Bragging?
Not at all and I don't even understand why you would make such a statememt.
Don't know how it is in the US, but I work in an industry that is chronically underfunded and understaffed. Folk don't come and beat down the doors of aged care facilities to work there. Those that do are overworked and grossly underpaid. They generally go above what is required of them to make the lives of the ones they care for better; and that is a heck of a lot more than many families do for their own parents and relatives.
The vast majority of people, who are prepared to work as aged carers, now come from non-English speaking backgrounds. Many of them have very limited English. They just manage to pass the competencies required for them to qualify as basic level aged carers. They are by and large good people, who try to do the right thing, but some things do get lost in translation ever so often. Thus, I go in and fix things that have been overlooked by others. We have monthly meetings where issues are discussed, memos are issued and staff are spoken to individually. Written instructions and pictures on how to use the washing machines are displayed in both laundries and so is information regarding infection control protocols. Still, things don't always go as they ideally should and working with people I find that many can't or aren't prepared to think or take initiatives for themselves.
Our staff ratio for the morning shift is 50 residents divided between 3 care staff plus one shift supervisor, who does the medications, wound dressings, organizes Dr's and other medical appointments, liaises with me, residents, relatives and so on. I am not going into details about what care staff have to do, but anyone who has looked after the elderly knows the complexities of assisting people with advanced dementia and other age related problems. All residents have to be showered and ready by 10:00am - staff start work at 6:30am - you do the maths and try to imagine how busy that is. So if a little brown streak ends up on the top of our washing machines and isn't cleaned off instantly, it isn't because of neglect, carelessness or malificence, it's because people are run off their feet. It most certainly isn't the end of the world. Our cleaner cleans the laundries twice a week, but that doesn't account for the other five days and if no other staff are available I go in and fix it. After 1:00pm we only have 2 staff to take care of our residents and from 9:30pm it's only one. Then there are the agency temps, they are another challenge and I try to avoid bringing them in as little as possible.
You know, from personal experience I can say with utmost certainty that a lot of people who talk like you have no real interest in or understanding of what it takes to look after elderly people. You propbably wouldn't even get out of bed for the money that aged carers get paid, let alone clean up people, who, after all, are strangers.
In regards to 'scat' references (which is a term that relates to a sexual practice)- that is your inference, so stop projecting your crap on my post. If the mere mention of the word 'POO' makes you react like this, what do you do when you go to the toilet? Have mental crisis? Let me guess, you s**t gold nuggets that don't smell.
So I don't have any appliances in my profile - what are you? My mother? And ,yes, I can live with myself. What about you?
Kind regards
rapunzel
P.S. - I bet you've never had someone's stoma bag burst on you whilst performing CPR on them.
