Work Experience 12Placement power point assignment

Shea Sanderson

Where• Lynn Valley Care Centre• 1070 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, BC

V7J 1Z8 Phone: (604) 988-4181• (North Shore Private Hospital/Lynn Valley

Lodge)

Hours

• 6 visits• 3 or 4 hour shifts• Every Thursday

Description• Intermediate care - levels 1, 2 & 3, extended care• 139 funded beds, plus 3 private pay (respite beds)• an Intermediate and Extended Care Facility approved by the

Continuing Care Division of the Ministry of Health of British Columbia for providing care for eligible residents of British Columbia in general and the North Shore Region in particular

• The Facility's Mission is to maintain and enhance the health and well-being of the Residents and Patients in a safe environment.

• Competitors: all other care homes and seniors residencies on the north shore

• Administrator, Director of Care, Assistant Director of Care, Dietitian, Director of Support Services, Director of Activities, Information and Tour, General Inquiries, Nurses, Care Aids…

Duties/Responsibilities• Self Starter• Independence• Helping out at Tea Time• Chatting with residents• Moving them in their wheelchairs or assisting them with simple

tasks• Keeping them distracted from pains and worries

Not Permitted• Feeding the Residents• Lifting them• Helping them to the washroom• Closing the door when I’m in a residents room• Taking residents outside

New Skills Obtained

• Improved my patience• Concentrated my focus on listening• Discovered ways to evade certain topics, talk

about positive things instead• Self evaluate and ameliorate independently

without guidance or critique

My Best Day

• It was my 3rd or 4th visit at the Care Centre• One of my favorite residents, Merriam• She has Alzheimer's, and repeated herself

often• Dressed in a hot pink dress and pearls and

didn’t know why• Described being a Mormon, what it was like

living during the war and falling in love

My Worst Day

• Reported to the nurse’s station as usual, sat down with a few residents to chat

• The PA system started to alarm• The nurses all rushed away and I was told to stay

at the station and help anyone who needed• Mr. Simms, a resident I knew and made puzzles

with had had heart failure and died• I did a lot of reflection that day on myself and my

work experience here

Finish the Sentence:

• I am proud of myself because:• I could improve on:• The person I admired the most was:

Changes in Myself

• This work experience most definitely changed my views on this type of work

• It didn’t make me not like it, but I had to rethink it all• Seeing nurses being rude, ignoring the residents and

talking down to them• I became more reserved; put less of myself into my

work because I would get attached and it would become personal instead of a work relationship

• Nurses seemed emotionless and I don’t want to be that

If I had to do this again…

• Really good question• I want to say I wouldn’t choose the same

placement• But I learned a lot about myself and what I

want to do in the future concerning my career• I want to try something new so wouldn’t want

to return to the exact same care center

Type of Education Required• College/Technical Training and sometimes University

required in Nursing, and Personal Care Attendants• Mostly the nurses are distributing pills, changing bed

pans, giving baths and assisting the residents get around

• Personal Care Attendant: 20$ an hour, annual earnings of $18,000 to $42,000

• Nurse: $40,000 to $85,000 a year

Pay Range