Personal Narrative: My Work Experience With Dementia
This exercise was actually really difficult. I have learned a lot by participating in this activity. I have done activities in my past work experience and put myself in other people’s shoes, to see what it was like having disabilities.
One time, I participated in an activity in which, I ate pureed food and thickened liquids. This helped me to see how a person with swallowing difficulties felt. This exercise assisted me to see how the food tasted and the texture felt.
Another time, I used Hoyer lifts to see what it would be like to be a patient. I was the patient, therefore, I saw how a patient had to put their trust in the staff members. My life was in their hands, if I fell or bumped into walls or the equipment, I could have been injured. Also, the activity, assisted me to be aware of and always use every safety measure when assisting another person. Furthermore, …show more content…
The harder I tried to make sure the numbers were in the correct location and facing the right way, the worst they became. My clock looks like a bunch of backwards numbers in an oval. However, I have gained much insight from this activity. These folks with dementia, much be so frustrated with things going on in their life, in which they can’t control. I think of an example of, a patient attempting to tell a story, but just can’t get the right words to come out or remember all of the details of the story. This has to be a very frusturating event in their life. The hard part is, that if the individual has dementia, it occurs throughout their entire day. I imagine at one point the person with dementia just gives up and stops trying. I think that there are a lot of people with dementia, that may either become angry from the frustration or sad and eventually give up. This is hard for the patient and their family. I know how hard it is to watch a loved one with dementia. I have had watched the frustration turn to anger and then to sadness and eventually
One time, I participated in an activity in which, I ate pureed food and thickened liquids. This helped me to see how a person with swallowing difficulties felt. This exercise assisted me to see how the food tasted and the texture felt.
Another time, I used Hoyer lifts to see what it would be like to be a patient. I was the patient, therefore, I saw how a patient had to put their trust in the staff members. My life was in their hands, if I fell or bumped into walls or the equipment, I could have been injured. Also, the activity, assisted me to be aware of and always use every safety measure when assisting another person. Furthermore, …show more content…
The harder I tried to make sure the numbers were in the correct location and facing the right way, the worst they became. My clock looks like a bunch of backwards numbers in an oval. However, I have gained much insight from this activity. These folks with dementia, much be so frustrated with things going on in their life, in which they can’t control. I think of an example of, a patient attempting to tell a story, but just can’t get the right words to come out or remember all of the details of the story. This has to be a very frusturating event in their life. The hard part is, that if the individual has dementia, it occurs throughout their entire day. I imagine at one point the person with dementia just gives up and stops trying. I think that there are a lot of people with dementia, that may either become angry from the frustration or sad and eventually give up. This is hard for the patient and their family. I know how hard it is to watch a loved one with dementia. I have had watched the frustration turn to anger and then to sadness and eventually