Don’t Bother to Knock
I was the assistant manager of a group home. We had a resident who had epilepsy and was also very reclusive. However, our policy said he had to be checked on every 30 minutes because of his seizure risk. That wasn’t being done, so I brought this up to the manager.
She said she was aware but it was okay to bend the rules because he would get really upset when we checked in on him. When I was on duty, I checked on him every 30 minutes and he would yell at me, but I didn’t let it bother me. After I had been reassigned to another home, I was met with shocking news.
He had a seizure while he was alone in his room and was found cold and lifeless a day later. Now I’m older and a little smarter. When I find a problem like this, I stick with it and don’t let people talk me out of it. Not again. notreallylucy