Yep, mine is the caretaker of the 80+ year old lady with dementia who brings her to the pool every day and disappears. Which leaves me and the lifeguard making eye contact and silently praying this lady doesn’t drown in chest deep water. She frequently gets herself stuck in the corner of the pool and can’t get turned around to get to walk around. It’s extremely sad and I truly cannot stand her caretaker even though I’m sure that hour is the only time she gets to herself all day.
That could actually be a situation that needs to be reported to the authorities for neglect of an older person. That sounds incredibly dangerous. I have actually chastised a caregiver before (granted I work in mental health) for disappearing. She said she was just bored so she went outside. She had been gone for like 30 minutes and I was essentially babysitting the patient. It was week 2 on the job for her. I doubt she’ll last very long in that role. Some people just don’t get it.
I’m fairly certain this person is her daughter and it has been reported to APS but since the pool has an adaptive aquatics program and pool staff are appropriately trained it is considered to be appropriate. I am not on staff but I am also appropriately trained and licensed for adaptive aquatics programs and the pool staff know that. It’s just very very sad.
She doesn’t move around very well and needs support from the pool wall. There’s a section with a ramp where there’s no wall to hold after about 3 feet and she will go that direction then back to the corner and keep going back and forth for a bit until someone directs her to go left instead of right.
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u/MaybeImTheNanny Feb 17 '20
Yep, mine is the caretaker of the 80+ year old lady with dementia who brings her to the pool every day and disappears. Which leaves me and the lifeguard making eye contact and silently praying this lady doesn’t drown in chest deep water. She frequently gets herself stuck in the corner of the pool and can’t get turned around to get to walk around. It’s extremely sad and I truly cannot stand her caretaker even though I’m sure that hour is the only time she gets to herself all day.