Say you had the option of either taking care of elderly people at a senior home or taking care of preschool kids. Which on would you choose and why?
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They don't have a tendency of suddenly dying, usually.
Also you show them a new world. And it's cute because they don't know many things.
You'd also show elders a new world. And it'll be frigging annoying because they'll forget on purpose until the next day to keep you talking with them.
i'll stick with the kids, thank you.
If I had to choose, I'd go with the kids. At least they can remember the things they're taught. They also have way more energy for running around and playing.
I have cared for elderly people before, and it is a little bit of a downer to take care of people that might be dead at any minute and, for the most part, are a bit incapacitated. I know some really cool and spry old people, but most of the ones that I know that need to be taken care of are basically dead already. I'd be miserable living that way =/
Little kids are great, even the bratty ones because if you ignore them long enough they learn quick that being a little brat won't get them their way. It's when they get older that they solidify this behavior v.v
old people (in a nursing home at least), have a million different medical needs, sit around all day watching t.v, can be hard to look at.
no offense but i would watch the kids.
I could never do aged care. My cousin is an aged care nurse. She worked in a care facility with a lot of residents with psychiatric illnesses. Her stories scared me.
The conditions in this place she worked were hideous for both residents and staff. The local authorities wouldn't come near the place if an alarm was raised. The staff were regularly attacked by the residents. As for the residents, the ones that were bedridden were not kept adequately clean, because the staff were 1) overworked and 2) scared for their safety. There were a few former pedophiles who had been put in the home after their sentence had been served and they were incapable of taking care of themselves. Staff weren't meant to know, but word got around. My cousin said the urge to 'accidentally' mistreat these so called people was very strong, though she never did. Church groups would bring kid's choirs to this place.
When she quit, she reported the place to the government department in charge. It wasn't the first time it had been reported. Nothing was done.
The thought of my grandmother potentially ending up in a place like that terrifies me. I'm so grateful for people like my cousin who do work like this and do it well.
I’d pick the elderly. I could – and do -- talk about music with them. Quite a lot of my older male relatives love older music (blues/folk/rock) and I grew up loving it too so we'd probably have a lot in common. If I didn't like it because I got too upset I could do other jobs, but I bet they'd be gutted if/when I left.
Not every care facility is like that. The media makes you think they are. I am disabled myself and have had experience of one that was totally unsuitable and one that was unusually good.