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:angryfire I'm breathing fire tonight/morning. Little background, I work 10pm to 6am at an ALF. Our little establishment was bought recently by a nation wide company. I thought things would get better (i.e., better standards, better care for res...

Do not stress over this. It takes awhile to get to know the residents. You'll figure out in time how long each resident will take you. It used to take me an hour to do Mrs. H. This includes transferring from bed to chair, chair to toilet, dress, ...

I didn't get into this to get rich. That won't happen. I'm into it totally for my residents. Making them happy and comfortable compensates for the very low pay.

We do that. They still complain. I've got three choices. I can just concentrate on doing my job well and take care of my residents to the best of my ability. I can tender my notice (I'm leaning more that way tonight). Or I can go bananas, cuss ...

Thank you all for the advice and supportive words. I felt a lot better getting all of that off my chest. I've decided I'm going to corporate with what I know. It is a hostile place to work and even the residents know it and know that they aren't ...

You sure you don't work at my facility? Same thing has happened to me. Been in the locked unit by myself with over 30 residents. Scary situation. Let me tell you though, I do like working that unit. I didn't think I would, but I do. I have one...

I do not mind doing whatever the other shift couldn't get finished. I know its crazy some nights and they are beat at the end of their shift. However, the morning shift is another story. If I work the ALF side by myself, they get upset when I don'...

Its better just to keep quiet. I go find something else to do or say my beeper went off, gotta go. I do have complaints about the job and other people, but I keep it to myself.

Gosh, sounds like my facility. If it were me, I'd tell them where to stick it. Matter of fact, I did. They wanted me to work tonight (I'm on 11pm to 7am) and I told them no way. I have small children and its my scheduled night off. I ain't comin...

I've run into this in my short time as a caregiver. The place I work for, they require a mandatory once a month meeting. During the first two meetings, the majority of the meeting was spent with the Excutive Director talking about how the morale is...

If it was me, I would be out of there. Sounds way too disorganized.

I can handle pretty much anything except when the 2nd shift forget to take one of the resident's teeth out to soak overnight. So the next morning when I go to dress her and I have to take her teeth out and clean them and there's all this old food......

I have called in twice. Once was because my daughter was ill and you know how little ones are. The second time was because I was sick. I worked the night before with 102 fever. The next day, I tried my best to kick it, but I still had the high te...

Bonus? Not at my little establishment.

What I love about my job, (granted, I'm just a caregiver, no license or title yet, lowest of the low), is the residents. They are fantastic! Everyone has their bad days, so sometimes they can be a handful, but overall, they are great people. Even ...

I think you did the right thing.

You are very nice to think of your aide. The ALF I work at, for the better part of the last three weeks, I've had to keep watch over 35-45 residents by myself. So I've had to answer all the lights because someone either called out or that's just the ...

I tried looking that up today. I work at an ALF with a Memory Support Unit. Over the last couple of weeks, the two new girls that were hired for nights have taken turns calling off. It usually ends up with me working the ALF side (appox. 35 reside...

We could be related. Sounds like my brother. Like the nice person above me said, make sure you have your POA in order.

I'm not sure if this is a "ghost story" but ya'll freaked me out last night so I must share. Last night I worked in the alzheimers unit of our ALF. I have never worked by myself, or even with someone else over there before, but when people call ou...

To add to this topic I'll share with you what happened to me. I work at a ALF and took a med tech class that was provided by the facility. I have pulled and passed pills on the weekends when the CNA who usually does this is off. It was a Thursda...

Hi! I've been working at an ALF for four months. And like most ALF's I have a cantankarous married couple. They were so grouchy that their son decided to have them moved into separate rooms. Now the husband will not eat and will not take his meds...

Ok I'll try and answer all your questions. I was rushed this morning so I didn't give a lot of detail. I work 11pm to 7am. So what I saw was mostly her being nasty to him. She initiated the move to separate moves. The day they moved to separate...

I'll go weeks without anyone falling on my shift, then all of a sudden I'll find three people on the floor. I think it does run in cycles.

I know its a little late, but try the melatonin. I had a period of adjustment to staying up all night too. I thought 11pm to 7am would be perfect since I've always been a night owl. But it did take getting used to. Especially working another job ...