Posts Tagged ‘elderly’
Mom has a worker she really liked, who had an accident that made her take several weeks off, in order to recuperate. Now that she is back, she’s off to other people, and not even with a full schedule. She has time available, in Mom’s time slot, but it seems that SENIORITY takes precedence over …
Read MorePatricia Donaldson phoned this morning, regarding my complaint from the weekend. An interesting conversation, given that I think we are poles apart on what we consider proper care for the elderly.
To begin with, the policy at Beacon is that they will attempt to contact a ‘client‘ [I really hate that word, it should be PATIENT] …
The good old Campbell Government announced it is going to raise the fees, charged to Seniors in Care Homes. A nice little New Year’s gift for them, is an 8% rise in fees this coming year, 10% next year. It is expected to generate an additional $54 Million to the Province.
Isn’t that nice, to know …
The regular worker, scheduled for this week is off, which has brought another influx of new home support workers from Beacon Community Services. Funny, how so many claim ‘years of experience’ and yet, it seems like they haven’t a clue on how to handle an old women, of about 120 pounds.
I mean it seems like …
When You Forget
Personal Opinion by Ian Kovnats
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I don’t know if it is how it is structured, or if it is simply incompetence, but when a home support forgets to do the basics, the ramifications for the caregiver are multiplied many times over. It isn’t Rocket Science, but simple common …
