認知症対応型グループホーム E (Group home for dementia care E)
Even when I worked part-time as a care worker at a nursing home, as a visiting home helper, or at a group home for elderly people with dementia, I think I interacted with the elderly clients with the same feeling I had when visiting my grandparents during my elementary and junior high school days—spending time with them in the countryside. When I was working as a care worker, I was already well past 40, but in many ways, it felt like I was simply a grandchild visiting my grandparents in the...
My elementary and junior high school days were incredibly boring, and I hated them. It was not that I disliked studying, but I think I felt uncomfortable being part of a group at school—especially when it came to relationships with classmates and teachers. I did not necessarily feel like everyone was bullying me, but I always had the sense that everyone disliked me. I hated being in the classroom, too. While most of my classmates seemed to be friends and always stuck together, I was...
I had always loved spending time with my grandparents. Whenever I had a long break, like summer vacation, I would almost always go to my mother’s parents’ house and spend the entire vacation there. I did not have any friends of my age in that area, so I spent nearly a month just with my grandparents. Still, I felt incredibly comfortable and safe. Now that I am halfway through my life, I reflect on what it was that made me feel so at ease there—it was probably something like the following....
Group home for dementia care E Grandparents in the countryside Whether at the paid nursing home for the elderly or the visiting home help service provider, I experienced a lot of friction and trouble with my superiors and other staff members, and often felt uncomfortable. However, the elderly clients were very kind to me, and I could not bear to cut ties with those I had cared for. As a result, I hesitated many times when it came time to actually quit. Since most of the clients were elderly,...
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