Well Last week I finished my aged care placement and I can say that I loved it. It wasnt without it challenges, beleive me as some of the stuff I saw was a little confronting however I enjoyed every moment.
The facility we were placed in wasnt the best. The staff were not very helpful, we were not buddied with anyone who worked there like we were meant to, we were paired up and worked on our own. Lucky for us some of our students are already PCAs so knew what was doing.
I found it so good to put all the theory into practice and was very impressed with how well I went.
We completed basic hygiene ( showering and toileting) feeding, peg feeding, BSLs, BPs and resps.
I would just like to say who ever is fearing theaged care placement, dont. I was really hesitant about it but loved it.
I cant wait for the next one, we are going to acute setting in november.
