Rottedroots
Well-Known Member
Health care services, Meals on Wheels, checking on the elderly who are isolating. You don't have to have direct contact so it's not particularly dangerous from an infectious point of view.
Right now this really sucks for me. My family owns a small 100 bed nursing home with 2 confirmed cases of the virus. Staff is bailing from fear alone or because they have family at home that are compromised. Many of our lower earnings employees are working double shifts because they say the if you work in the Health Care industry than you have to face the Consequently. That's coming from people who make $16 an hour.
Well I'm about to feed a resident who has been confirmed and as a result of dementia or alzheimers and actually spits in your face. It's not her fault.
What's most anxiety producing is that we hardly get any of the most basic necessities.
Almost no masks of any kind and we can't even get the plastic disposable covers for thermometers. A couple of face shields would go a long way to protect the staff who are here knowing the danger. Staff temps get taken at the beginning an ends of their shifts which are getting longer and longer.
Why cant we get a big box of decent face masks, thermometer covers, face shields or protective clothing.
If your stuck at home try calling meals on wheels or something to help the general family well being checks on the higher risk population.
Please let's not make this overly political,
Be smart and remember the danger but help if you can.
Thanks.
I'm sick to my stomach and I've got to work again
Right now this really sucks for me. My family owns a small 100 bed nursing home with 2 confirmed cases of the virus. Staff is bailing from fear alone or because they have family at home that are compromised. Many of our lower earnings employees are working double shifts because they say the if you work in the Health Care industry than you have to face the Consequently. That's coming from people who make $16 an hour.
Well I'm about to feed a resident who has been confirmed and as a result of dementia or alzheimers and actually spits in your face. It's not her fault.
What's most anxiety producing is that we hardly get any of the most basic necessities.
Almost no masks of any kind and we can't even get the plastic disposable covers for thermometers. A couple of face shields would go a long way to protect the staff who are here knowing the danger. Staff temps get taken at the beginning an ends of their shifts which are getting longer and longer.
Why cant we get a big box of decent face masks, thermometer covers, face shields or protective clothing.
If your stuck at home try calling meals on wheels or something to help the general family well being checks on the higher risk population.
Please let's not make this overly political,
Be smart and remember the danger but help if you can.
Thanks.
I'm sick to my stomach and I've got to work again