Work Experience

I did my work experience at the Retirement Village, it was like a normal school day we started at 9.am and finished at 3pm. In the Retirement they held clients that aren't severely aged such as elderly that needed assistance eating and  the bathroom were put in Low Street. My workplace was always loud and alot of the time i felt very anxious because i thought i would almost like brake them if i tried to help, in my eyes i always saw the elderly as very frail. I worked with a partner most of the time so I wasn't really sure if i liked working by myself or as a team because i never got to experience it by myself. I liked working with a partner because it made me feel less anxious and felt a little bit more calmer. in the morning there was always the same task which was exercising with the elderly but the rest of the day had different activities to make the residents have abit of variety, i feel that did these activities as a coping mechanism. The different activities were bingo, ice cream cart, bowls and dress up days. Most of the time i stayed in one place in the building which was the activities centre but we did take some of the residents for walks, i didn't see a lot of the building until then. on the first day of my work placement i was so nervous, it took me 4 days to actually feel better about helping the elderly. the last day i actually felt good and felt like i did a good job. My mentor told me on the last day that i wouldnt suit this job which had made me feel really hurt and i feel that you cant learn all these skills that the workers have just in one week. I feel good that i choose the retirement village because i feel that it really isnt my sort of work. alot of the tasks i did i enjoyed alot the same, i didnt have a favourite one.