Friday, November 25, 2011
Did I take my pills?
So my first week at work, was chaotic to say the least. I was trained for about a day where everything was. Then my trainer moved on to her new facility. The first resident to take the cake was Marcella...She has memory issues and would be at the front desk as soon as I came in the door. First thing she would say was "Did I take my pills at breakfast?" First it was funny. THEN it became hilarious. All day long...at least 25 times a day...did I take my pills? It got to be that instead of saying Hi, You would say yes Marcella you took your pills. No, Marcella we don't play bingo for money. Here is the schedule for the day to keep with you..maybe that will help..but not so much. We sit down to play Bunco and she says "What are we playing? I've never played this before!" The other residents would say..Marcella, you play this every day...She would argue...no I don't. I've never played this before... Did I take my pills?" In addition to getting to know the residents, my week consisted of construction teams remodeling the facility. The second day they removed every stitch of furniture including the stove and fridge from the activity room and replaced the floor...that took 3 days. So I not only don't know where any games are kept, but we can't do anything in the activity room. Also every space that we used or went to the pounding and hammering would make so much noise we couldn't talk or play game or call bingo. All the residents were in upheaval. They poke their heads out the door and their whole house is different. Talk about confused! Did I take my pills?
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