Grief & loss - may be triggering

Thinking of you @eth 💜💜💜 with tour recent loss mentioned in 'good morning" thread. I am sorry and hold you in the light for strength here with fellow grievers. @Dec & @Adge @Owlunar Thought it might help you to be here. Big hug. Be kind to yourself 🌷🌿

How ya going tonight @Adge ? Sickness still around? How's work? Thinkingvf you.

My boss asked (tx) for my 'Till Code' then later tells me this number is also my security code. Not comfortable with her having my codes, but she is the boss

Have to trust 😨

No headway on the birds in cages yet. But at sunset tonight a magpie sat on a branch directly above me and squarked a while like he wanted food, might have been a Kurrawong, then flew off, strangem

Did nothing today, bit sore, seem to need every second day to recover. Did fold washing and prune a little.

Have work tomorrow, and raking twigs, hope I survive lol

@eth You OK?

@Owlunar ?

GoodNight 💜

Shocking indeed @Adge, sheesh!!! Though judging by the 'culture' you've described before (which trickles down from the top), I'm not surprised at all. New management can be a concern. Do toi think you could lose your job? Certainly would make everyone insecure. I remember a situation in a small private country hospital & aged care complex, the board sacked the matron and deputy matron, the staff educator, like you overnight. They replaced the matron with a CEO and only employed L1 RN's. They have book our best clinical staff away. Interesting now, 20yrs later, they have a Matron (RN) in charge again but most he staff are outoftowners and surprisingly a lot on foreign Visas from Asia. I've given up trying to work out Business restructures. Stupid heartless carry on. Was shocked how many police were made redundant in Qld when this new Commissioner came onto power.

Try not yo worry, they seem to really need you around. Might need to take something to help you sleep tonight 🙂

Hugz 💜🐦🌷🌿

Hhi @Adge

I agree with @Former-Member - this must indeed be really shocking for you

It really sounds as if the restructuring programmes happening are not taking care of the people involved

I know the feeling - I will be having someone come here about my Aged Care Package - I am told that essentially this won't change but I could lose some of my core hours - and this is unsettling

This is how I see the situation - back in the 1980s the Government at the time brought in the idea of deinstitutionalization - boy - that's hard to spell - and that is still in play today though it's never called that. It's cheaper for the Government to keep people in their own homes rather than in hospitals or Assisted Care Homes or Nursing Homes. However they have cut the funding to these places and there are more and more people needing an Aged Care Package and this is something I have been looking into

I am pretty sure that everyone in this industry - workers and clients - will be unsettled - I will have different people coming here to help me and this might be two years away but the time will come

So it seems to be affecting you already - I am sorry about this Adge - who can feel safe and happy in their employment with all of this happening?

I really feel for you - it seems this new programme of moving things from State to Federal is not going to be easy

Dec

hello @Adge

so sorry to hear about the work situation........what a dreadful way to find out as well. it does sounds as though that region was shut down quickly;;something amiss...perhaps avoiding a possible lawsuit or insurance claim...the whole work ethics seemed non existent.

that doesnt help you though in your situation

you are possibly in shock on top of your grief and chronic pain

time out to rest initially as much as we all hate the idea ...unfortunately our body and mind do not always agree..

something else that you could possibly do when coming out of the shock is make a list of all the reasons why you are actually better off not working under that management ...then moving forward ......

• website for the organisation. career opportunities in your state?
• other organisations, businesses..........horticulture openings .... garden centres .... bunnings... and all the other ones cant think
• local garden centres then looking at map of where you live work outwards......a way in then you can look at other avenues once working.
• zoo volunteering
• botanic gardens volunteering

I know that these types of positions are not at your level of study however initially they are a way in and less taxing for you as you continue your journey of recovery. you will also be able to use as references

all of this can be ventured when feeling less shocked.

sorry to sound so blunt am trying to make it as concise as possible so that it makes some sense.

in meantime be kind to Adge

take care xx

hello @Owlunar

Yes agree

respite care packages and home care for those eligible are so costly now...ridiculous

apparently there is no low care in nursing homes now only those assessed as high care can apply

the ageing population has become a major concern for the government..baby boomers..etc

hence they keep changing retirement ages...superannuation laws

an absolute nightmare

hello @Former-Member

sorry to hear that you are still feeling unwell

takes time to recover when we push ourselves too far

know only too well

as for divulging password or code that is a breach of security

do you have a union or human resources department?

There should be some guidelines re bullying, security, concerns etc.

you might be able to make a call anonymously if you state that you fear you might lose your job.

Hi @Former-Member

It's a few years now but I had a blood clot in my lung and after it was dissolved - a day or so - they told me that I was not sick enough to be in the hospital but they would pay for me to be in respite care and that was not for me - it seemed to me as if the people in charge hardly noticed I was there and the nurse was horrible

This is me shivering at the memory - 0_|_]] - I am not in a hurry to go into any kind of care - I want to stay here until I am ready to be carried out in a box - I would not fit into aged care

But I did not know that the situation for low care was limited or non-existant - my parents paid a lot of money to be in low care - and it was something I would not like but Dad was frail aged and blind and Mum couldn't manage him any more

Still - that is a few years back too - things are changing too fast to keep up with but I spoke to someone at Centrelink about places with a $500.000.00 bond and what happened to that money and got a few links - one of them is MyAgedCare - I don't know about the caps but it's all one word

Apparently pensioners can get into high care but they take 80% of their pension - let's hope their doctors bulk bill and how about dental care etc - it all sounds too much

And I had an assessment for Aged Care Accommodation a few years back and I have never used the package but the woman who interviewed me asked me why I was so insistent I didn't want that kind of accommodation and I was surprised to be asked - like who would?

The Baby Boomers can't help being Baby Boomers but I remember that people were encouraged to have more babies after the war and I also remember the European migrants coming to this country - I was in a class of 60 at Year 6 - one teacher for 60 kids would not happen today

It seems that past Governments saw one part of the future-picture that is happening now and even so - who wants to be on the pension? Those who need it of course - I had to take earlier retirement because of a disability and I was working several part-time jobs so no superannuation then -

Because I have home care and driver assisted shopping - I am told I won't lose these but I am also told I am likely to have less hours - I am trying to work that one out - useless - like really hard puzzles - let's not strain the brain yet - but

I hear all sorts of stories - hard to figure out the truth - but there is a lot of discontent - I didn't vote for this Government and I am suffering under it

And about zoos - how wonderful it would be to work in a zoo - my son was there for two weeks work-experience when he was in Juvenile Detention and that was the happiest time in his life I am sure. I spoke to the staff there to ask if he could stay longer and they have a waiting list for volunteers - and a waiting list for the waiting list I think - but I told this very kind man how rough things had been for my son and that he loved it at the zoo and they gave him and extra week - something I am so grateful for

The zoo would be great for many people but I am not fancying it myself - attending to the litter tray of one cat who goes outside to pee then builds a sand castle in her tray - that's enough

Good idea though

Dec

btw it can be a big relief to rant away at times - AND - prisoners have a rotten life but they are better cared for that the elderly at times

I had better stop mmmmm