My Stint At Lecadia Home for the Elderly

Lecadia Home for the Elderly is located on the third floor of the Leela Ratos clinic along jalan pudu in Kuala Lumpur. it is managed (i think) by an Anthuan Ratos, my uncle by virtue of marriage to my aunt, who in turn is my aunt by virtue of being born after my dad.

i get there by 9 every monday and wednesday and either fridays or saturdays (i'll explain why) and leave by 5 in the evening. the PUTRA and STAR lrt systems cost me rm7.40 (daylight robbery) every day i got there. lunch break is at 12 and lasts till 2.

the schedule:

9am-10.45am:
take blood pressure (it's automated now, no need for the doctor/nurse to pump and pump and listen for the pulses), change the diapers for the elderly patients who have soiled them.i then wheel them out to the common areas because lunch there is served at 11.30.

11.30am:
i've assumed the duty to feed a mild stroke patient who's well into her 70s and has lost the ability to communicate and unfortunately, her mind as well. i think i should not detail out names. not ethical, i think. patient confidentiality larh. haha...

then i have my own lunch, which, by the time i get back, all the patients are already taking their afternoon naps, and so i just slack around until i get the call to help out with something, like change diapers, do some tube feeding, there was once i helped carry a bed. so anyway...i start wheeling them out once again, 'coz...

3pm: tea, again, i feed the same patient, and after that, they just hang around and so do i till i leave the place at 5.

---------------------------------------more to come another day!!-----------------------------------