Assisted Living SA

23/05/2021

Live in for four days a week, caring for two elderly folk in their old age home - you should be familiar with catherter care, wound care and dementia patients. This job is based in Durbanville.

13/02/2021

We are urgently seeking a carer with their own vehicle for a live-in role in Royal Ascot. It is more of a companion care role. If you are interested please whatsapp or call Lee-Anne on 0812147228 and email your CV to info@assistedlivingsa.org

15/09/2020

As a Carer you'll watch me do things and instantly judge me for them, you'll look down your nose and see me as nothing more than someone that deals with other people's body fluids and makes cups of tea.

You'll wonder why I can walk out of a room and instantly into another, forgetting that I may have promised your relative a blanket or a cup of water because I was "distracted" by someone else.

You'll wonder why I've walked past your relative's room and not entered theirs, you'll wonder why some people are attended to sooner and you'll curse my name under your breath as they wait.

You'll wonder how I seem to have time to sit down and write and wonder why I cannot fix things immediately.

You'll wonder how, under any circumstance, I could be sharing a smile or a laugh with a co-worker as if laughter has no place.

As I walk in for my shift, you'll look at me, your eyes saying that you want me to help and you'll wonder why I can't just make that happen.

But here's what, if you're very lucky, you'll never see.

You'll never see me lose. You'll never see me take off my sweaty gloves and say a goodbye to someone I've cared for months or even years

You'll never see the weight that we carry home. For minutes or hours, days, or weeks, or even lifetimes.

You'll never see our children's faces as we kiss them goodbye on Christmas morning so that we can make it a special day for your family member.

You'll never see the deep breath we take as we walk into a room to prepare a loved one before family enter to say their last goodbye.

You'll never see our hearts ache with the pain for those we have nursed and passed and those that continue to battle.

You'll never see our minds as they tirelessly overthink and overwork scenarios, wondering how or if we could do something better next time.

You'll never see us break the news that someone's husband or wife, that they have been married to for 50 plus years has died because they have forgotten again, you'll never see us comfort them as they cry.

And for the most part, I'm okay that you can't see those things. It's my job to do, my burden to carry, and my labor of love and service so that you don't have to so that the relationship you have remains as it always has been so that you don't have to become their Carer. I'll take on that role for you.

However, I'll be honest, there are times that I wish you could understand the alternative to your relative that's waiting. There are times I wish you understood the difference between urgency and emergency. And there are certainly times that I wish I could be transparent enough to tell you when your relative dies it breaks our hearts too.

If you know or love a Carer please do me a favor and just give them a hug. Or maybe a fist bump if hugging isn't their thing, or maybe even just a nod of approval but more anything please remember we're more than just bottom cleaners and tea makers.

We're working as hard and as fast as we can, and most days, it's never enough."

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28/03/2020

Thank you to Team Assisted Living SA

28/03/2020

Thank you to all the Carers that have sacrificed their time with their families to be with Clients that need care . 21 days and counting ....
We will emerge stronger , better and empowered after this .

06/03/2020

I'm sure we a have had some kind of reflections in the mirror. As we get older we all have wonderful stories to tell . Cherish the stories and as Carers you are able to listen to them .
A priviledge not many people share .

‘Reflections of The Past’ is an award-winning photo series by commercial advertising photographer Tom Hussey. The photographs show an elderly person looking pensively at the reflection of his/her younger self in the mirror. Hussey was inspired by a World War II veteran who said “I can’t beli...

20/10/2019

Just a friendly reminder of what we all may have to feel one day . Let's show patience, tolerance and respect