I Would Like to Hear a Reason Why You Quit a Job

Retirement Home

By: eromreven

Written on February 16th, 2008

I quit a job at a retirement home because it was just too depressing. I wasn't cut out for that kind of work. It was a retirement home for wealthy people, basically. A woman with alzheimer's had the worst bladder infection and it smelled up the entire hallway. She didn't speak, either. She would just look at you like she didn't recognize you...then she'd turn around and come walking back the other way, and when she saw me again 2 minutes later she'd look surprised to see me there.

Another woman's face was peeling terribly, and her son wouldn't take her to the dermatologist to see what was wrong.

I hate nursing homes. It wouldn't be so bad if so many of the people in them weren't so damn lonely.

By: eromreven

Age: 26-30

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ag123

Even when kids have had lots of hardships, most of them still have a strong spark of hope and enthusiasm.

Feb 23, 2008
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eromreven

I'd rather work with children. You know, in some ways it's similar to working with the elderly, except that children are full of hope so it's easier.

Feb 16, 2008
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findinme

I volunteered at a nursing home and a troubled teen home. jdkitten is right. It takes a very special person to be a permanent worker in these places. There seems to be so much apathy and lonliness.

Feb 16, 2008
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Journeywithin

I have volunteered years agoin in a nursing home. It was so lonely and depressing. Alot of the seniors there just sat in their rooms and stared out the window. It is a difficult job and takes someone very very special to work in one of those homes and not let it get to them.

I would sit and talk to the ones that had no family visit and it was the saddest thing I have ever seen. One lady even begged me to stay and to not leave. That is when I had to quit cause I just couldn't do it anymore.

Feb 16, 2008
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ag123

If I ever get to that state in life, I would rather have someone just put me to sleep, like they would do with the beloved family pet. That's no way for people to live.

Feb 16, 2008
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