There are some horrific nursing/residential/care homes out there
Trouble is that the people who end up there (the elderly, mentaly disabled ect) tend not to have much say in things, or much of a voice in society so they pretty much get ignored unless you happen to have a realy good staff team. As someone who's worked in some good residential homes, and some bad ones (admittedly not ones catering for the elderly, just learning disabilities) it sounds like you got a pretty appaling one. I realy hope your experiance didn't put you off a carreer in nursing though, because working in care can be a very rewarding job if you get to work for a good company.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 19 Jun 2010, 22:31, 1 reply)

Sadly...
It did put me off a career in nursing. Not entirely sure I was ever really cut out for it anyway.

When my careers advisor told me I should pursue a career in nursing there was no one more surprised than me but I gave it a whirl. I probably could have made a half decent nurse but I'm not sorry that I now work in IT!
(Fireyfox is prepared to change, Sat 19 Jun 2010, 23:18, closed)