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I know 1st hand from some caregivers at mom's Memory Care Facility, that many of them are aware and feel as though there are a few caregivers that don't do their job correctly; I'm sure there's a lot of cover your a**ing going on at shift change, when taking over the patients of these lacking caregivers. Meaning, the oncoming caregivers have to do their job/ and take care of what the previous caregivers didn't do in order to take care of their patients appropriately - Whether its their lack of doing all their Caregiving responsibilities or their attitude and condescending tone to their patients or other issues. Why do they not say anything as, these few "not great" caregivers make them all look bad at some point as they are all caring for the same patients. Is there a caregiver code of silence or something?

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They tell their supervisors. My daughter was always complaining about 11 to 7 not doing their jobs and leaving info day shift. As an LPN she could say something to the CNAs, she had to go to the unit RN to complain. Like any job u have good and bad employees. By the time supervision does anything about it staffs morale is down.
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Floridagirl6 Nov 2019
Gotcha JoAnn29. Thank You for your insight!
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So who says they aren't complaining? Employees that don't pull their weight are common to every workplace, either management is on top of it or they aren't and all the complaining in the world isn't going to matter if management turns a blind eye. This is why the best, most compassionate workers often burn out trying to pick up the slack with no acknowledgement or compensation.
Formal written complaints from family might be needed before the problems are taken more seriously.
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Floridagirl6 Nov 2019
Great idea! Thanks cwillie.
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The caregivers may feel that gossiping amongst themselves regarding who is or is not doing their job is unprofessional and would cause strife in the workplace. As JoAnn writes, if there are serious infractions, it is up to the staff to report it to a supervisor or even the Director of Nursing. Where I work, I come in in the morning and spend a half-hour cleaning up after the previous staff member. I haven’t said much. I come in, do my job and go home.
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Floridagirl6 Nov 2019
Great points/info... Thanks!
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