It's been almost two weeks since I started working with old people. It's me and another girl and our job is pretty much like being their friend; We roll them outside, sitting near a pond watching goldfishes swim, paint their nails in prettiful colours, play games like Fia med knuff (they love that shit) or videogames like Wii (but since we noticed how bad we were at persuading people), most of them just say they prefer to watch us play instead of joining us. As for singing we're like "Heyyy xxx, you look nice today! Do you think you can join and sing with us downstairs? I think you'll like it" and they be like "Nah, I can't sing. I think I'll just sit here and rest", but when the staff asks them to join they're like "Yeah sounds like fun!" and I be like "Really, wth?"

 

 

It may sound like a lot of things going on but the thing is, things I just mentioned represents only like 30% of the time. The rest of the time we just sit and talk to them. Sometimes I think we're getting paid for doing meaningless stuff, but that's actually what they want, as long as we manage to get the seniors in action then we're good to go! Anyways, even though the job is easy, I find it quite dull since most of them can't speak properly which makes it even harder for us to come up with fun things that they like to do (thank god I'm not the only teen). But I'd rather work with taking care of kids instead. They may be annoying, screaming, refusing to eat and stuff like that, but they're more fun to take care of and well, kids are easier to manipulate.

 

 

Old people on the other hand, want to manipulate ME instead, thinking I should feel sorry for them...But oh well I've noticed how less sympathetic I've become for each day. Especially after noticing that two of the old ladies were acting fake when I started; telling me they couldn't do things without my help, like getting up out of bed, chairs and stuff like that, that it's sweet of me for helping an old lady. Acting all helpless despite their ability of managing those little things without any physical assistance.

 

So I can by now say that it's stress-free to take care of elderly people, but boring as hell and vice versa when it comes to children. Eitherway it's better then not working at all.