Hi guys, I really need some advice and maybe be pointed in the right direction. I am a carer and have been for 6 years. I absolutely adore the work but lately I seem to be at a point where I'm questioning everything due to other carers criticising my way of working. So I look after a wonderful client in her own home, who is in the late stages of M.S. and as always I seek consent to do whatever care needs she requires. Now the thing is the people I work for/with are telling me I must get my client up at 7am every morning without giving her a choice as they are saying she only has partial capacity!! In all the years I've been training not once have I come across partial capacity and surely if she lacked capacity there would be a D.O.L.S in place? I'm so confused at the moment and I'm really considering a career change as I feel I can't provide an excellent level of care for said client and the company I work for just cant give me a real reason. She has stated she's fed up with not being listened to or given a choice which I have documented on her daily notes on numerous occasions. I get so upset over this as I agree with her. Care just isn't what it used to be. Can someone help me please?
Hi JoJo.
A family / kinship carer or ... a paid care worker.
Answers depend on which you are ?
Care not what it used to be ?
For us , we would tend to agree ... perhaps a 25 hour , 8 day week would be the answer ... for some ?
Did I mention pay ?
No ... I didn't.