#Personal support worker

[plasma-pop]

shouting into the void because I'm starting my first PSW placement this January and am nervous, it would be nice to find a few people to talk to who are maybe also starting a healthcare placement? anyway just a thought! Shout into the abyss and it might call back

#health care provider #PSW student #nursing student #(i am not i hope yall dont mind #but i am looking into bridge programs after i get my certificate #long term care #personal support worker #supportive care #health care placement #long term care placement #(the placement tag is all astrology lol) #ontario student #ontario #PSW #personal #healthcare student

[ashtonderoy]

Why I am an Ageist?

Written by Ashton Deroy Listen like anyone with a sense of humor. I think The Golden Girls is funny. However I find the reality of a generation that refuses to forfeit property or forfeit power and control over others just terrible. We are living in an exceptional time for advanced aging and a terrible time to be a young adult. ‘Ooo you guys can’t run a government. Most of your lives are a…

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#Ageism #Ageist #Ashton Deroy #Bay of Quinte #Belleville Ontario #Disability #Elderly #Geriatric #Kingston Ontario #Millenial #Nightmare Elderly #Nosy Neighbor #Nurse #Ottawa #Personal support worker #Politics #Power #PSW #Quinte West #Rude #Toronto

[inkskinned]

the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.

sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.

you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.

it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.

but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.

they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.

they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.

barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.

and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.

but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.

they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!

this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.

#this shifts gender so much bc it actually affects everyone #yes it's a gendered phenomenon. i have written a LOT about how different genders experience it. that's for a different post. #writeblr #ps my comments about seeing someone cry -- this is not to shame any person #and on this blog we support workers. #at the same time it's a really hard experience to see someone that looks like you. clearly in agony. and have them forced to keep going. #when you're young it doesn't necessarily look like acting. it looks scary. and that's what this is about - the fact that teens #have likely already been exposed to that definition of things. because the internet exists #and without the context of healthy education. THAT is the image burned into their minds about what it looks like. #it's also just one of those personal nuanced biases - #at 19 i thought it was normal to be in pain. to cry. to not-like-it. that it should be perfunctory. #it was what i had seen. #and it didn't help that my religious upbringing was like . 'yeah that's what you get for premarital. but also for the reference #we do think you should never actually enjoy it lol' #so like the point im making is that ppl get exposed to that stuff without the context of something more tender #and assume .... 'oh. so it's fine i am not enjoying myself'. and i know they do because I DID. #he was my first boyfriend. how was i supposed to know any different #i didn't even have the mental wherewithal to realize im a lesbian . like THAT used to suffering.

[martafgnn]

May 2023 Economic Club of Indiana [Video]

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#PersonalSupportWorker #HomeCare #LongTermCare #LongTermCareUS #Personal Support Worker #Home Care #Long Term Care #Long Term Care US

[kindnessoverperfection]

Please, if you can, take a moment to read and share this because I feel like I'm screaming underwater.

NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) stigma is rampant right now, and seems to be getting progressively worse. Everyone is using it as a buzzword in the worst ways possible, spreading misinformation and hatred against a real disorder.

I could go on a long time about how this happened, why it's factually incorrect (and what the disorder actually IS), why it's harmful, and the changes I'd like to see. But to keep this concise, I'll simply link to a few posts under the cut for further reading.

The point of this post is a plea. Please help stop the spread of stigma. Even in mental health communities, even around others with personality disorders, in neurodivergent "safe" spaces, other communities I thought people would be supportive in (e.g. trans support groups, progressive spaces in general), it keeps coming up. So I'm willing to bet that a lot of people on this site need to see this.

Because it's so hard to exist in this world.

My disorder already makes me feel as if I'm worthless and unlovable, like there's something inherently wrong and damaged about me. And it's so much harder to fight that and heal when my daily life consists of:

Laughing and spending time with my friends, doing my utmost best to connect and stay present and focused on them, trying to let my guards down and be real and believe I'm lovable- when suddenly they throw out the word "narcissist" to describe horrible people or someone they hate, or the conversation turns to how evil "people with narcissistic personality disorder" are. (Seriously, you don't know which of your friends might have NPD and feels like shit when you say those things & now knows that you'd hate them if you knew.)

Trying to look up "mental health positivity for people with npd", "mental health positivity cluster bs", only to find a) none of that, and b) more of the same old vile shit that makes me feel terrible about myself.

Having a hard time (which is constant at this point) and trying to look up resources for myself, only to again, find the same stigma. And no resources.

