Stories From Work: The Bib

   The other day at work as I was assisting another individual during meal time. I just happened to notice my co-worker struggling to aid one of the men with a "clothing protector". The client was vigorously refusing to wear the (bid) about his neck as food kept spilling on the front of his shirt. The Staff patiently kept attempting over and again to assist and block the agitated flying arms of the client.  After a few moments of this the staff just gave in and opted to change the man's shirt later.

  The client was waving off the (bib) and grinning from ear to ear - as if to say, "WELL I didn't want to get that dirty either!"

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Stories From Work: The Floor Mat

   One evening, during Shift Change, I had just assisted an Individual to bed. He was lying beneath the covers giggling and laughing for about 10 minutes. I was giving a hand-off report of the day to the incoming Home Team Leader and was continuing to do so as we both entered the laughing man's bedroom. He was still giggling beneath his covers. As we both stood there beside his bed I informed her that he had been good all day. She bent over to reset the floor mat alarm. At just the moment she stood back up the laughing man came out from under his covers shocked to see her suddenly standing in front of him.  He rose up out of bed, and nearly began climbing the walls with a horrified expression.  Whaling and screaming as loud as possible.

  We stood there just as stunned that we had scared him; and suddenly all three of us burst into laughter.

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Stories From Work: Name Tag

   Awhile back I was working with a female staff who had assisted several of the disabled individuals we care for with changing their clothes after the evening meal.  About an hour later as we were all enjoying the sun on the patio she asked if I had come across her name tag.
   After 30 minutes of searching the Home and no luck of finding my co-worker's name tag she had resigned to just let it turn up on its own. A few moments later, after we finished another round of "check and changes" I was the one who retrieved her name tag from a soiled brief, asking her, "You want me to clean this for you?"

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