Helping assist the Elderly
Dates: March 28th 2012 and March 29th 2012
Contact info for my service pervader is # 1*970*355*4204 name; Dante' Chestnut
For my community service I helped my my mom with assisting one of
her Elderly pacients. My mom works for Hospice Of The Valley which is a service
commpany for older and elderly people. My mom is sent to asist a certain amount of pacients for the day and she has to go to either there home or to the nursing home to assist the man or women that needs her care. To do this job you must require a CNA licence (Certified Nurse Assistant)
her Elderly pacients. My mom works for Hospice Of The Valley which is a service
commpany for older and elderly people. My mom is sent to asist a certain amount of pacients for the day and she has to go to either there home or to the nursing home to assist the man or women that needs her care. To do this job you must require a CNA licence (Certified Nurse Assistant)
What i had to do when i took care of Miss Opal, the patient assigned to me when i volunteered is i stayed with her for two days when her original care givers went out of town. I helped her make her meals and gave her, her morning and evening medication. when she had to use the restroom i would help her from the couch or chair and walked with her to the restroom. I don't have a license to assist her in the restroom so i would stand outside the bathroom door and listen to see if she had any complications or if she needed my help with anything. We also did things like play pocker and go fish. When we had extra time after her nap and meals I gave her a mani pedi and made sure she was all taken care of. I also don't have a licence to assist her in the shower so my mom would come over and help her out with that. I stayed with her for two days and over night. The reason why I wanted to do this for my community service is because i wanted to get some experience in what the Nursing field was all about.
Questions to ask:
1. what are your favorite things to do
2. Are you feeling any pain?
3. Do you need any help?
4. Is there anything i can do to help?
I got to know Opal very well. She told me that she and her
family where from Dallas Texas and i learned that she was a Cosmotoligist in the 60s. She also was merried to her sagniffagent other for 57 years up until he passed away 3 years ago. When i was doing her nails she went on and on about how she used to get pretty crazy back in the day. She told me she attended Woodstock in 1969. We got to know eachother very well and she is an amazing individual! For her age she is still up and walking around and is able to remember things very well and hold a conversation very well :) Something that i found really awesome about her is that shes 93 and she still has awesome style. Opal is an amazing women and a great person.
family where from Dallas Texas and i learned that she was a Cosmotoligist in the 60s. She also was merried to her sagniffagent other for 57 years up until he passed away 3 years ago. When i was doing her nails she went on and on about how she used to get pretty crazy back in the day. She told me she attended Woodstock in 1969. We got to know eachother very well and she is an amazing individual! For her age she is still up and walking around and is able to remember things very well and hold a conversation very well :) Something that i found really awesome about her is that shes 93 and she still has awesome style. Opal is an amazing women and a great person.