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So last Monda
Last Monda
I was so upset
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Ashley LeAnne's Blog
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If you didnt read my post read this about assisted living
st thing of my life, every one knows I love elder ly peopl e and have been aroun d them for years , but the kind I have been aroun d are able to take care of thems elves for the most part and are prett y healt hy. Well for the last few weeks I've been worki ng at an assis ted livin g home doing hair, major ity of the peopl e are just amazi ng and if they are grump y or unhap py or sad its compl etely becau se they dont know where they are and somet imes who they are.
So last Monday I watch ed a women cry about her husba nd sayin g she neede d to call him and he was in the hospi tal. This man was passe d away and she could nt remem ber that he had been gone for awhil e. She kept touch ing her ring and just would weep. . . Well she didnt want to have her hair done so I had to wait for an aid to come get her( they must ALWAY S be with a staff membe r in this commu nity) well as I'm waiti ng this women tries to escap e out of the salon and start s headi ng for the area she DOESN T live in and insis ts that she does and start s to cause a scene in the lobby ..so freak ing sad.
Last Monday I also had a women who likes to sneak out of the salon and when she is waiti ng stand s up to leave about every 10 minut es. . . well last week while waiti ng for an aid for 45 minut es! !! she spit on the floor and kept tryin g to stand up and leave .
I was so upsetbecau se half of these resid ents are not treat ed right just becau se they cant remem ber where they are or even who they are doesn t mean you shoul d be posit ive and happy to see them every time you encou nter the resid ent! These peopl e are someo nes Grand paren ts and paren ts and I dont under stand how the famil ies arent doing more. ..
Yesterday I gave a women a perm, wrapp ed her up like a footb all playe r in layer s of towel s and capes every thing to not get her wet. . .the aids had asked for her to get a perm so we did it. . . well we dont know all of there healt h issue s and the aids do. this woman was unabl e to get out of her wheel chair and was not able to hold her own weigh t which maybe was 80 pound s. ..so we got her ready to give her this perm her poor head would nt even reach the bowl bearl y. ..I took EVERY preca ution to not soak this women and she still got wet. ..I felt horri ble, we chang ed her shirt after her servi ce hopin g she would nt get sick, well today the girl I work with went in and the front desk girl let her know that the women was so sick that shes actua lly on hospi ce. . .yet nobod y let us know other wise we never would have done such a servi ce to her. ..my heart is actua lly broke n and I wish I could go back and never have done it.
Another thing that bothe red me was nobod y bothe red to even put a bra on this woman !
Please just think about these thing s that go on insid e these place s and I hope that nobod y every puts their famil y throu gh that. This is why I agree on prop 1000. . . these poor peopl e live in pain for the last part of their lives and some famil ies do nothi ng help somet imes, Im not sayin g that every ones negle cts their elder s but those who do shoul d be assha med. I hope I die of a disea se or heart attac k or somet hing that takes me fast inste ad of havin g to live in pain or with alzhe imers ...I love elder ly peopl e they are amazi ng but its not right to treat them so bad -
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adventurousThis last weekend I went to something amazing...the backstreet boys concert. It felt like jr.high all over again, pretty much the best time i've had in awhile. The whole thing made me realize how much life has changed since I was 14 and a screaming girl with erin at leota. Kinda miss how much easier life felt those days and as weird as it was the backstreet boys concert slightly revamped me, it made me realize I need to live my life like everyday is my last. I have had people try to bring me down in life and I have let them. I dont ever want to be in that place again life is suppose to be enjoyed. but point of my story is the backstreet boys changed my life...well not really just put me back on earth again.
ps...the new job is going well, as always some rude old ladies but it happens and you move on....i miss my little pumpkins at the school!love you guys!
Thats so sad.. I know how much you love the elderly and every time a cute little man or women comes in I think of you. Thankful these people has someone like you to help make them beautiful for the last years, maybe just days of their lives!