What the fuck is wrong with people?
I'm in a hurry cause I'm at work and I have to wake up the guy I work with pretty soon.
A little while ago a staff person from one of the day sites pulled up in the work van. He brought in one of the clients because he had had an accident in the van. I told the staff person and the client that they could use the upstairs bathroom or even one of the other residents room for privacy to change. The guy who needed help changing started walking towards the room but the staff person said "As long as he's inside the house, I'm fine with it." I said "Well, maybe he's not so fine with it." But the staff person continued to help this guy change where he was. It felt so uncomfortable and disrespectful, I mean, I don't know this guy, he doesn't know me, he's never been in this house before and even when we're helping the people who live here change, we don't do it in public areas of the house. I mean, hello? is this not common sense?? I left the room to try and give the guy as much privacy as possible. I was so irritated at that staff person. It was kind of hilarious because the whole time this staff person was telling me that if any shifts open up at our house, he wants to transfer. You've got to be kidding me! Anyway, he left, I called my manager to vent and she told me to write an Incident Report about the situation. I started to, but decided to call the staff person on his cell phone. I explained again why what happened was inappropriate and disrespectful. He was actually pretty receptive to what I had to say. I told him that I decided to call him instead of writing an official report but that if something like that ever happened again, I wouldn't hesitate to report it right away.
The whole thing kind of made me sad, the guy who needed help being changed was obviously uncomfortable, but didn't have the verbal skills to protest what was going on. I just wish people could treat these guys with more respect and keep in mind that someday, they might be dependent on someone to help them like this. is that really so much to ask?
A little while ago a staff person from one of the day sites pulled up in the work van. He brought in one of the clients because he had had an accident in the van. I told the staff person and the client that they could use the upstairs bathroom or even one of the other residents room for privacy to change. The guy who needed help changing started walking towards the room but the staff person said "As long as he's inside the house, I'm fine with it." I said "Well, maybe he's not so fine with it." But the staff person continued to help this guy change where he was. It felt so uncomfortable and disrespectful, I mean, I don't know this guy, he doesn't know me, he's never been in this house before and even when we're helping the people who live here change, we don't do it in public areas of the house. I mean, hello? is this not common sense?? I left the room to try and give the guy as much privacy as possible. I was so irritated at that staff person. It was kind of hilarious because the whole time this staff person was telling me that if any shifts open up at our house, he wants to transfer. You've got to be kidding me! Anyway, he left, I called my manager to vent and she told me to write an Incident Report about the situation. I started to, but decided to call the staff person on his cell phone. I explained again why what happened was inappropriate and disrespectful. He was actually pretty receptive to what I had to say. I told him that I decided to call him instead of writing an official report but that if something like that ever happened again, I wouldn't hesitate to report it right away.
The whole thing kind of made me sad, the guy who needed help being changed was obviously uncomfortable, but didn't have the verbal skills to protest what was going on. I just wish people could treat these guys with more respect and keep in mind that someday, they might be dependent on someone to help them like this. is that really so much to ask?