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Friends,
family, isolation, caregiver abuse, home healthcare worker In the life
and times we live in we are still confronted by the facts of the society we
live in. the construct of the society we live allow for the elderly and
handicapped to be abused in vast ways. Our society shuns things it is not comfortable
dealing with. From criticism, through people we do not like, information we
do not like, cultural aspects we are not comfortable dealing with, and things
that make us afraid. We house the
elderly in “homes”. The homes range from places we would not tolerate for a
few seconds but we house our previous loved ones in those places and forget
they are their or we just deal with the guilt. Up to and through virtual palaces
for the elderly. The problem in the palaces are usually so expensive they
preclude all but the richest in a society to afford them. Proper care comes
with a huge support staff each requiring huge salaries. Now some in those
fields are doing it just because they love the work and it is truly an honor
to help. But the majority are only their for
pay check. Upon my journey
into bed. I was left with many choices each worse than the last. I had the
choice of isolation, asking family to sacrifice to give me care, asking
friends to do the same, or hard core able body-mind fighting the insurance
company I had to have it. After months
of experience with hotels and relatives attempting to help. I choose to get
additional care giving from Dana. I know it was a very bad thing to do, but
even though she came with extreme abuse she did things no one else could have
done. So the 2
months in the hotel, and then the 11 months in the apt. some of the hardest
11 months of my life. I know fully understand what it is like to be helpless
and someone who says they love you then does things to abuse you. no matter
how many times you explane their actions are abusive, they keep doing it. Their
needs are more important than yours. |
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