Men In Aged Care

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Just wondered you guys and girls what do u think of Men in aged care

i know its mostly women driven but the occasional man what do you think of having them in this industry

Are Men are good thing or a bad thing when it comes to aged care

Young Woman:deadhorse :smackingf :yeahthat: :smiley_aa :caduceus: :1luvu: :w00t: :redbeathe

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Men are a good thing in general...

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I know they are i mean when it comes to their clients

its jus i work for a man

and whenever some of our clients come to him

he always says his to busy

once after that happended i had to go myself to see if i could help her out the client i mean

all she wanted was to talk to someone about her grandson she was made pants for him or maybe it was for her

young woman

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Men Sometimes They Drive Me Crazy

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Ive seen things like that with both women and men. Its more about the persons caring/passionate personality then their sex. I will admit it does take a special kind of person to work with the elderly at any level of care. I do it now for the experience, although its definitely not a long term thing for me.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Can't believe I'm going to dip my big manly toe into this lake, but...

What you seem to be describing is most appropriately attributed to your boss' personality (or lack thereof...)

I don't know why this would be a male vs. female thing. I am not very interested in Gerontology, but I don't know that we can blame my level of testosterone for it.

This is just another example of gender stereotyping. How silly.

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Hey don thank your very much its good to get a males perspective on this

its just thats the first time i have noticed it, and he really gets to me when he does that also i had to go up to the main office upstairs where he went i wasnt following him if he thought it i was running a errand, as soon as i walk in and asked the secretary what i wanted to ask her he saw me and left

i wasn't sterotyping i was stating ****

i know people get busy but you still got to Listen and make Time for your clients WELL thats what i belive anyway as i am studying doing my cert 3 in aged care

Let the real women handle these things

Young woman

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I would like to hear other people suggestions on this subject

PLEASE PLEASE

OH WHERE ARE U ALL

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You dont need to be a female to be an effective compassionate geriatric caregiver. A female can be just as uncaring as a male. Its all about personality when it comes to geriatric care not a persons sex.

Just like Don, I dont have the personality to work long term geriatric care. I'm doing it now for the experience and I give them great care, but if I had to do it long term, Id do a swan dive off the Empire State Building.

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Dear trainer

hi i read your post and i was just expressing what i saw

and the way i am

its just men come across as well abit male when it comes to these things

i wasnt suggesting he was awful or mean or a pig

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.
i wasn't sterotyping Let the real women handle these things

its just men come across as well abit male when it comes to these things

What would you call these statements, if not stereotypical? Even the title of your thread categorizes and generalizes a group of people, which is what stereotyping is.

My point is that one will find all sorts of behaviors and personalities in all sorts of people. People who exhibit the behaviors of your boss come in all shapes and sizes, all colors and both genders. You certainly cannot believe that he behaved the way he did just because he is a male, can you?

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If by aged care you mean teenaged care then yes I am all for it ;)

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