Posts Tagged ‘elder care’
I don’t get it. Why do substitute workers seem to think that they have been here before, when the fact is, they haven’t been? I mean is it that all patients they tend to, look alike? Or What?
Today’s substitute worker, Nancy, insists she has been here before, but in the afternoon. Which would mean that …
It happens, a home support worker is off, for whatever reason, and a substitute worker is sent in her place. Nothing unusual about that, and common in the industry, and other professions as well.
I can remember having many substitute teachers when I went to school, and sure, we managed to pull a few fast one’s …
Ever had those days, when nothing you do seems to please, or is enough?
I think this is one of them, in a growing long line of them, which makes me question, if I can survive this? I wonder too, how it impacts David, and yet I can’t dwell on that, or on how I feel …
IF you are sending QUALIFIED STAFF into people’s homes, as replacements, or as fill in’s, don’t you think they should be able to KNOW BEFOREHAND what their responsibilities are?
Surely there is a Patient Profile available, that they can check, to see what condition their PATIENTS ARE IN, BEFORE ARRIVING. I mean it would make sense, …
Granted, scheduling multiple workers, for numerous patients, some only on a temporary basis, is not simple or easy. After all you have to take into account the experience levels, the type of care being required by the worker, as well as seniority & location, but it is a doable task. Naturally that assumes that you …
Read MoreAfter yesterday, it seems to me that when you care about someone, about the care they are receiving from others, you become a ‘difficult‘ client. Myself, I prefer the word “Patient” to “Client” but it makes it easier for those in power, to “CANCEL” needed services for people, without remorse, or twang of conscience.
Am I …
It is very difficult, to accept, but that appears to be today’s motto for those providing health care to the Elderly.
They Suffer in Silence, Then They Simply Die.
This morning, once again I had to step in, and do what the workers are supposed to do, for Mother. Not only that, but she seemed surprised that …
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