the ever increasing pressures of age
I have worked in homes for the care of others, it was a long time ago now, at first it was ok, i went into it with great ideas, even took my kids on odd times when i couldnt get a babysitter, those days were really good, the children made the folk there smile, and the folk there made the children smile, after a while though i was told to stop taking the children in, it wasnt appropriate or something, after that the job just got more and more demanding, i started to see things i found revoulting, when i pointed them out i was told to shut up... eventually i walked out and reported the homes, nothing much got done really, even though one resident was assaulted!
i do look after my mum, in a fashion, we still have a couple issues, but were working on them slowly, mum can still manage to live alone as yet, but were having to visit more often and do more things, but thats ok we share it around a bit, she has had help in before but i guess it wasnt for her, not all the help she got was good, even though it looked that way for a while, i think shes happier with what were doing now, mum is a tad difficult to help at times, she gets very antsy when you try to do too much, but i would rather this than put her in the care of any of the homes or systems we have right now, i dont see many changes in most of them from when i was working there, although there are some that have got all the balances right