it's been a long time since i've posted here,but since i just found
out i was moved to moderator status,i guess i'll do so more often.
i'm still a cna,but i don't do the insitution thing anymore. i'm
working in a group home and have just become a home manager. i work
with MRDD clients and i love it! i get to know my gals really well
and we get to do all sorts of fun stuff and as a bonus i get paid for
doing this! it's great! anyone else out there work for a group home
agency? if you love taking care of people but you're getting tired of
running around the nursing home or hospital,you should check it out.
your local Board of MRDD should have information on any group homes
in your area. it pays the same as a nursing home,sometimes more,and
is just as if not more rewarding. in a small residential setting(our
homes are actual houses in the communities),you get to know your
patients really well and can really make a difference in their lives
and in the community. it especially helps if you have cna experience
and if you are med certified,you won't have to take the med passing
classes. so how is everyone? still slaving away? me too. but just
like all of you,if i didn't love caring for people,i wouldn't do it.
one idea i'd like to throw out there is this: what if nursing homes
as we know them didn't exist? what if long term care patients could
be in a residential setting,like a group home,with 4 or 5 other
people who were suffering from the same level of illness? you could
have a nurse(lpn or rn) and one or two cna's in the home,24 hours a
day. i think that in this type of environment,people would recieve
better care and feel more loved. i also think we,the health care
workers,would be better paid and not so stressed out. it would be
great to only have 5 patients,that you can get to know,and have a set
schedule,so that your life doesn't have to be so hectic. it's a
radical idea,but those of you that remeber any of my earlier posts
know that i'm a radical thinking person. let me know your thoughts!