Please Can I Have One???!!!? ...

Today as part of College, we went to a Care Home. Ever since then, my mum has been laughing at me as I seriously fell in love with all of the old people there LOL! They were all SO cute and seriously, I could have took them home with me if I was allowed to! The other girls that went to the Care Home were the same as me too! The teachers on my College Course are always saying that you should never become too attached to the patients but I bet it is really hard when they are so cute and loving!

The trip to the Care Home was really interesting. One of the carers showed us round. It was split up into 3 areas; there was a resident section where all of the old people went and lived / went to stay whilst their carers got a break etc, another part which was more specialised and was for elderly patients with Alzeihmers and Demention and another place for people between the ages of 18 and 60 with all sorts of different illnesses, drug and addiction problems etc.

We learnt a lot from the visit and they showed us all of the hoists that are used to lift patients, how they work etc. The whole idea of the Care Home visit was to prepare us for our first placement and give us an insight into what to expect and after today, I am really looking forward to my first placement!

Towards the end of the visit, we were asked to play Bingo with all of the residents which was really fun! I had to work with a lady who was deaf and mark all of the numbers down for her whenever they came out. She was so kind and sweet, always smiling and asking me to have the prizes as we won!

It was amazing to see how grateful the patients in the Care Home were when we went to see them! When we had to go, they kept thanking us for coming and said they really enjoyed themselves! It was SO nice being able to give something back to them and see the smiles on their faces!

I'm really looking forward to my first Placement which starts on the 23rd November for 2 weeks. It's not in the same place as we went today but it is in a Care Home so it should be really good!

My legs hurting a lot now! I think I did a little too much today and am paying for it. I have School in the morning tomorrow but then I can come back, relax and finish my assignment that has to be in on Wednesday for Child Development. I was supposed to have a Physio appt last week but my Physiotherapist is ill with Swine Flu so had to cancel ... it seems to be going round like wild fire at the moment! My College tutor was really ill with it a few weeks ago but is better now thankfully!

I want to thank you all for the continued support - it's really appreciated :-)!!