Posts Tagged ‘patients’
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] …
Home Support Workers need to understand a few basic rules.
The first rule, is simple. YOU are in someone’s home TO HELP, NOT HINDER.
Yes, there are some Patients who cannot answer the door, and it is left unlocked for the worker to enter. HOWEVER that is not the case with MANY so really, DO NOT ASSUME YOU ARE …
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 …
I wonder why we try to make things more complicated, than they have to be?
Take home support. I mean it isn’t difficult to figure out, that some people need help that others may not, and that one size really doesn’t fit all. Yet it seems to me, that is exactly what the various health agencies …
