However, it gets me as to how so many of the substitute workers, who may claim years of experience, seem to not think, or use common sense, that everyone is supposed to have. Take transfering a 92 year old, into a washroom, for a morning clean up.
Doesn't it make simple, common sense, to not have any obstacles in between you, and your patient?
Yet, the majority of workers supplied by Beacon Community Services, insist on having a huge transfer chair (scaled down wheelchair) in between them and the patient, in this case, my Mother.
Oh sure, they do manage to work around, to where they are in direct contact, but that is usually AFTER they have her transferred to either the toilet seat, or the bath bench. Now I don't know, but to me, that is a critical time when accidents can happen, yet because they are behind the chair, their control is going to be less, than if they were in front.
Myself, I am a big guy, and the washroom we used for mom, is tiny. It isn't easy for someone of my size, plus mom, to work in, but hey, by me being next to her, there was almost zero chance of her falling without me cushioning it, or preventing it. NO CHAIR IN THE WAY.
The compromise these days, is to use the larger bathroom, which really is not built for a transfer/wheelchair to be in it, along with two people. Still it is a safer compromise, as the worker isn't standing out in the entrance to it, but at least able to be inside. Funny, I never had a problem being in the much smaller washroom, to get mom onto the toilet, to help her in changing her soiled nightshirt, and putting on new 'depends'. Course, I had the chair outside the bathroom, where it belongs.
I truly wonder today, what is it about a business, that sends staff to do a job, who are not fully aware of HOW TO DO THAT JOB.
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