I job shadowed here as a care manager (cna) for 4...
I job shadowed here as a care manager (cna) for 4 days here. It was the worst experience I've ever had working at a care facility and I've been in the field for 11 years! The place is beautiful and from the outside looking in appears to be a great place for your family member to live. They put on a great facade! When actually working here I saw that 99% of the staff appeared very unhappy here and took it out on eachother in front of anyone. The very worst part was their staffing. There were 51 residents at the time i started and 3 care managers scheduled for the day shift, but not for the entire shift by any means! One care manager is done by 1pm, another at 2pm and the last one stays until 3pm. So for at least one hour there is only one staff to take care of 51 residents! And let me tell you that the "assisted living " title is definitely inappropriately used because there are several heavy care residents who were unable to get the care they needed because of poor staffing. Staff were consistently allowed to leave early due to personal issues without any staff replacement. The person I shadowed with was working with a sprained knee and literally had to run from resident rooms to pick up the slack from being under staffed. During my time there I heard several residents say things like "why is everyone so crabby around here?" and "guess you won't have time for such and such today because you're working short again." I even had one gentleman tell me he'd love to have me stay working there but if I did I'd be sorry. I did my 4 days and I did not return back and yes, I told the DON why. There's no way I could work in that environment! Found another job working in an adult foster home the next week and I LOVE it.