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Apply for Medicare/dnp possibly? Maybe find a staye run care facility for them. The only time I have seen a caregiver be OK while caring for a ELO (elderly loved one) is if the elo can be left alone for some periods at a time and is very cooperative and gets along well with the caregiver. I had a friend who took care of his father & his father treated him horribly. His father couldn't be left alone; so very demanding & demoralizing. My bf almost had a nervous breakdown. He had to place him into a home. His father was at the end of his life and he was just terrible, as he was his whole life. Please think about all of your options. Good luck!

I know this post is old but I have been going back and forth my whole career. I will be going back to an ALF. That is the nursing that is the best speed for me. Hospital not bad either but PDN is just not for me. I am good at it, the parents & the adult child client like me but let's just say I personally don't vibe well. We are so lucky we have options!??

Both of you nurses have excellent points but the bottom line is...be a decent human being and help when if you are able to. You want more $$$, of course who wouldn't? But the reality is staffing is terrible and we all should pitch in to help the patients, the residents or any person needing care. We have some nurses who will not help the aides at all. And they have the attitude also of,”it's not my job to do aide work" but it is nursing work! Yes, meds come 1st but come on! Again BE A DECENT HUMAN✌️? It's amazing how things come back to you when you are in the right heart space & help out your fellow human being?

Another good comment! I agree! Give yourself some time to get your groove. I am always in awe of really great LTC nurses...as a group we rock! Look at everything we must deal with...once trained and at our job for awhile in LTC there is almost nothing we can't handle! love to my many nurse brothers & sisters!

Great advice! ✌️?

Same thing is happening at the assisted living facility I fill in at. I have said the same exact thing but it is what it is. I was discussing with the executive Director that we definitely need to be educating the staff more in on a more frequent regular basis. The unlicensed personnel that work at the facility we hear complain over and over again how this is not an assisted living because people need so much help and I keep telling them unfortunately, that is the state of health for many elderly people now. The demands of the residents/families wears many out and I believe a raise in pay and also some other things can be done on site to let our staff know that we truly appreciate them. If this were my facility/my business I would run it differently but all I can do is appreciative my staff by helping them out when I am able and to keep educating staff. God help us all! ??❤️✌?✌?✌️

When a person dies at a facility in my jurisdiction and they are a full code we must do CPR on them until the paramedics arrive and then they take over. The number we first call is into the police station and they assess the situation but they hardly ever show up unless of course we need to report a crime or there’s reason to believe they need to show up. The paramedics lose the patient or resident at the facility we call the coroner and let them decide if they need to come out or not, usually they don’t when we go over there medical history and age & any other details. But like someone had mentioned definitely know your facilities regulations and what is required. Sometimes I think us nurses are too lax When it comes to these issues at times.

I am on one right & when I return I will be going back as PRN not FT but I am sure I will be picking up many shifts. I feel more appreciates when I am PRN & I like the freedom of making my own schedule. I’ll keep you updated September 5th or 6th I’m going back;) Good luck in whatever you choose!

When we provide the meds for comfort & transition to death for anyone else’s timeline except the person that is dying. we must be careful as healthcare providers to not help a patient transition because of a family member that just wants the patient to finally “go” or Because the hospital or facility needs a bed; If we start to do it for any other reason then to help the patient to truly have a peaceful death we are then entering into a whole other realm and that is pretty dangerous and unethical. I hope I’ve answered your question. ✌?❤️?? To all on this journey

When someone is in the active dying stages morphine is used to help ease the transition. Like a hospice nurse once told me we can drag the patient's death out 1 to 2 weeks or we can give it around the clock and help this person to die with dignity and how they wanted to die. I am exhausting in alf nursing as to how patients & families are educated about end of life care. We are still so focused on keeping people alive that we refuse to acknowledge that people get old and die....there time is coming and we can help them.

Yes! So of course we have different staffing needs when they are deemed to have ALF needs & it is not good. I work in an assisted living and I had five sets of vital signs on my shift and two residents who because their families refuse to make them hospice. even though they’re basically in the last stages of their disease, require so much care. This care is not appropriate for an ALF & we are all getting burned out.

Hello. And you are not wrong there! I am an ALF and I keep saying this is how nursing homes were many years ago. But people are even more sick, more comorbidities. We are helping the residents more & more.

I know this post is months old but I have to say that it is everywhere where there is unrealistic expectations! I work at an ALF and for the most part it is OK but tonight, 2 admissions; 1 re-admit amd the other a new admission. Sorry, I am not staying to do ALL of the paperwork that goes with those admissions. I legally had to do a nurse’s note and that is all my brain could even function for after that shift. More and more keeps getting piled on us healthcare staff and I say NO! I am not a martyr and not to be a super nurse and stay over for hours on end. The corporations want us to do more with less and while they reap all the benefits. Sorry; I am giving what I can and I am done feeling bad or guilty or even angry. I am so thankful that many of the younger nurses are putting their foot down and demanding a better work environment. Here’s to all of us HCW whom are holding this country together!?❤️?

I have often wondered that myself BB and this has come up in conversations with other nurses. We have gathered that it may be easier to get rid of traveling nurses when census is down, no benefits, no retirement plans to offer. Great for the company so they think until like you say, the staff who are part of the facility are stretched thin due to training these nurses and not mention all of the mistakes due to the high learning curve that will be required by the TN. It is sad but until it hits the corporation at the bottom line, they will make cuts where they can. Disclaimer: The above is my own personal opinion(and some other nurses which I have spoken with about this topic, which means less than zero.) ✌️

This!❤️ I take precautions where I must, careful as I can be and See only family that I must; My ex husband and I share watching our 7 year old grandson on diff days. I work ALF for the moment. My ex works mostly from home. My DD works in a small office & her BF works in the auto repair industry. So we have been as careful as we can be while still be in close contact with each other. ??