Experiences at Belmont Village of Hollywood Hills

none.

The night-shift.

Rewarding but not my ideal of a lifetime job.

Do not feel degraded by your job, work hard but be dignified, learn to grow and seek advancement, and then move on to the next journey.

That the purpose of having a job is not only making cash to suffice my daily needs but also to seek advancement and to do the best I can to utilize my knowledge and potentials so that when I become old and vunerable, I can look back with a sense of accomplishment.

opportunity to be at the level of professionalism with your superior, opportunity to deal with different kinds of people in different levels of life, opportunity to adapt to unfavorable situations.

Life-threatening emergencies like finding residents unconscious or semi-conscious.

Dealing with the mentally-challenged residents, elderly people with labile behavior

I have been doing my job effectively, functioning to the best of my ability, I have gained mutual respect not only from the residents but also from my co-workers and superiors.

Ability to communicate well with the elderly, ability to assess individual needs of residents, ability to understand and be nonjudgmental of residents' altered behaviors.