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Nit picking job is driving me crazy

i am a caregiver for special needs adults. I am struggling at one of the houses I work in. I remember working a couple of days and thinking it was going well, but my coworker complained about how long it took to get a client dressed. They do things a bit differently at that house and I think more vocal about things. I get frustrated because I feel like every day is something wrong. I can’t just go in and do my job. I have a client who likes to lag. I haven’t mastered the ability to wake them

up and get them going throughout the morning. I know the routine but she likes to lag. So I feel like me being criticized over time is frustrating when there are outside things affecting it as well. Long story short now I’m overwhelmed as I am trying so hard to do everything I am told and only getting myself overwhelmed. It never seems to be enough. What should I do?

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  1. Anonymous

    Perhaps you can ask management to swap the problem house for some other customer house since it appears to be a single unit that is causing you problems. This would keep you at the same workload but get rid of your pain point.

  2. Anonymous

    Does the client have to be dressed at a certain time to go somewhere like a doctor's appointment? If they do, maybe try getting them up half an hour earlier than you would normally need to in order to account for this person being slow to wake up. would help. If they don't have to go anywhere, could you suggest to your co-worker to relax and allow the client to take their time getting ready? A person with disabilities might be more of a "night owl" than a morning person, just as many non-disabled people are also night owls. I would think that the most important things to do for a special needs client are to keep them healthy, happy, and safe. If they have breakfast at 10:00 instead of 7:00 and don't have to go to a job or appointment, why not let them?

  3. Anonymous

    They have a program they go to in the morning. Ironically my calendar said my shift was 6 am but they told me not to come in until it was time to wake her up.

  4. Anonymous

    Maybe insist on starting at 6 and waking her up earlier? Let them know that either she can be ready for her program in the morning or you can wake her up later, but they can't have both, considering the amount of time it takes for her to get ready. None of us appreciates being rushed; we may need our time to have a cup of coffee, take a shower, read the headlines, etc. before we are ready to go to work; very likely, your client feels the same way. She may have disabilities, she may have dementia and get confused, but she still has feelings and your company needs to adjust your hours so that you're not stressing yourself and your client by making her rush.

  5. Dr. Patty Gross

    So is your frustration with the coworker or the client? It is not easy to work with this type of client, and it takes a very special type of person with a lot of patience to manage slow or unruly/non-compliant clients. So if you are working in an area that is your passion, and the program you have to get this person ready for can manage her being late, let her be late. If the schedule is tight (like a shuttle to take the person off-site), someone or something has to give. I agree with the next person who commented here about starting earlier, and that you can't have both. This type of client isn't going to change, just because they want them to.

    If the problem is strictly with the coworker, she needs to mind her own business and get her own clients ready, and stop worrying about you.

  6. Rachel

    We can all see why your response is anonymous Karen.

  7. Anonymous

    I think she misunderstood because her response makes it seem like the nitpicking is coming from the client when it’s actually coming from the coworker

  8. Leader135412

    Have the client's care taken over by the coworker who complained about you. Then they can deal with it, use the reason that the client responds to that person better.

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