I don’t think anybody thinks that only queer folk can be homophobic, but it does happen quite often. Usually it’s the fault of heteronormative indoctrination, religious or otherwise (which is also usually the problem when straight folk are homophobic)

Inertia

That’s potentially worthwhile with someone who is cognizant but just an asshole. For someone with dementia, there’s no point

My point stands: pay enough, and people will do the job, shitty as it is. Same as garbage sorters (all the garbage at my local landfill is sorted, with easy recyclables like aluminum being pulled out, manually; it’s a shit job but they pay well).

If the money isn’t there to pay well, that’s a fault in the system itself, but I’ve seen enough of capitalist and especially American economics to know that the money probably is there, they just don’t want to pay it. Whether it’s the nursing homes themselves or the insurance companies doing the grifting doesn’t actually matter; somebody is profiting, and profit is theft.

It doesn’t matter. There is always a price point that will attract enough workers.

It’s just a price point that’s higher than private elder care facilities want to pay. It’s not a labour shortage, it’s a wage shortage.

want all the benefits of society without contributing

No, that would be what the rich want (and get)

Of course there are enough people to fill that role-- there aren’t enough people willing to fill that role for the shit pay. Increase the pay, eventually you’ll hit the point where the jobs are filled