Cu Chulainn wrote on Sep 6^th, 2018 at 9:22pm:


Hmm - yes... sometimes the elderly are not believed because they've 'lost it'.  I know from personal experience that the ex's old ma-in-law, just before she went into care, accused her of things she did not do - I was there.

I nearly had to fight one of the family members over this when I tried to state the truth.

However... why should it be illegal to put a camera there if there is concern?

Far Chem....

Sue the management.

Skilled migration!!  Yay, what a benefit!

I worked 10 years worth of Aged Care.
I loved it, but it was hard work - physically, especially on the back.
More Males should be doing it than females, to be honest.
It is a wonderful job, but while Mummy wiped your little bum when you were little, I think its a man's duty to wipe the bum of society's elderly.

With that said - 80% of people who grow old, DO NOT grow old like what you see in Aged Care.
Because of Drug, Smoking & Alcohol - many Elderly are 'hard to handle' (even for themselves) due to mental/physical breakdown.
Some are indeed 'violent' - but as a guy, its not about doing stuff like the above photo or punching back.
It's about rolling with the punches, taking the hits and just calmly restraining without bruising/injury (physical assertiveness).
The guys who can't cope with the odd punch - should not be in Aged Care and should definitely HTFU. The record amount of punches I copped was over 50 from an old guy who tried to run from Nepean Hospital. I just took it because ...I'm a man who could. I've copped far worse from Non-Elderly, that's for sure.

Violence is a part of Aged Care - many residents are 'dumped' residents, even by the Govt. They are not happy, they are not reasonable, they are not in control of much of themselves anymore. Most of the times they are violently unco-operative out of 'fear' (like fear of falling, being dropped by a physically uncapable Staff member).

Sadly for Aged Care - they have to take 'anyone' to do AiN because they are desperate for workers.
Alas for Australia, it seems there is more interest for guys to do 'Military' to become Men. Even though there is more need in Aged Care, BY FAR, for males than there is for Military (to fight as Mercs for USA, etc).

Aged Care taught me 'patience', dignity and respect.
Along with appreciation of how 'physically' hard women can work. To the point, in construction - I gave many a bludger male a hard time "I've seen women work harder than you, fool!"


If you import 'cheap Asian/Indian' labour - this is what you get. Crap ability, especially when they have to handle things on their own.

I was so good. I was the first ever to pick up (and implement) the ability of Dementia to hon in on something, while everything else was lost to them. I ended up being able to make Dementia 'comply' without stress or fuss (more successful with males, than females though). Many Doctors acknowledged my efforts ...but as I was 'just' a poo-wiping AiN. 

Anyway. It's 'desperation'  - that Aged Care has to employ 'anyone'.
Especially when everything is based upon a 'white collar' view - the so-called 'clever' country is not recognised.

That' the real problem! 

Jasin wrote on Sep 6^th, 2018 at 11:30pm:


Not sure I'd agree with you on all points as a buffer of off time dissemination from my family but there is a lot I would agree with. Both my youngest and wife did aged care, wife has a bachelor of heath, son is a nurse.

Yes, sadly the highlighted is fairly true. Look after your parents yourselves, don't pass them off to a factory if you want them to be looked after. Blame yourselves if they are maltreated. They looked after you, look after them.

Jasin wrote on Sep 7^th, 2018 at 12:09am:


You have not met my youngest son. I hope one day you do if he achieves here and doesn't not go over seas. He seriously cares about the health system and he has a "will" that will get him ears.

He's trying on a bit of ethnic cleansing, gettin' practice for the real thing against the Anglo Aussie population

What excuse do the Libs and Labs have for this curry muncher? some weak excuse we've all heard before

Don't let a curry muncher or a Pakistani any where near you, is what I keep saying. Some people just have to find out the hard way. The muncher should get nothing less than jail time, then deported

Ask for an Anglo Aussie attendant because in Healthcare there is government literature relating to affording cultural difference, people of different cultures get different cultural treatment. Not many people know this. So if you're an Aussie, you can ask for Aussie Anglo workers to attend to your needs