Getting deeper into the depth of the facility I was allowed to work with the CNA’s and RA’s. I also learned how to help with everyday needs that some of the elderly might need. I also helped lead an activity; the activity of this night was bingo. I could tell from the start that calling bingo was going to be a big deal for these residents, because some of the residents were complaining that a volunteer was doing it. I started off really slow to make sure they could keep up because they are older, there was about 18 people that came down. They ended up getting angry with me simply because I was not reading off the numbers fast enough. They ended up teaching me how to play different types of bingo, such as black out, railroad tracks, and block the free space. I personally …show more content…
I have asked the administrator if she could get me numbers about turn over rates, the average death rate, and the average pay rate of a resident that lives here. To start of the Glenwood has a very high turnover rate, it is said that they have 3 employees quit every 3 months, which means they lose an employee at least once a month. This is due to there being no benefits and the average pay rate for a CNA here is 9.75, an RA gets paid 9.25, thus it is hard to keep good employees with low pay and low incentives, resulting in a high turnover rate here. Paige S, states that the average CNA’s pay rate is $11.56, it also says that the pay rate will change according to location and the amount of care given at the facility. The overall average time a person will stay and work in a place like this is only 21 months, which is very low, and it is due to the same reasons that I have stated above. However the work here is not too difficult because most of the residents are able to do everyday tasks, they are usually there for emergencies, and to help pass medications for the people that are not able to do it for
Whilst I was at placement I have taken part in a lot of activities. Some of these have needed me to tell the children how to work safely. One of the activities that I had to do this was when they were using the scissors. I assisted in an activity where they had to make poppies.
I do believe my action had an impact on the residents. When assisting with activities for the residents, we were able to spend less time setting up—less time residents needed to just sit and wait for the activity to being. The impact made was I was able to get services to the residents (who can and do get impatient when waiting to play bingo.) I also think that simple gestures of kindness were enough to brighten someone’s day which in and of itself makes it worthwhile.
They should provide discounts to retailers, which will provide better margins and more services in order to influence purchaser at the point of sale. One price for all retailers avoids channel conflict. Track retailer behavior to provide varying volumes of sales call. Adopt ways to improve relationship on one to one basis. Also, think of education on retail front. Sales people are the key figures for selling their products they should motivate them, by providing incentives, rebates commissions etc the sales people should make surprise visits, as a customer to see how their products are being displayed and to study the customer's behavior towards their products. They should provide the retailers with physical space for better inventory management, loss of sales were accounted, because there was no replenishment.
I have had a valuable experience assisting with activities at Riverside Lodge Retirement Home, such as helping to decorate pumpkins during
I attempted to teach the senior leaders some basic hockey cheers. Unfortunately, they were not grasping the cheers very quickly, and every time they attempted to execute one; it failed. All of the seniors realized that there was only one way to teach the students the cheers and boost the team morale. The seniors huddled together, and when they broke, they invited me down to the front
My eagerness to learn and extend myself fostered a positive and trustworthy relationship with my organisation manager and staff. As a result, I was able to engage in a myriad of roles and activities such as; driving the company van to pick up food donations or deliver furniture to clients, supervising the community craft program, using the company credit card to purchase required resources, and operating as the receptionist and emergency relief worker. In addition, I was also asked to attend a network meeting as a representative of The Salvation Army Doveton, thus engaging with people from various organisations in the local community.
