What Life Is Like In A Nursing Home
One Two ( clapping ), Three, Four [ Woman, ] Good job; Five; Six, My name is Eilat Nahum, I'm owner and administrator of Beit Shalom. Beit Shalom basically mean house of peace and it's RCFE residential care facility for the elderly. You see people that have been professors at UCLA doctors, pilots and all of a sudden. They can't walk. They forget their name, it's hard to watch and to know that it's just a matter of time before I get there before my mother gets there before my grandmother gets there. It'S been a few years of a lot of reality, checks on a daily basis. So this second facility is just down the block from our first place.
This house has been a big blessing for us. My mother-in-law got very, very sick and I wanted to bring her here. So, in order for me to bring her here, I had to have a facility with the right staff with the right caregivers, and I got my license Two weeks later, she passed away. So this is like the memory of my mother-in-law and also it's been a big blessing for all of us. How are you Mama? How is everything Most things are: okay, Good, good, I'm happy. So basically we have 24 clients. One of them is Elsie. She does beads flowers and beautiful art. This was my hobby of making beaded flowers. How long does it take you to make one of these? Oh well, ...
Some time Taking care of the elderly is very rewarding, especially when they improve Some of them come here, and they are quite frail and I see how they progress and they actually become healthier, participate for --. How are you (, kisses )? How is everything Good? We also have another client. Her name is Loella. When she first moved into our place, she was not able to walk or talk or eat even
Now, thank God, she's eating, walking and talking And she's so happy. What letter is this one? What letter is that [ Man ] H. That's right And this one is I In the afternoon. Basically, we do bingo puzzles arts and craft because it's very good for their cognitive skills Got a PhD and taught at Washington State and then UCLA retired, professor from there, If you're not used to living in an institutional care, it's adjustment, it would be good to have More younger people have some experience with facilities like this. Can you put H back Where's H? No, no, no, don't eat it. ( laughs, ), The challenge in this job. It is when people decline And they actually see how they deteriorate. You find yourself being really helpless. Let'S get them out and then dinner going also. Today they have a special treat You gon na have dinner. ( speaks foreign language, ) Dinner. I feel the elderly are neglected a lot by their own families and it's sad because elderly kind of want to have their own family around
I have some family members who don't even visit and that's the sad part and sometime we try to call them to speak to them. They don't even answer the phone. I haven't been happy since my wife died, my daughter died and my son ran off with all the money. So ain't been too many happy days. That'S one of the things. It really hurt me deep inside Just take the moment and come and visit your parents If it was the other way around, your parents would come and visit you, One parent can take care of 10 kids. 10 kids cannot take care of one parent. When I was living on my own, I used to celebrate the holidays, and I would always call up nursing homes and ask them to please send me a few of their people so that their people could then enjoy the holidays to their fullest and not spend it. Lonely in a room by themselves:
Please remember the elders, because they have contributed so much to all of our lives. - I had a client and I'd ask him, "Sheldon, is there anything that you need, "do you want me to do anything for you, "is there any food you want me to pick up for you," and he said, "No, just please, if you could come and talk to me. " - One, two, three, four-- ("This Little Light of Mine") - Just visit your grandparents, visit your aunt who's 90 years old, who's home by herself with a caregiver, and have a conversation with them, spend 10-15 minutes with them and you will see how much they thrive. I'm gonna let it shine Everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine - There is a beautiful, beautiful psalm in the book of Psalms, which King David wrote, that says, in Hebrew, (speaks in foreign language) which translates to, "Don't cast me away, at old age, and when I lose my strength and my ability, don't let me go." And I live by that sentence, it's meant for our parents and for our loved ones, when they get old, to not throw them away, to not cast them away, to not let go, but to be there for them, especially in the last years of their lives, to nurture them, to take care of them, and when it's your time, people will do the same for you.
