Comments on: Nursing Home Outrage, Part II

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By: Pia

Pia — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:12:42 +0000

I’m really saddened and shocked by this Blog and the comments on it.
Abuse and negligence certainly doesn’t exist at the nursing home I work at here in Australia. I’m an 18 year old assistant nurse, studying to become an RN.
I think the care is exceptional where I work. I work by the motto of treating all the residents as if they are my own grandparents which is why it really bothers me reading all these generalisations about care workers sitting on their asses.
My pay isn’t amazing, but it’s not terrible either. It’s no secret that the most important jobs in society are underpaid. I work mostly with dementia patients, which is hard work at times but you just push through it and try to give the best care you possible can.
I always respect dignity. If a resident doesn’t want to get up and dressed before breakfast, I don’t force them to because the nursing HOME is their HOME, so it’s their choice.
If they feel like lying down in bed all day, that’s fine, I’ll just give them a sponge bath and feed them by their bedside.
I make sure the residents are washed/showered, clean, in fresh clothes. I moisturise all the residents to maintain their skin integrity, prompt them to clean their teeth, or assist them to. For the ladies I put their lipstick on for them if they wish, give them a spray of perfume, blow-dry their hair and put on their jewellery. For the men I put their deodorant on for them, maybe some aftershave and make sure they’re clean shaven.
We have an activities officer who reads the residents the newspaper, does exercises, sings songs, bingo etc. I try to be as gentle and reassuring as possible with personal care, and make sure people are toileted often. I just do my job, and so does everyone else I work with. We just CARE. And I’m quite upset that this isn’t the same in all other nursing homes. It’s disgusting.

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:13:05 +0000

well i work in a nursing home and have for 2 years and if people are reated like that in the nursing home u work at thats crazy somone should call state. any ways i love my job and the people i work with. just because u hear things about some nursing homes doesnt mean that they all are bad. its seriously a very time consuming hard job, i usually have 9 – 10 residents in a day to take care of and i cant tell u how many scratchs and bruises i have had from taking care of some of the people there. and not everyone gets bed sores it all depends on if that resident was properly taken care of. not everyone is cut out for this job it takes a lot of will power and a strong stomach to do what i do everyday. at the nursing home i work at yes people have died but not killed each other, and i think thats horrible that no body got in trouble. with out people like me and the rest of the cna’s and nurses that work there the elderly would have no place to go. yes nursing homes are expensive but u have to realize that they get 3 meals a day cooked and prepared for them, free tv, and card for 24/7. so no not all nursing homes are abusive like the one u but some arent. i mean take this for example if ur 78 year old dad was 350 lbs and incontinent how would u take care of him plus work all day and take care of your kids? u wouldnt. he would develop bed sores that i could stick my arm in and yes ive seen them like that. so some smart person came up with the idea of making a home they could all stay in a be cared for, dont take for granted the people that take care of your loved ones, form experience i love the residents just as much as their own kids do, and to some i am the only family they ever see. i agree the state needs to investigate people more on things like that but please belive not all nursing homes are bad. thanks.

By: hammie

hammie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:50:18 +0000

It is often the same with those working with anyone perceived as intellectually disabled or learning delayed. Half the people in there are doing it because they want to feel power over someone – in their otherwise powerless lives.

The Elderly and infirm need advocates. xx

By: annemarie

annemarie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:07:10 +0000

Alana:

I think ‘blah blah blah’ just about sums up your real level of concern about nursing homes.

By: Pop Princess

Pop Princess — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:34:50 +0000

Unfortunately it is this way all over the world.

I worked as a volunteer visiting the elderly in Australia and the attitude of the staff was appalling.

The the particular lady I was assigned to was dying and continually vomitting. They didn’t care at all. It seemed an inconvenience to grab her a bucket to vomit in.

It made me so infuriated, sad, frustrated and scared. Scared because this is where most of us will one day end up.

By: Juri

Juri — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:11 +0000

Sometime in the early nineties in Finland I was ordered to work at a nursing home for demented people. It was a community service gig and I wasn’t too motivated, obviously. I was never introduced to the people who lived there or told any of their names by the regular staff. One of my first assignments (as far as I recall) was to go feed a toothless old lady who had no strength left to move her arms, let alone hold a spoon or take it to her mouth.

Luckily for her, a 20 something druggie had just been “appointed” to help her with her porridge.

After one or two indifferent spoonfuls she refused to open her mouth. Then she turned her face away as she was still able to move her neck.

About a week later I had had enough and walked out of that place. A few months later my community service was transformed into 4,5 months of prison. That was not a big deal but I still feel guilty for not being able to treat that nameless old woman like a human being.

The moral of this anecdote? The happiness of the staff does matter. People “sign up” for nursing home jobs for a variety of reasons. I don’t know how it is in America but here in Denmark it is VERY easy to get a job as an assintant “nurse” in one of those homes as they are desperate for staff and hire anyone. My adoptive “mother” in Finland has worked in a nursing home for 20 years and absolutely loves her job. Sadly for the patients, not everyone working in the field does.

This is a problem that should be taken care of but it won’t. Having seen what I’ve seen so far (I was also hired as a night attendant for a respirator patient, once, but I’ll skip that story for now) I can only hope that I have not caught my two grandmothers’ (both in their late 90s) genes but those of my grandfathers (both died in their 80s). I don’t even want to imagine the level of indifference and neglect we will experience 30-40 years from now.

By: Alana

Alana — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:34:23 +0000

Sister wolf: Thankyou

By: Alana

Alana — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:26:22 +0000

I’m sorry Annemarie but blah blah blah blah blah. Don’t you think this arguments getting a little stale?