This nursing home is hot as hell

It is 65° outside today and this building was comfortable until the afternoon sun warmed the south side of the building. Since then the building has gotten quite warm.. It started about an hour after lunch.

This crazy building was probably built in the 60s. The heat vents are in the ceiling and the furnace air blows down on our heads during the cold weather. I wish I had the person who invented that type of heat so I could show him the error of his invention.

An aide came in an hour ago and told me she was sick to her stomach because it's so hot in this building. I personally think the heat could be turned off. I looked at the weather forecast for the next month and it does not look like we will have any temperatures below the 30s at night, unless there's a sudden change. Therefore, I would think the facility needs to turn the heat down. I thought maybe they had the thermostat set on 55°. That's what our neighbors did when they left their home to go to Florida in the winter. Setting their home's thermostat at 55°, should keep the pipes from freezing. But if the temperature would drop below 10°, the thermostat should be raised to 70° to ensure the pipes do not freeze.

The maintenance man here seldom comes in on a weekend. The only times he does is if he has to do a fire drill or another safety drill. But, in the spring when we have warm days, I think he needs to call-in to see if the building is comfortable. I think he is the only one that can raise or lower the building's thermostat. Though, that maybe what management here wants. Management does not live here – the residents do.

This building probably needs new ductwork and maybe even a new furnace. If the owner intends to let this building stand, then they need to redo the heat vents. Ideally, the heat should should be vented through baseboard registers, and it's not. However, it is probably too late to make major changes.

The easy solution would be to put heating/air conditioning units through the wall under the windows. Residents could then control their heat and cooling themselves. There might also be a way to lock the thermostat on a through the wall unit, to keep residents from having access..

I've lived here for over six years. Inside this nursing home, we have either cold-cold days or hot-hot ones. I think there needs to be a solution, and soon.