It's been a while since I posted anything here. Since late September I have been working at an assisted living facility close to home. Of course there are the good days and bad days, but you get used to it. This type of work isn't for everyone. There are some things that I've realized that a lot of people don't understand about doing this type of work.
1. Call lights are the things of nightmares. Just wait until you wake up thinking you fell asleep at work and that all the call lights are going off.
2. There are days when you get excited because you just checked a resident who seemed to have pooped every time you checked their brief, and this time they hadn't pooped.
3. You can't adequately describe some residents to your family or friends. You just have to experience those residents to understand.
4. Poop isn't that disturbing. It's normal. A pan that once had chocolate cake is more disturbing.
5. There's always that resident who will say things to you that make you laugh.
6. There are days when you are able to identify which resident that one item of clothing is, but you don't even remember what you have in your own closet except for your scrubs.
7. You get attached to the residents, and you know that when one of them dies you'll have to deal with the emotions of loosing someone you became attached too.
8. Being able to sit down to eat a meal while at work? When does that ever happen?
9. Only your co-workers understand what you mean when you say "resident's name-ism" or "Oh that's just so-and-so".
10. In the end you love your job.
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