THEY ARE NOT JUST A JOB TO MOST OF US

I AM HEARTBROKEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COUPLE WHO HAD BEEN MARRIED OVER 60 YEARS AND DIED. WHEN IS THE GOVERMENT GOING TO HELP OUR ELDERLY???????????????????IT IS VERY HARD 4 ANY ELERDERLY PERSON 2 GIVE UP THEIR HOME AND GO AND LIVE IN A STRANGE PLACE WITH STRANGERS AND STAFF THEY DO NOT KNOW AND ITS WORSE FOR A PERSON WITH ALZHIEMERS/DEMENTIA THEY HAVE THE CONFUSION AS WELL AS EVERY THING ELSE TO DEAL WITH ANY DECENT CARER WOULD TELL U ITS VERY DIFFICULT 4 THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE....BUT IT IS NOT JUST A JOB I HAVE WORKED OVER 20 YEARS IN CARE OF THE ELDERLY AND ITS POORLY PAID ....ITS A 24-7 JOB WE DONT HAVE BANK HOLIDAYS/XMA/SEASTER/OFF WE WORK....WE SUFFER ABUSE BOTH VEBALLY/PHYSICALLY FROM SOME RESIDENTS WE MAKE SURE THE ARE LOOKED AFTER BY LEARNING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THEIR HISTORY/FAMILY/LIKES/DISLIKES/PREFERENCES/WORRIES /WHAT THEY NEED/BOTH PHYSICALLY/MENTALLY....WE ARE FULLY TRAINED IN ALZHIEMERS/DEMENTIA CARE MOVING AND HANDLING...HEALTH AND SAFTY FIRE...CARE OF THE ELDERLY....FOOD/HYGINE ....MEDICATION....WE FOLLOW CORRECT POLICES AND PROCEEDURES ON ANY TASK WE DO 4 A ELDERLY PERSON WE HAVE COURCES IN CORRECT LY DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING ABOUT EACH PERSON AND WE STAND UP 4 OUR RESIDENTS..I WOULD BLAME THE GOVERMENT/SOCIAL WORKING FOR THAT COULE NOT BIENG PLACE IN THE SAME HOME IN A DOUBLEROOM IF THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE THEN 2 SINGLE ROOMS 1 COULD HAVE BEEN THEIR BEDROOM AND ONE COULD HAVE BEEN MADE INTO A SITTING ROOM FOR WHEN THEY WANTED THEIR OWN SPACE.. THE GOVERMENT SHOULD FIND MONEY TO BUILD NEW HOMES WITH BOTH SINGLE/DOUBLE BEDROOMS THEY SHOULD PUT MONEY INTO LOOKING AFTER OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE.... THEY WENT THRU A WAR FOR US.....PRISONERS GET BETTER LOOKED AFTER THE THE ELDERLY IN THIS COUNTRY MINISTERS GET UR ACT 2GETHER AND DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS AND GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE OLDER GENERATION MORE HOMES THAT ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE WANT.NEED..ITS NOT MUCH TO EXPECT IF THE BOTH PARTIES ARE MARRIED AND HAVE TO GO INTO CARE THEY WANT DOUBLE BEDROOMS THEY WANT TO KNOW THEY ARE SAFE/SECURE/HAPPY AND WELL LOOKED AFTER BY CORRECTLY TRAINED PEOPLE ITS NOT MUCH TO ASK..INSTEAD OF TAKING BIG PAYMENTS<,WAGES>PUT SOMETHING BACK LETS SEE WHICH PARTY WILL GET THEIR ACT 2GETHER FIRST 4 OUR PEOPLE.

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