I can't believe that placement is almost over! Things are going great. I realized that I really enjoy working with people who have Alzheimer's disease. There was a lady on the first day who was really rude to me, apparently she gets that way in the mornings. The other day we were toileting her, she is a small lady but it still takes three people to do it. She was swatting at the two other girls, yelling at them. So, after it all she was back in her wheelchair and one of the ladies had asked her if she could fix her shirt, and she again swatted at her. The resident then looked at me and said "you're nice" grabbed my hand and kissed it. She then let let me fix her shirt. It made me feel really good about myself! There also is another lady who has Alzheimer's diease and she is so hard to get up at times. The other day I ended up getting her up, dressed and down to the dining room for breakfast/lunch and sat with her while she ate a sandwich in the afternoon :) .. Again, the other day there is another lady who has the disease and she also has agoraphobia, I believe. Her and I went for a walk and in the dining room their was a bunch of people in there. She looked at with with a look on her face that made it clear that she was uncomfortable. We ended up walking through the room with no problem!
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