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Had a great aide for a little over a year - M-F - then when she left got a new one - frequent call outs, transportation issues (I,e, reason for callouts) No floaters - I have had to stay home from work on days that the aide called out. Most of the ides have only been there 3-6 mos. VERY frustrating. We are now on our 2nd aide since April - It is hard on my mother. Current aide reports on time but has to be told what tasks to do.
my friends wife in the last couple of years has gotten herself trained to be a dental technician -- with flash cards at her kitchen table . im all for putting the populace to work but really , learning a few buzz words does not make a medical professional .
aunt ednas current peckerchecker ( home nurse ) was lying in the gutter , clutching at the storm drain and demanding her G - D phone call 2 years ago .
now shes a " professional " home nurse reporting malarky to our primary care doc .. she cant even spell " malarky " , wtf is this ??
Also I am well experienced in healthcare and know not to identify an agency by name publicly to make negative comments about them.
We are only suppose to do dishes for the client and clean up after ourselves when we finish in the kitchen. In short we are not Heloise, built in housekeeping . It is not part of the services you get. I believe you want, "Merry Maids". As for you and members of your medical advice seeking house hold. Stop asking your nurses to check your BP or seek some type of other medical advice from us. We are not covered with liability insurance to do anything for you. Also you expect to be paid for your labor. We have to support ourselves and families with real money. We are not volunteering our services. You might not see yourself as such but perhaps a more objective opinion would help you to see just how difficult you make life for any caregiver who comes to your home. Perhaps this is why no one stays and the agency is hard pressed to find anyone for you. You ran through 5 agencies before you got to mine. I could go on and on.Your sweet elder makes sexual advances, unwanted touching, and no those types in my experience are not the confused ones.
Lots of families act like no one other than them are in the house. So the drug usage, loud arguments, knock down drag out domestic violence scenes still continue right in front of us. Sometimes nurses wind up dialing 911. Think of every condition you can encounter on a daily basis from one extreme to another and those are the scenarios your caretaker faces and more.
I need a nurse, a housekeeper, and a maid, all rolled up in one. All this for $10/hr. I know it's unrealistic, so I'm not sure it's fair to jump all over the agencies. Most people take caregiving jobs because they cannot get anything else. The job is very demanding, psychologically and physically brutal.
I came to a conclusion that an agency is only as good as its' employees. MOST people just need a paycheck. That goes for majority of professions. This is where the disconnect is between the family hiring and the hiree. NOBODY wants to be a cheap servant.
I'm also finding out that agencies want to call themselves "non-medical", but find themselves providing healthcare , like changing urine bags, giving insulin...The agencies want people to pay cash because they don't want to deal with the insurance reimbursements. It's a mess out there.
I guess in speaking with agencies, I took their side. I apologize. I'm sure it's different from the workers point of view.
I am very frustrated with trying to find care for my mom. I have spoken to friends, co-workers, and it's a recurring theme of good help is hard to find...
I also heard about a local agency where the employees are very unhappy and blame the owner.
Can you give examples of issues? I'm learning. As a perfectionist, I am really afraid of hiring someone for my mom. I'm in the NE. Nonetheless, your story would help me maneuver this help seeking mess.
Wow, that's scary.
Pardon my ignorance, but I would think that someone of your husbands' stature would require more than one person handling his situation. A nurse in addition to an aide would be a must. IF anything should happen while operating the Hoyer lift, the NURSE should be the main person there.
I am appalled at how little nurses do nowadays as compared to years ago. All the heavy work is dumped on aides. I can understand how the jobs at a hospital are delineated, and nurses mostly do charting, but home care is a different thing. Giving meds is the easy part (which is what nurses want to do). It's the other stuff that requires muscle and knowledge.
The problem with insurances is that nurses are too expensive and even if you get a nurse, they dump the work on to an aide. They just check in as supervisors. Well, I can SUPERVISE myself without the hefty charge of a lazy visiting nurse.This what happened to a co-worker of mine. I think this may be the reason that unqualified people are being sent in to do "nursing" work.
I think if nurses want to do home care, they need to "do" home care. Otherwise stay working in the hospitals.
I will be calling more agencies tomorrow. I'll report my findings here.