(October 20, 2019 at 1:59 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(October 20, 2019 at 9:41 am)Fierce Wrote: I deal with the disease daily at my job. I'm a CNA at a nursing home. It's sad what it does to them, and in the end I'm the one who tries to make their lives better before they pass.
You're definitively unique; most caregivers in those types of environments are believers, no?
Unfortunately, yes.
I am lucky in one respect whereby I work the overnight shift, so I rarely ever see the family who visit mainly during the daytime. Sometimes if we know a resident is about to pass we will call the family and they will come in to visit overnight, but I have yet to experience that. Also, as part of the resident bill of rights, we are to respect their religious beliefs, but honestly I have not encountered any of them speaking of their religious beliefs if they have any. Although, some of them do have religious art and memorabilia in their rooms, but the subject of religion is simply never brought up.