Not having any clue how to help myself, because even the mental health field is spitting so much vitriol at people with DISORDERS (who they're supposed to be helping!) that there's no solid research or therapy programs for people like me.

Losing close friends when they find out, despite us having had a good relationship before, and them KNOWING me and knowing that I'm not like the trending image of pwNPD. Because now they only see me through the lens of stigma and misinformation.

Hearing the same stigma come up literally wherever I go. Clubs. Meetings. Any online space. At the bus stop. At the mall. At a restaurant. At work. Buzzword of the year that everyone loooves loudly throwing around with their friends or over the phone. Feels awesome for me, makes my day so much better/s

I could go on for a long time, but I'm scared no one will read/rb this if it gets too much longer.

So please. Stop using the word "narcissist" as a synonym for "abusive".

Stop bringing up people you hate who you believe to have NPD because of a stigmatizing article full of misinformation whenever someone with actual NPD opens their mouth. (Imagine if people did that with any other disorder! "Hey, I'm autistic." "Oh... my old roommate screamed at me whenever I made noise around him, and didn't understand my needs, which seems like sensory overload and difficulty with social cues. He was definitely autistic. But as long as you're self-aware and always restraining your innate desire to be an abusive asshole, you're okay I guess, maybe." ...See how offensive and ignorant that is?)

Stop preventing healthcare for people with a disorder just because it's trendy to use us as a scapegoat.

If you got this far, thank you for reading, and please share this if you can. Further reading is under the cut.

NPD Criteria, re-written by someone who actually has NPD

Stigma in the DSM

Common perception of the DSM criteria vs how someone may actually experience them (Keep in mind that this is the way I personally experience these symptoms, and that presentation can vary a lot between individuals)

"Idk, the stigma is right though, because I've known a lot of people with NPD who are jerks, so I'm going to continue to support the blockage of treatment for this condition."

(All of these were written by me, because I didn't want to link to other folks' posts without permission, but if you want to add your own links in reblogs or replies please feel free <3)

#actuallynpd #signal boost #actuallyautistic #mental health awareness #narcissistic personality disorder #people also need to realize that mental health professionals aren't immune from bias #(it really shouldn't come as a shock that the mental health field has a longstanding pattern of misunderstanding and mistreating ppl who ar #mentally ill or otherwise ND) #the first therapist i brought up NPD to like. literally pulled out the DSM bc she could barely remember the criteria. then said that there' #no way I have it because I have low self-esteem lmaoooooo #anyway throwback to being at work and chatting with a co-worker. and the conversation turning to mental health. and him saying that #he tries to stay informed and be aware and supportive of mental health conditions & that he doesn't want to be ignorant or spread harmful #misinformation. and then i mentioned that i do a lot of research into mental health stuff and i listed a bunch of things. which included #several personality disorders. one of which was NPD. #and after listening to my whole ass list he zeroed in on the NPD and immediately started talking about how narcissists are abusive and #he knew someone who had NPD and how the person who had it had an addiction and died from the addiction in a horrible way and he #was glad he did #fun times #or when i decided to be vulnerable and talk abt my self-criticism/self-hatred bc i knew my friends also struggled w that and i wanted to #support them by sharing my own coping methods. and they both(separately!) started picking and prodding at my npd through the lens of stigma #bc i'd recently opened up to them abt having it. they recognized self-hatred as a symptom and still jumped on me for it. despite me #trying to share hurt vulnerable parts of myself to help them and connect with them. #again..... fun times

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

there's just... there is no reason to make yet another cop show in this day and age. copaganda is not only bullshit, it is a failure of imagination.

you want to watch brooding characters with dark pasts investigate crimes in an official capacity? just use private detectives (cops have a miserable solve rate anyway). want eccentric geniuses & their sidekicks solving mysteries? i present you with armchair detectives & neighborhood busybodies. oh, you're craving a workplace comedy-drama starring overworked protagonists doing their heartfelt best to resolve community conflicts? social worker office sitcom! bitch this is ACHIEVABLE

#i lied the one reason to make a cop show is you want a mafia show and the cops are currently by far the most powerful u.s. mafia #BUT! i cannot emphasize enough: the police have none of the aesthetics or personality of the actual mafia so why even bother #The Sopranos but in an office setting with buzzing fluorescent lighting? and half your co-workers are weekend neo-nazis? come on #no. just no #from now on i want all tv cops to be villainous side characters #but BORING villainous side characters #i like villains as much as the next queer audience member but i cannot overstate the importance of portraying cops as not just bastards #but BORING bastards #they are so boring. they are boring and hateful and also neither particularly smart nor interesting #i need to emphasize: there is NOTHING to romanticize there #i am so passionate and supportive of anti-romanticizing cops. ANTI-ROMANTICIZE THE POLICE. #the police are BORING and HATEFUL and CRUEL and BASIC AS HELL #and we should be pointing that out publicly every chance we get #the police are BORING BASIC BITCHES and mocking them publically is a patriotic service

[tahacollege]

Dedicated health care professional are permanently in demand.

