Mess and masochism.
I am constantly amazed by care assistants. Why on earth do they do the job they do? It isn't as if they earn a lot of money, have sociable hours or work in the sort of place where they can sit and paint their nails and look glamorous. They generally earn around the national minimum wage, are entitled to the legal minimum of annual leave, work evenings, weekends, nights and bank holidays and start work early in the morning. Their work is hard, frustrating, messy, demanding, stressful and smelly.
Manages a dual-registered home in North Wales and is a committee member of the RCN Nursing and Care Homes Foru.
Helen
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