Posted by smokeymadison on December 5, 2004, at 16:14:49
Okay,
i just started working for this homecare place. i help take care of three mentally and physically handicapped women in their home. there are usually three of us workers there at a time, so it is not like i am doing this alone. i get along with the other workers very well, but i am having some problems with the clients.i picked up on the fact that one of the women is bisexual--i am myself. she is moderately mentally handicapped but fully mobile. she is constantly trying to touch me--hugs, kisses, slapping my butt--the works. the second time she touched me i told her not to, i said "no touch" she got offended and said that she was just trying to be nice. i said that i knew she was, but the rule is that she is not allowed to touch me that way. i could write her up, there is a procedure for that, but i would prefer to find some way to explain to her w/out hurting her feelings that she can't act like that. any ideas?
also--the other workers there are constantly talking about her right in front of her--which makes her very angry and frustrated. i am brand new there and don't feel like i have the right to tell them to back off talking negatively about her right in front of her. ideas???
there is another women who is nearly immoble--i feel so sorry for her. she was sexually abused by her dad and when she relives the episodes she has seizures. i am afraid to touch her to move her or pick her up for fear that she will go into reliving the abuse.
i am not used to this kind of work. i find it meaningful work--unlike any other job i have had--but this is going to take some getting used to and some thinking on my part on how to handle these women.
any advice would be greatly appreciated!
poster:smokeymadison
thread:424880
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