Never work in a nursing home.
17 points
Working in that environment is an experience I think everyone should have and nobody should have to have. I’m not sure about the residential home side, but when it comes to nursing homes you’re exposed to every terminal condition and every kind of vulnerability. The ways a thing like alcoholism ends are so horrific that I wouldn’t wish them on 5% of my enemies.
I studied psychology as my first degree. As part of the practical preparation we were assigned to different institutions. I had to volunteer at a place for children with severe cognitive disability. It kinda really messed me up, and was the major reason why I changed my field almost immediately after.
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