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My work schedule for this month has me working 6 days a week, with Saturday being 11 hours long and a 40 minute drive to get there on top of that.
Pros: Friday is my off day; Wednesdays and Sundays are only 8am-12pm so I have plenty of time to do errands and stuff; lower chance of getting called at the last minute for fill-in shifts; MOAR MONEY and quicker accumulation of earned time off.
Cons: Well, uh, working six days a week, I guess, and that most days I have to budget about two hours to get to/from my home to my client's homes.
This was my first day working my new 11-hour shift and while I've worked with this particular client before, and I've worked longer than 11 hours at a time before, today was pretty draining. My client lives with her daughter and there's a lot of...emotion between the two. Most relationships become strained when a parent develops dementia, of course, but for this particular case there are a lot of other stressful things happening at the same time, and both the client and her daughter don't have much tolerance for stress. This translates to lots of misinterpretation of actions, shouting, and tears. I suspect their relationship may have always been a little...dramatic, but I've only seen this client like 5 times over 3 months and most of those visits have involved some kind of half-hour long, emotional outbursts, and I can't do much but sit there awkwardly until my client needs physical assistance. I think they'd really benefit from seeing a counselor for a few months, just to have some one moderate their conversations with each other and help them get over the misunderstandings between them, but I don't know how to suggest something like that without coming off as offensive or telling them what to do.
Anyway, long shift is long and that's why today's entry is short. ^_^;; Gonna try to write something more substantial tomorrow!
Pros: Friday is my off day; Wednesdays and Sundays are only 8am-12pm so I have plenty of time to do errands and stuff; lower chance of getting called at the last minute for fill-in shifts; MOAR MONEY and quicker accumulation of earned time off.
Cons: Well, uh, working six days a week, I guess, and that most days I have to budget about two hours to get to/from my home to my client's homes.
This was my first day working my new 11-hour shift and while I've worked with this particular client before, and I've worked longer than 11 hours at a time before, today was pretty draining. My client lives with her daughter and there's a lot of...emotion between the two. Most relationships become strained when a parent develops dementia, of course, but for this particular case there are a lot of other stressful things happening at the same time, and both the client and her daughter don't have much tolerance for stress. This translates to lots of misinterpretation of actions, shouting, and tears. I suspect their relationship may have always been a little...dramatic, but I've only seen this client like 5 times over 3 months and most of those visits have involved some kind of half-hour long, emotional outbursts, and I can't do much but sit there awkwardly until my client needs physical assistance. I think they'd really benefit from seeing a counselor for a few months, just to have some one moderate their conversations with each other and help them get over the misunderstandings between them, but I don't know how to suggest something like that without coming off as offensive or telling them what to do.
Anyway, long shift is long and that's why today's entry is short. ^_^;; Gonna try to write something more substantial tomorrow!
