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That will keep you hands off but will allow you to have contact with the elderly. You wouldn't have as much as the nurses and CNAs especially. Some nursing homes also use environmental aides who make the resident's beds, pass the ice and water, and are basically the rovers but not hands-on caregivers. THere are also laundry people and dietary personnel. No matter what department you work in, you learn every resident and what they are like.
I certainly wouldn't laugh at someone wanting to work in nursing homes who don't want to get their hands dirty. I respect anyone who goes into that area of healthcare. I worked in nursing homes myself and had a good time with it. (That could also be because I met a coworker nurse who later became my husband.)
This is what you do--first you go to the Medicare.gov website and see the results of state surveys of local nursing homes. If there are too many deficiencies, stay away. Then you go to some nursing homes and immediately smell the home. If it is heavily perfumed or smells strongly of urine, walk out. Then you look briefly for the annual state survey. By law, it has to be prominently displayed. If you can't see it and no one will tell you where it is, you walk out. I've done that with every nursing home job I've had, and it works well for me.
Then you go from there and get yourself a job. Good luck! |
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