The link above, from a Northern Ireland investigation, will no doubt resonate with many of you, as care workers.
Some of the findings are jaw-dropping, and in no way positive.
It’s a fairly lengthy read for a weblink, but merits some feedback.
I look forward to your comments.
Mark
It seems like one big vicious circle, the workers are trying to do what they can for people with what little time and resources they have available to them but it's just not enough. I can't believe it is taking 11 months for a care package to be put in place? and yet people are only allowed to go home once the care package is in place. The poor 97 year old who hasn't had a proper wash in a month is appalling but her daughter is trying her best and at least making sure she is in some way clean, both the daughter and the mother really need something in place but they had their care package withdrawn! I am very surprised to hear that the care plans are only going as far as the assessment stage, I was personally under the impression that when a care plan/package was started that it was an ongoing process to complete it? It is ok for Sean Holland to say that in previous generations people didn't have the type of care that is available now but with what is actually available these days it is like we are going back to these dark days where people were just left to die.
ReplyDeleteIt does read like we’ve gone back a number of steps, certainly. I’ll be interested to hear the views of the members of the class who are carers at the moment. Thanks as always for your comments Nicola.
ReplyDeleteYet another example of how people in the care profession are worked to the ground and exploited in essentially one of the most important and also necessary jobs out there. At some point in our lives each one of us whether it be family members or ourselves will receive care and to think that nothing really changes with the treatment and pay to people trying to help others and make a difference is outrageous. Should these people jack it in so to speak and others not wish to gain a career in the profession where would we be.....
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comments Hannah, and clearly this is a profession, like many nowadays, where employees are being run into the ground. And in the Care and Nursing profession when mistakes are made regarding somebody's health, it could have catastrophic consequences.
ReplyDeleteThis is disgusting and happens everywhere i have heard friends who do these jobs talk about most of these problems for years and yet still nothing gets done and they say they go in and do what they can for the people they care for but they know its not enough and more needs to be done. The thing is they know it goes on but yet still nothing gets done about it these poor people living in these circumstances. I think the problem is some carers go in and do everything they can in the time slot they have for the client and then other times other carers are lazy so this is when it falls apart and staff shortages don't help.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly seems to be a problem all over the country and beyond. I teach, and have taught, many Carers over the years and they always lament the fact about shortages, lack of support etc. and that's before the issue of pay is discussed. I doff my cap to all employees performing the care role, as it sounds like an incredibly difficult, yet thoroughly rewarding, sector to work in.
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