Originally Posted by
azthal
I was working late shift at a home for elderly. I wasn't a guard exactly, don't know the english word for it. I was basicly there to make the elderly feel more safe.
I have no medical training (apart from 2 day training for this job, which means that I know how to give an adrenaline shot pretty much), so I couldn't really help them if something happened, but the elderly felt safer knowing that if they pressed their alarm button, SOMEONE would be there in 1 minute, instead of 15-20 minutes.
The only real work I did was waking two elderly up every night at 3:00 as they had to take meds in the middle of the night. Apart from that the only thing I did was bring some water if someone was thirsty and things of that nature.
It's not something I would do as full time job, but it worked while I was in Uni for extra cash. And considering most of my time was spent studying or playing games on my laptop... It was quite alright.