Types and number of staff that this facility needs, and the rationale for this. How these needs differ in facilities that attend to different long-term care populations
The first volunteer trip to the senior center started out as a cosmetology project and with a lack of students in the course, i opened it up to any student in the school. With the max total of 16 girls, we arrived at the senior center and held a mini spa day for the residents. Myself and
The part I was most fearful of. As they entered with their nurses one by one the fear subsided. My confidence rose as I had a greater self concept (Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. . Communicating effectively. Pg. 34) of myself, I knew that I go do it from this point on.(Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. . Communicating effectively. Pg 32) The initial anxiety had surpassed and I was able to communicate with the clients. I started listening (Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015. Communicating effectively. Pg. 122) to the stories they were telling me as we were doing the activity. Yes most of them were very boring and did not make too much sense but I was still active listening and being as responsive as possible. I utilized verbal communication (Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015. Communicating effectively. Pg.58) skills such as speaking in a calm and welcoming tone, sounding excited to be there and really giving my personal opinions on subjects and not dismissing the elderly like most of the employees there do. I used a mix of Informative listening( Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015. Communicating effectively. Pg.141) where I attempted to understand more about their early life and Empathic listening (Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015. Communicating effectively. Pg.142) by trying to connect with them on an emotional level and really committing myself fully to the conversation. I soon realized I was experiencing Cultural Listening(Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015.
Scenario: John is a 4 year-old boy who was admitted for chemotherapy following diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). He had a white blood cell count of 250,000. Clinical presentation included loss of appetite, easily bruised, gum bleeding, and fatigue. Physical examination revealed marked splenomegaly, pale skin color, temperature of 102°F, and upper abdomen tenderness along with nonspecific arthralgia.
The second success that I achieved was getting out of my comfort zone and being out going by the end of the hours. The majority of my project was learning about how a nonprofit business works. One immense issue that I learned while being a volunteer is that it takes a good deal of math to have a business. One huge project that I had to do was billing as said in the previous paragraphs. This pertains to using a special calculator and using the right information listed. I did not do this alone, I had help from my mentor to explain the parts that I did not understand fully but, consequently she did not give me instructions on how to do each project given. However learning how a business works, it gave me some employee skills that I can use in the adult world. The employee skills I learned were how to listen closely to instructions. If I did not listen clearly this could have ruined the paperwork that was worked on while in the office. Another employee skill that was taught was communication. This was meant to teach me that talking to employees gives them the information that they need to know if I were to give them a message. In the end, I learned about the basis of a business and how it
Six Flags is synonymous with thrills, laughter, and screams of joy. However, in June, 2006, investors were not laughing. As KMGH Denver reports (2006), shares of Six Flags Inc. dropped sharply on Friday when debt rating agencies lowered their outlooks on the amusement park operator after it said attendance and revenues had fallen. (para 2).
Basically, I had to sign “do more” repeatedly to them because that’s the best way to make them clean as much as possible. We swept and mopped the floor, made their beds, wiped their windows and did their laundry. With one participant, I had to do the hand over hand method because she lacks hand mobility and strength. In the afternoon, we went to Western Development Museum to walk around and look at artifacts. On the next day, we went to Michael’s and bought a tie dye kit for the art project I had planned on doing with the participants later on my fourth week of practicum. The day after that, we had staff meeting where we talked about the participants’ physical and behavioral changes over the past month. The medication system on the computer were also updated and new sections were added that’s why the whole meeting lasted for three hours. During that three hour period, I had to watch over two participants while they eat dinner at the same time. That’s when I also got to do peri-care on both participants and change their depends on my own. On the last day of my third week, I worked a 5-12 pm shift. That evening, I went to Elmwood Lodge with an I.V and a participant to attend the “Dance Night.” We got to dance with different participants from different group homes. Later that night, I worked with a different I.V who works night shifts regularly. From there I learned about the participants’ night
I got the chance to visit a rehabilitation center where my aunt is staying at, Concourse Rehab and Nursing Center. The leader, Alondra was a recreational therapist. She began the group by introducing herself and the activity she was doing, which was teaching the basic moves of salsa. She made everyone introduce themselves too. Alondra made them feel comfortable by calling the patients by their name instead of calling them Mrs, Mr, ma'am, or sir. She allowed the patients to stand next to someone they felt comfortable around.
One thing that is worth mentioning is that when we ask the residents about how much they would like to receive as compensation money they are unable to say. They just don’t have any idea of how much they would like to be paid.