You know, it really isn’t fair, to the worker, to mother, to me, to be sent in cold to a place. AND yet, that is what happens when you send a substitute in, without giving them any information on what is expected of them, of what they are about to face.
Beacon Community Services needs a real lesson in how to manage the care they provide. VIHA needs to have their procedures examined, and CORRECTED, before they endanger more people.
First off, a substitute needs to be told what condition their patient is in, what medical realities they have, so as to not assume that a 92 year old, can do what a bloody 50 year old can. Such as standing, without anyone near by, or walking with a walker, without anyone standing behind.
They need to know if the Patient has sensitive skin, has brittle bones, and other conditions that determine HOW ONE HOLDS THEM, HOW ONE TOUCHES THEM. Yet Beacon Community Services ignores that, and okay, they have thousands to deal with, but what about the actual worker?
Why can’t the worker, BEFORE THEY START, ask me? After all, I am the one who let them in, I am the primary caregiver, so I should know, shouldn’t I?
The GOOD ONES do ask, but today’s worker was here a few months back, so I guess she figures she is able to figure it out. WRONG! Things change, the strength, the conditions, all change, but this one knows it all, and instead of asking me, is asking a 92 year old, who can’t hear well, who doesn’t talk well, who’s thought process gets a bit confused at times, but hey, this worker knows better.
SHE DOESN’T NEED TO ASK ME. BULLSHIT!
It isn’t all that complicated, tedious perhaps, but not complicated. So why do these women do this? Why make it more stressful, when common sense should rule, should tell them, “hey this is a new situation, let me ask the fat guy who let me in, what the routine is” but no, that might be a sign of something. I don’t know what, but I was taught, if you don’t know something, YOU ASK SOMEONE!
And next week, we get three days of substitutes, if not four days.