Hi, my name is Tracy Lofland and was a C.N.A until had my car accident 20 years ago. Now, I am still in the medical field as a caregiver. I am a certified medicine tech., And certified in Narcan too. I have always been around caring for the elderly (mostly) as I was growing up. My mother was a GNA and was doing overnight forgiving with my father as a caregiver partner too. I was around 5/6 years old at that time. My whole life my mother worked in nursing home and on weekends I would go and sit to talk with some patients or even push them around. I mostly talked to the ones that had no visitors (Which was a lot of them). In high school I went to a technology center and graduated with my CNA. I was always taught to treat your patients as family. Treat them as you would want your family member treated. If you can't do that then you're not in the right career. What gives me not is to see my patients happy. To see them smile puts a smile on my face. The reason why is because I know I am doing the best for them and also giving their family some support too. I do support that the patients stays in their (or family member) home as long as they can for safety. I took care my parent all the way and fulfilled their last wish. That's my goal to try my best to fulfill their wish until the end. The whole family needs to support the need of their ill family member.
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