Great Nursing homes to work in?

[LuvLife]

I always hear such negative remarks about LTC facilities. Like poor staffing, or difficult managment. I love working with the elderly, but working at my facility is going to kill me before long! Does anyone work in a nice, well staffed, well run facility?

[Tookie]

Just some of my thoughts on this issue

I am very lucky in as much l believe l work in a great nursing home, hostel - Aged care setting - whilst we do not have a large nursing ratio of staff to residents - I believe that our philosophy and design enhances the living environment and the care for the residents. Not all of our staff would probably agree with me - but l do find the management in general to be supportive

We are very limited here because of the government funding to the aged care system - unfortunately l go back once again to the argument that until people - i.e. governments value the aged person we will never have sufficient funds in the system to ensure that the average older person will really get the care they deserve.

Most of the people for whom we care have contributed a lot to our individual countries and deserve to be well looked after in their old age. They will have paid taxes all their lives and in many cases supported families in many ways and what happens when they get old - for those that end up in a nursing home - this can be a very debatable question. I just hope that by the time l am old enough as a baby boomer - it has improved and there are sufficient funds in the system.- Unfortunately the pollies forget you when you get too old to vote.

I keep looking at the whole of the structure - that the government should also take responsibility not just the staff working in the system - they are burning out - and why not when there is so little support.- I truly beleive that we have to somhow make governments more aware of the aged persons needs -

All the best

Hang in there

Tookie

[LuvLife]

I am trying to hang in! We did hire a new nurse and I am very excited to have her. So maybe thngs will get a little better. About the negativity with the staff...I think the change is going to have to start with me. I am going to have to set the example.