Volunteering In A Nursing Home

This is my first volunteer in this area .as I’m preparing to start my volunteering on Tuesday. There are different emotions and thoughts in my mind the first one is. are they going to accept me the way I look and dress which I have experience? Because these elderly people may never have had close contact or worked with them when they were young. Are they okay with the way I dress what expectation do they have of me? The other thing is how is this going to affect my emotions when I see people who cannot do their basic daily chores and it is not necessary it can be due to diseases which make to not be able to go very small task. I’m hoping to learn as much as I can so I can use that experience in the future also learn the different stage we go through as we age. I will also learn how to …show more content…
They are there instead of being home along while their children are at work or be stuck in a nursing home. They come to this place to socialize and do different activity like bingo, music, exercising etc. I have so far learned that people with severe dementia and not only elderly people go there, there are high school kids with brain retardation who comes there so they are prepared to work. They help with the lunchroom, cleaning and so on for them it is to learn what is like to work and build their self-esteem. I believe the community partner I have pick is going to be excellent in every way. It is not far from where I leave and that is a bonus. As a child, I was raised by my grandmother and my great-grandmother was there so I was very close to her, she used to tell me stories. Not that only I worked as a nursing assistant so I believe it is going to be very easy for me since I have experience working with elderly people. I have high expectations that I will do well and fit in that place. I look forward to go to Agustanacare I believe it will