It seems like the world will always be full of people who are charged with the responsibility of taking care of others but who just don’t seem to much care about how they do their job. Or whether they do it at all.
When it comes to mopping up after unruly children, whether you care about your job probably isn’t very important. When it comes to ensuring the safety, health and proper treatment of people who rely on you for helping maintain their own health or their very life, it probably is. When a person needs you in order to live — and needs you to give a damn about your job — that is a very serious and real responsibility.
Today I write about two stories in recent headlines that demonstrate the depths of indifference that some people have toward people who are the most vulnerable in our society, and the ones who need our greatest care and protection.
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This is disgusting. There is a psychiatric hospital near where I live in Dallas that has had numerous reports of sexual, physical abuse, and it is largely unsanitary because they had allowed patients to run around with no clothes on with everyone else. I read in a local newspaper not quite a year ago, at least two psychiatric patient deaths initially blamed on the patient. It makes me sick and it makes me sad.
I’m a home provider for an individual with developmental and physical disabilities. I take my job very seriously. I cannot believe the callousness taken by the state and the agencies in this article. It’s absolutely disgusting and if any of them had to have one of their siblings or children in those homes do you think the care would be much better? I’m sickened and very saddened by the rape and the deaths. It just boggles my mind………………..
Check out the line uttered by the Keanu Reeves character in the movie Parenthood, about the middle of the film: “You need a license to have a dog, you need a license to drive a car, hey, you even need a license to catch a fish, but they’ll let any b–t reaming a–hole be a parent.”
As long as you have two arms and legs, understand the spoken word, and can find a way to get to the group home/hospital, you can always find employment as a health care assistant. Unfortunately, you can’t insist people take an Antisocial personality scale test before being considered for the position.
Why is it people continue to be so easy to prey on in mental health/developmental disorder populations?
Oh yeah, they are not an effective voting block!
For the last 30 years, I have worked for the state, non-profits, and privately owned homes for people with disabilities.
The way some staff treat people is appalling. After all these years, while yes, progress has been made, many still do not know how to treat a vulnerable human being, like a human.
There is no accountability for staff transgressions, or proactive training/support. If one is fired or walks out, the main concern is getting another body to fill that position immediately.
It all just makes me sick, because still, there is nothing I can do.
From the government to CEOs to direct care staff, my experience has been that over 50% merely look at $ and very few appreciate the individuals. I really enjoyed caring for and getting to know so many wonderful individuals and playing a big part in improving the quality of their lives, but the system finally wore me down and I no I’m longer in healthcare because it is sadly just sick-care industry.
Please sign my petition on Change.org. I am trying to get a law passed to protect people who can’t fend for themselves. Thanks in advance!
http://www.change.org/petitions/all-bus-companies-and-facilities-that-have-dev-disabled-and-elderly-i-want-cameras-to-be-present-and-filming-at-all-times
I think they should have them in the hospitals too my friends uncle jimmy just passed away 2 days ago. he had stage 4 colon cancer but i believe he died from thrush he had it so bad he couldnt swallow i watched him literally starve to death it was sickening to watch a human being die so slowly and in so much pain very sad i think the thrush should have been treated sooner and fludids given he couldnt even open his jaw wide enough for me to suck out his liver he was coughing up!it took 1 week for him to die longest week of my life no one should be made to starve for any reason