#personal support worker #personal #support #worker #Laser Hair Removal TAHA #college #toronto #canada #ontario

[torturedpoetemotions]

TIL that not only did Taylor get an interim contract with SAG AFTRA and meet all their requirements to create and distribute her Eras Tour film without strike breaking...

Not only did she give life-changing $100-$200k bonuses to all of the workers on the U.S. leg of her tour when it was finished...

Not only did she donate money to food banks in every city she toured in (which I learned when working with food banks in my previous role is a massive help to them and something they rarely get enough donations of)...

Not only is she undoubtedly releasing one of the films that will help keep movie theatres from going under while the AMPTP sit in their office buildings refusing to negotiate...

Not only is she, with that film, demonstrating the viability of what I genuinely believe is going to end up being the way forward for at least some of the entertainment industry, which is to cut the AMPTP out entirely...

But way back in 2018 or 2019, when she changed labels and negotiated her contract with Universal, she negotiated it so that if Universal sells any of its stake in Spotify, it has to share those profits not just with her, but with ALL of the artists on the label.

#taylor swift #she really did all this #like she isn't perfect but i do believe she genuinely tries to be a good person #and she CLEARLY supports workers and her fellow artists #it's a damn good day to be a swiftie #and she's such a big and visible name that when she does something other big artists do feel pressure to follow her example #she is setting a standard for artists operating at her level of money and power

[fadedrainbowbookshelves]

I'm not saying this method of flirting isn't working, just maybe next time skip the fact he could be outrun by sharp-eyed butterflies, Frank.

#welcome home #welcome home fanart #frank frankly #eddie dear #eddie x frank #frank x eddie #Frank *desperately flirting by dropping horrifying facts about insects to someone who is wary of them* #Trying to decipher his body language to see how this conversation is going. Is this working?? #Sort of is. Eddie loves and supports Frank's interest of course and thinks he's very very smart! #Later on tho he will voice a plEASE don't tell me about how they can smell me from miles away #Frank went from finding him slightly annoying to liking being around him to having a crush pretty quickly #Eddie's a hard worker a great person to rely on and an excellent listener #Gentle and helpful in ways where Frank is more sharp. He couldn't help it really. #Unaffiliated with the incredible Welcome Home creation I'm just a fan having fun!

[merrysithmas]

anyone know a legit resource to donate to the striking workers in hollywood???

#strike #wag #sag-aftra #im just a humble person wanting to support strikers and unions #workers of the world unite

[brettdoesdiscourse]

Just by the way. Always be wary around people who say, "it's the boss' job to pay you a fair wage" when discussing tipping.

Because while this is absolutely true, it's usually not coming from a good place.

People who say this very often don't mean, "it's the boss' job to pay you a fair wage and they aren't, so I'm boycotting supporting businesses that exploit their workers."

A lot of people who say this actually mean, "it's the boss' job to pay you a fair wage and they aren't, but I'm going to continue using this service and not tip because it's not my problem that your job is exploiting you."

Always be wary around people who say, "it's the boss' job to pay you a fair wage" because a lot of times, they're just using it to make themselves feel better about their choices.

#like there's generally no ethical consumption under capitalism #but you should be a) at least supporting the workers you're enabling the exploitation of (such as tipping) #b) be boycotting as many services as you can (food service is a major one because it's generally not necessary) #c) at least acknowledge you're being a shitty person if you refuse to tip #i'd genuinely have more respect for someone who flatout says “i don't care i'm a bad person” rather than someone who tries to act righteous #tipping #tipping culture #social #social discourse #anti capitalism #anti capitalist #brett does discourse

[caramelteaa]

It's so weird seeing people insist Fred is the one that torture Q and wiped his memory. Fred only ever said he's done bad thing. It's at best speculation but it's being treated like the truth

(sorry I went a bit much in the tags)

