.

Delegate Responsibilities:

It's essential to recognize that you don't have to do everything alone. Delegate tasks to other family members or consider hiring professional help to ease the burden.

Take Regular Breaks:

Schedule time for yourself to rest, engage in hobbies, or pursue activities that bring you joy and relaxation. Self-care is crucial for maintaining emotional balance.

Maintain Healthy Habits:

Prioritise proper nutrition, regular exercise, and adequate sleep to keep your physical and emotional health in check.

Set Realistic Expectations:

Understand that you cannot control every aspect of the caregiving journey. Set realistic expectations for yourself and be gentle when things don't go as planned.

Caregiver burnout is a complex issue that requires recognition, understanding, and proactive measures. By acknowledging the experiences related to burnout, recognizing the signs and symptoms, promoting self-compassion, and implementing effective coping strategies, caregivers can prioritise their well-being while continuing to provide care for their loved ones. Remember, caregiver burnout does not define the caregiver but rather highlights the importance of self-care and support systems.

#dementia #caregiving #dementiacare #caregiversupport #eldercare

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fracktastic · 4 months

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m grandmother rn frfr

#Caretaker #Fml #Eldercare

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ahedderick · 9 months

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Last year after my father passed away we cleaned any food items out of the kitchen*. I lost steam after a few months, though, and this particular cabinet did not get cleaned out the rest of the way.

Yesterday K and I put on our most positive attitudes and returned to the scene of the crime farm house kitchen. It took about an hour and a half, with me pulling crap out and sorting it into piles for trash, keep, or yardsale and her at the sink cleaning glassware.

This drawer, for example, was completely full of . . miscellaneous items like the ones in the photo. Hardware. Shoelaces. the flush lever from a toilet. Little wheels, like for a rolling piece of furniture. Curtain, um, things. My 8th grade metal shop project (a plant hanger). Elderly rubberbands. SomeThingë with a lot of spikes. Doorhandles, latches, and knobs.

_* and the storage room. And the basement. And - y'know what, it was a mess.

#hoarder #eldercare #farm cleanup #marie kondo #girl help!

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disintrested · 2 years

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Had to babysit so she could play bingo and do chair exercises lmao I love my job

#me #selfie #cnalife #cna #eldercare #dementia #health care

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alwaysbestcarememphis · 9 months

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Excellent elder care

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#eldercare

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mobilityshop · 4 months

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