Opportunities for later?!

So, yesterday was an interesting day. I chatted with Daniel, my boss, for awhile and the subject of me really enjoying and wanting to continue work like what I'm doing at Morningside came up. He said, "So, what are you planning to do when you get back from Spain? Will you be done after that?" with clear intentions of considering hiring me for the new part-time position that will be available in August. Boy was I bummed! The work there is really relaxing and enjoyable. It's a job that I wouldn't even really call work because I truly enjoy it so much.

We also chatted about my dementia project that has been slowly moving along because Daniel has just been so stinkin' busy getting his work done that we haven't had a chance to formally meet. I expressed my concerns to him about lack of internet and he let me get on his computer for 30-45 minutes yesterday afternoon to lay out plans for next week. My new schedule will be:

9-10: Chat with residents/get any necessary info from Daniel
10-11: Shadow Rebecca
11-1130: Set up for activity at 12:30
1130-1230: Lunch
1230-130: Activity targeting severe dementia patients
130-5: Helping with whatever is on the schedule for the day

This schedule will be much more beneficial for me because I haven't been able to shadow really at all the past two weeks because there's been no one to shadow when I've been able to go down. Hopefully this change will fix that and I'll get some more shadowing experience!

Also, yesterday I got to witness the town hall meeting at Morningside which is a really nice opportunity for residents to express their concerns to the directors of the center and get their questions answered and concerns heard. I was really happy with what I saw in the process. The directors were all very flexible and I know from working with the staff that they really do care about what the residents want and do their best to ensure that a compromise is made. Hopefully I'll work for similar facilities in the future or have enough say-so to make changes in that direction.

Until next time,
Megan