I've decided to post this question under the 'Relationships' heading because that seems like the closest category I can get to relate to my question.
Why does this site remove comments that are both truthful and informative from question threads?
Is this site not a valuable resource for finding care assistance along with being a support group for caregivers?
A comment of mine was removed from a thread. The poster declared that caregivers don't really need training and only really need to be passionate about the work.
The answer that I gave them along with a few others was truthful were truthful and come from people experienced in the field of caregiving.
It is very disappointing that a space meant to be informative, useful, and supportive to it's members is run so poorly.
As a home caregiver, I was trained for various things when LOs left hospital or rehab. It was invaluable but not elaborate training, yet I was grateful because how else would I be able to manage? All passion is gone when you look at your LO slumped in a wheelchair and need to know how to get that person into a car and out of it again, and put the wheelchair in the car, and get the person back into it and into a doctor's office, then repeat the whole process in reverse. And do it without injuring them! And, like me, are a senior citizen yourself!
The absolute worst for me was learning to give shots in a LO's stomach. I shouldn't have been expected to do that. I'm not a medical person.
Passion would not have helped one bit in these instances. Of course, if all I'd had to do was put the straw in the can of Ensure, maybe I'd have felt differently.....yeah, I could get really passionate about Ensure.
Do remember WHO exactly called out Happy for who she is.
Burnt's thread here can be shut down as the "Happy" one on professionals was and it will soon enough sink into the sunset.
I am fine with that. But I won't stand silently by anymore, and that's what looking at these games is.
And I shouldn't have been calling people trolls because even the worst pot stirrers on the forum are minor nuisances and not half as bad as the real trolls of the past.
Oh and thanks Stacey, I know haven't always gotten along with you but I respect that we can disagree without constant animosity.
Why shouldn't someone call out a troll? If the shoe fits as they say.
This forum has done a lot of good for a lot of people. If I hadn't happened upon it when I did, God only knows what level of desperation my caregiving situation would have brought me to. I'm lucky my life changed drastically in a very short time but still. The support from the people in this group really helped me. It still does. This is why I have zero tolerance for the type of person who will come into a group like this only to stir people up and have a laugh.
People who enjoy stirring the pot really can't be sensitive about getting ripped a new one when really that's what they're setting out to do.
So when the bullies are out for recess, so will I be.
Until they get rid of ME in the way they USED to get rid of the trolls.
MY GUESS.
AC is currently being played by mischief-maker/s.
Old members you would remember if you were around when "worried" was. The OP in your thread outed herself with that name.
I could tell you their names but then I would be poofed myself.
There are people who don't like our site. They are trying to make it into a three ring circus with mischief-posts. While it's entertaining enough, any responses you make will be "under scrutiny" because you can rest assured that the entire post is. Perhaps ALL our posts for a while.
I once accused Stacy of believing conspiracy theories.
And this sure sounds like that.
So feel free to ignore it. Another member already asked me if I shouldn't consider testing.
I am practicing drawing clocks and spelling Forum backwards.
I wish I could be honest and open with you, but I can't. If you were here in the days of worriedincali, then read and THINK about all this carefully.
I would imagine the entire post will go soon enough.
Or not.
God help us all. You can always private message me if you like. I tell the truth. I don't apologize for that, nor do I care if there are overly-sensitive people or trolls around who enjoy deliberately misunderstanding and taking things out of context.
Like I said in a comment to cwillie. This group helped me a lot when I needed the support of other caregivers who could relate to me. For that reason alone I stay around. I have 25 years of caregiving experience and hope that some of it benefits others who are new to being caregivers or at the end of their rope like I was.
Wanna bet this thread won't be around much longer?!
Perhaps it's time for a complete overall from Aging Care, or they just need to read the Constitution of the United States to refresh their memories.
This isn’t anything new. It’s been going on for quite a long time now.