Even though Mythbuster’s showed that a bull in a china shop actually is more careful than one would expect, it is an old saying, implying crashing and bumping and breaking of things. While a broken dinner plate is just that, it isn’t the case with people. Grab them too hard, push them too hard, and bones break.
When you have Brittle Bones (osteoporosis) it is even more important to take care when you lift, turn, or twist a person. How you hold them counts big time into protecting them from unnecessary damage.
I suppose what frustrates me the most, is not knowing just what qualifications these home support workers have. Are they trained to any degree? I know from one worker, she had a full year’s of training, and was saying how today, new workers receive about a month at a community type college setting.
So how did what took a year, suddenly be able to be condensed into a single month long course?
Do they show them the right way to hold a person? I rather doubt it, from what I have seen of the support workers provided by Beacon Community Services. In fact, I worry more now, about how safe Mother is, under their care, than when it was just up to me. AND, that isn’t how it is supposed to work, now is it?
Family or caregivers, of a loved one, are asked to place a great deal of trust in these private support services. I know that to be working for the Government, there are proper qualifications that have to be met, and even though some sneak through, for the most part, they have the skills.
What assurances do I have that, that is the case with these Privately Hired & Paid Workers?