Assisted Living Facility
Assisted living Facility
When I was younger I visited my mom’s job with her because she needed to pick up her pay check. She worked at a nursing home. When my mom and I first walked through the hhhuuuge entrance the first thing I noticed was the smell. It was horrible; a mix of old people,dinner, and dirty diapers. When mom left to go get her check I went to sit in the front room with some of the old women that lived there. They were all really old and had so many wrinkles it looked like someone had balled up a piece of paper, and then tried to resmooth it. One of the women offered me dinner, but I said “No, thanks”. The food looked like a meat surprise and baby food. Yuck!
I had to wait about fifteen minutes for mom to come back. It was so boring. All the old people did was nap, and rock in rocking chairs, and play old timey games like chess. I was so relieved when mom finally came out of the office and we left. As we drove away, I thought to myself, ‘I hope when I’m old, my family doesn’t put me in a nursing home. It’s a horrible place to live!’
When many people think of a nursing home, their first thoughts are normally of helpless, cranky, old people; bland food; and an impersonal nursing staff. They, like my six-year-old self, believe that a nursing home is an abysmal place that people get sent off to when they grow too old to care for themselves, and their family either cannot or will not look after them. There is also the misconception that the only residents of nursing homes are invalids and the elderly. In fact, at my mom’s current job she had a client in his late forties. His entire body is paralyzed because of a spinal injury he sustained from a motorcycling accident. His wife is not able to give him the care he needs so she put him into an assisted living facility so he can get the attention he needs.
Many people do not know what an assisted living facility is. It is commonly referred to as a nursing home when, in fact, there is a big difference
When I was younger I visited my mom’s job with her because she needed to pick up her pay check. She worked at a nursing home. When my mom and I first walked through the hhhuuuge entrance the first thing I noticed was the smell. It was horrible; a mix of old people,dinner, and dirty diapers. When mom left to go get her check I went to sit in the front room with some of the old women that lived there. They were all really old and had so many wrinkles it looked like someone had balled up a piece of paper, and then tried to resmooth it. One of the women offered me dinner, but I said “No, thanks”. The food looked like a meat surprise and baby food. Yuck!
I had to wait about fifteen minutes for mom to come back. It was so boring. All the old people did was nap, and rock in rocking chairs, and play old timey games like chess. I was so relieved when mom finally came out of the office and we left. As we drove away, I thought to myself, ‘I hope when I’m old, my family doesn’t put me in a nursing home. It’s a horrible place to live!’
When many people think of a nursing home, their first thoughts are normally of helpless, cranky, old people; bland food; and an impersonal nursing staff. They, like my six-year-old self, believe that a nursing home is an abysmal place that people get sent off to when they grow too old to care for themselves, and their family either cannot or will not look after them. There is also the misconception that the only residents of nursing homes are invalids and the elderly. In fact, at my mom’s current job she had a client in his late forties. His entire body is paralyzed because of a spinal injury he sustained from a motorcycling accident. His wife is not able to give him the care he needs so she put him into an assisted living facility so he can get the attention he needs.
Many people do not know what an assisted living facility is. It is commonly referred to as a nursing home when, in fact, there is a big difference