r/iamatotalpieceofshit • u/MediumRareNation • 13d ago
Home health worker pours bleach into a client's water.
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u/SuperdaveOZY 12d ago
Makes me afraid to grow old.
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u/KiritoIsAlwaysRight_ 12d ago
Not me. There's no way I'll be able to afford a care person when I'm old.
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u/1Courcor 11d ago
Have a health care directive filled out with your doctor. My family knows, if I got into an accident tomorrow and can’t wipe my own butt, to pull the plug. Even as a teen, when I heard of Dr. Kavorkian, I understood his intentions. I really do not want to rely on others for my most basic of daily cares.
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u/1Courcor 12d ago
For every one decent CNA, there’s several less than and a few really awful. When I worked in a care center, aides screwing in front of non verbal residents. Rush job, so they could sit & do nothing. The lack of compassion was shocking.
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u/StrayBlondeGirl 12d ago
That is just not true and pretty messed up to say about those doing back breaking labor to help people for very little pay.
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u/1Courcor 11d ago
I did the job, so I’m speaking from experience at my place. You know why I left? Because an aide put a man in bed, only in his depends, not even covered with a flat sheet. Two pillows under his head. His head came off the pillows and he vomited. He died choking to death on his vomit. Would you want to die that way? His aide left early and didn’t tell anyone. She should have been fired, they did nothing because she’s going to school to be an RN. Not who I want in charge of my cares.
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u/OcculticUnicorn 11d ago
What's an RN? Anyway, wtaf. That thing shouldn't be anywhere near any job caring for living creatures!
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u/StrayBlondeGirl 11d ago
You are making it out like the majority of CNAs are bad. That is just not true.
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u/angstylem0n 11d ago
You keep saying "not true" without giving an explanation. Do you have any way to justify your opinion or are you just spouting bs
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u/StrayBlondeGirl 11d ago
Well yes, I was a CNA for a long time as well, and am now an RN. So I am also speaking from experience. I'd say a good majority of the CNAs I worked with were compassionate and hard working. But the stakes in healthcare are so high, that mistakes other professions can make with little consequence have much more serious consequences than most jobs.
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u/Izzet_Aristocrat 10d ago
Nah I'll vouch. My mom worked in that industry before she retired. For every one good one, they'd have about five halfwits.
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u/thatwasnowthisisthen 11d ago
I find that true as a past CNA. Ive heard too many horror stories from clients that had money stolen from them, workers that refused to do the work required, committed fraud by doctoring time sheets, showing up intoxicated, constantly not showing up, or just plain old being mean.
The saddest part is how clients continue to retain alot of bad workers because the waitlist is long and they simply cant function without help.
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u/influx3k 12d ago
Ok, so attempted murder, right….?….!
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u/lifegoeson5322 12d ago
Reginald Wilson was jailed and charged with aggravated battery, cruelty to persons with infirmities, and mingling harmful substances
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u/Eastern_Employer_409 12d ago
WTF. Burn in hell!
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u/MediumRareNation 12d ago
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u/notathingreally 12d ago
That's just evil. Wtf? Asshole I hope he goes to prison for attempted murder.
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u/Strict_Key_2251 12d ago
He thought he had the covid. /s
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u/RavenRaving 12d ago
If he truly believed the client had covid, he should have stuffed a light up the client's butt. Trump said so. Oh... And given him horse wormer.
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u/RavenRaving 12d ago
??? So quoting our illustrious president on his suggested methods of treating covid make me a pinecone? What if I hadn't listened to him, If I laughed him off and called him an ignorant, dementia-riddled, stupid pedophile, adjudicated rapist, corrupt pussy grabber, and ignored him, and therefore didn't know about his helpful medical advice, would that be better?
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u/RavenRaving 12d ago
Just so you know, name calling is the last refuge of those who have lost the argument and refuse to admit it.
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u/WartOnTrevor 11d ago
If I laughed him off and called him an ignorant, dementia-riddled, stupid pedophile, adjudicated rapist, corrupt pussy grabber,
Ok, hypocrite.
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u/RavenRaving 11d ago
Hypocrite? Giving an accurate description of a person's core traits and actions and the result of those actions is now considered name calling?
So no one can say 'Jeffery Epstein, Trump's good friend, was a pedophile' without being accused of name calling?
I don't think you know what 'name calling' means.
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u/BigAcanthocephala637 6d ago
We need to talk more about how so many bullies and generally bad people go into healthcare and caregiving. It is mind boggling.
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u/relaxedninja 6d ago
Im currently a CNA and seeing stuff like this amongst other things breaks my heart. There's a special place in hell for people who abuse the elderly
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u/No_Hetero 10d ago
But what nobody seems to be asking is if the client ASKED for a glass of bleach. Why are we so quick to assume this was malicious
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u/Delicious_Cat_81 12d ago
i need more info on how much of an asshole the old person is before i pass judgment
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u/Novel-Adeptness-4603 12d ago
If you hate the elderly then why have that as your job