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From: Susie.Lee@f222.n271.z1.fidonet.org (Susie Lee)
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Subject: Re: patient care during your strike
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Date: 5 Jun 91 12:54:49 GMT
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FW> >Now I know that sounds somewhat demeaning (to be an adult
FW> with full mental
FW> >faculties and be thought of as a baby of someone elses
FW> Just because they're
FW> >physically careing for them) But this mindset is about the
FW> healthiest and
FW> >best for the benefit of those needing looking-after.
FW> >left out for conveniences' sake,etc.  So, I joke, I kid
FW> around, I make some
FW> >of my people laugh or smile, but I Worry over them all
FW> like a broody mother
FW>
FW> Well, the main thing is to make sure that they get good
FW> quality help.
FW> I personally don't want to be babied I just want to be
FW> treated with
FW> respect and a humane fashion.  It's nice that you relate to

Well, you're right, I have been and still do work in nursing homes (with an
occasional half-year or eight months in a hospital to brush up on what I
fell behind in) for the better part of twenty years. And for the most part,
the humane treatment comes thru between my example and others on the staff
who think of our people in a similar fashion. About the only times one hears
the giveaway on the inner attitude on the caretakers is when something goes
wrong, say for instance, someone falls thru someone else's inattention, and
assusation comes out in a loudly indignant "What have you done to my baby!!"
(I had to laugh recently when I heard it again, lately, in an exchange
between aides when one resident had got a small scrape during a transfer
from shower-chair-to-bed. I had once chewed out a supervisor in the same way
when a confused favorite of mine wasn't watched closely enuf and had slipped
and hurt herself before help got to her in time...WHoa, was I ever hot! Now
that I'm supervisor myself, I see more than ever that there was no excuse
for not checking frequently enough) well, anyhow! I think as long as there's
no maudlin fawning or outright babifying as such, it's really basically for
the best. Like you said, it's the quality of the care that really counts.

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