#like even if it's proven to be true that's not a now thing #right now it's in theory #this feels like wqtching people taking a shot news title as truth and doubled down on it #I believe all workers aside from the census bureau and higher ups to be victims #they were strip of names and any personality #while we can see in passing conversations that they have emotions even if advised no to #take q impersonating fred as an example #the workers supports him with Tubbo's relationship #even offer hugs when the shaking bug happens #and this is when there are supposedly only workers present (the stealth mission was so bad lmao) #they treats each others nice putside of work #and sorrt I guess I'm just really emotional about it #qsmp #qsmp fred #qsmpblr #calla cackles

[rat-rosemary]

I'm just saying his to make it obvious, but I'm not about to crucify people who continue to explore the dsmp character of Wilbur Soot from now on

#the dog barks #dsmp #discourse #wilbur soot #like... people who still make analysis of his character or write or draw are not supporting him financially or in any other way #I might be flawed in this thinking and Im willing to hear other's opinions #but the character Wilbur was a big part of the lore and I dont think people need to try and delete him forever #as long as we all understand that William Gold is a bad person and you shouldn't support him #i feel like its similar to Quackity #the irl guy is really shitty and abuses his workers #but that doesn't mean Im about to hunt down anyone who ever wants to examine and write and draw C!Quackity

[stonebutchooze]

whenever I say I worked at a care home people always assume I mean an OLD PEOPLE'S care home and start talking about dementia, and even when I correct them and say no, it was adults of all ages with disabilities like cerebral palsy, some of them younger than me, people still don't listen and start talking about how hard it is "when you get to that age".

like people who live in 24/7 care for their entire adult lives exist!!!! residential care is NOT something that only comes into play at the end of your life. lack of awareness and funding is, in my opinion, partly why negative experiences of full time or respite residential care are so widespread.

ALSO when I successfully clarify that I worked with people of all ages, people start talking about how SAD it is when young people who have conditions like cerebral palsy can't move or talk or whatever. and I ALSO take issue with that. I think seeing disabled people's experiences as wholly "sad" or "what a shame" pre-emptively dictates what kind of life we expect disabled people to live. people in residential care CAN be happy, largely independent, or happy with their level of control where they are dependent on others. if we assume they can't, we won't even try to help them get there.

some people have high support needs at home and then go into residential care. some people spend their whole lives in residential care. some people won't need it at all with proper support and funding at home. people need support, not pity and people seeing their lives as lost causes.

#work talk #care worker #residential care #care home #nursing home #disability #ableism #disabled stereotypes #stereotyping #support worker #care assistant #person centred care #person-centred care

[craycraybluejay]

yk what would be nice? an everything-safe reality checking support group of only like schizos/dissociators/people who struggle w reality in some way. including like anxious/paranoid types or people who habitually misread others actions. yk? no judgement, no banned topics, the only rule being respect everyone there and stuff. and we can like talk about it and sympathize/empathize and kinda be like "hey i understand but that is ridiculous. in reality its probably more like [blank]." where like me for example im not very socially anxious so for someone w social anxiety i could be like "your feelings are valid but i promise not everyone in the world is staring at you/judging you. like here we are looking at you but only to give you space to speak and pay attention. but in general people are more busy with their own issues than random strangers." and someone without an issue of mine could be like, "hey that's not real." yk? like just a nice cozy group to hang out and do calm activities in a safe judgement-free place while also talking ab whats on ur mind and getting a reality check if u need one.

#im a reality check truther #like i double-bookkeep yes but there are a lot of books in this scenario i need another human or twenty #i avoid support groups and stuff bc i really distrust and hate therapists and social workers and stuff (and those holier than thou religiou #religious leaders in addiction support groups) #but i think if it was just for regular struggling ppl without the fucking Mandated Reporter wielding the scythe of sending you to crazy #crazy people jail-- that without that person we could really get into it #idk. mental health support is really dismal when it comes to anything but extremely mild depression or anxiety #and i mean extremely #even moderate cases of either will land you in a shitstorm w like the entire system #we need by the people for the people support networks without all this bullcrap #and btw if you cannot tell someone whos supposed to tell you their deepest darkest issues how your day went or something you are a threat #like the power imbalance is unreal #first tell me the thing that scares you most then we'll talk >.>

[razzek]

#ai #artificial intelligence #machine learning #algorithms #audiobooks #iI can get a robot to read me things free and better and faster than any of these trashy ai generated voices #when I buy a narrated book I want to hear a real person #if your choice is shity ai narration or no audiobook #go with no audiobook because I'm not buying that garbage ever #and I will likely stop reading you as an author since you are working against all creatives by using these stolen voices #anyway support paying artists and skilled workers like book narrators by god damn paying them