Being a certified nursing assistant (CNA) for elderly comes with many challenges, and I didn’t discover this until after did my clinical at a nursing home. There, I observed many opportunities for learning and growth in long-term care. With the permission of my instructor, I explored around and had a little time to communicate with the senior citizens. I continued to make observations and found that communicating with the elderly presents difficulties that impact the CNA’s ability to implement routine care. Communication barriers can create stress and tension between CNAs and senior patients. These barriers are derived from various factors, such as differences in cultures and languages. Additionally, communication barriers may also result from senior patients who feel aggrieved at having lost some forms of functionality and consequently are dependent on facility care.
Due to my previous experience in senior care; I had given an opportunity to care for a lovely 88-year-old woman by the …show more content…
Smith why she decided to live in an assisted living facility. She couldn’t hold back her tears while saying, “My son forced me to be here.” Her response was so heartbreaking that I too couldn’t suppress a tearful sympathy. She then started talking about her beautiful house that she lived in for fifty-five years with her husband before he passed. Ms. Smith got nostalgic thinking about her house, her neighbors, and being in the backyard with her grandchildren. Due to the sensitivity of the conversation, I changed the subject to lift Ms. Smith’s spirits. However, her expressions of grief from our previous discussion still lingered with me. I started to wonder whether my children would place me in a nursing home when I became elderly. These thoughts made me very anxious about aging; I became so anxious to the point that I placed a preference on enduring death before living on a day my children neglect me in a nursing
Due to my previous experience in senior care; I had given an opportunity to care for a lovely 88-year-old woman by the …show more content…
Smith why she decided to live in an assisted living facility. She couldn’t hold back her tears while saying, “My son forced me to be here.” Her response was so heartbreaking that I too couldn’t suppress a tearful sympathy. She then started talking about her beautiful house that she lived in for fifty-five years with her husband before he passed. Ms. Smith got nostalgic thinking about her house, her neighbors, and being in the backyard with her grandchildren. Due to the sensitivity of the conversation, I changed the subject to lift Ms. Smith’s spirits. However, her expressions of grief from our previous discussion still lingered with me. I started to wonder whether my children would place me in a nursing home when I became elderly. These thoughts made me very anxious about aging; I became so anxious to the point that I placed a preference on enduring death before living on a day my children neglect me in a nursing