Nov 27, 2011, 09:06 am
I worked in HACC for about 18 months part time in aged and dissability. The work varied, in dissability their was no home care/cleaning and i loved working in dissability 99% of the time however when my agency outsourced me to the local councils to fill in shifts for the councils HACC program their was a lot more home care involved because most of it's aged.
I didn't particularly enjoy the home care side of it as i've just finished my 2nd year Bachelor of Nursing and was looking at more client care for expereince for my degree not to be a cleaner.
Working in peoples homes is pretty different from working in a residential aged care or dissability facility, in terms of the cleaning side of things i've had some shocking clients the council has sent me on, where some of them think of you as purely their servent who is their to do what they want when they want regardless of the brief the council has given you. I've had clients who have abused me because the council sent me at a time they didn't like. I've found certain cultures can be worse than others as well in terms of going into their home and them being rude.I've also had clients who were 60 years old living in a mansion on the beach who were very mobile however claimed to have "back problems" where you really were just a free servant to them, and just taking advantage of the system. Having said all that in terms of the others sides of HACC i've loved it the people genuinely want to stay in their home but have decreased mobility or cognitive awareness so are freindly and appreciative of you coming in and assisting in personal care, monitering, meal preps or helping with shopping.
I don't work much in HACC now as i much prefer working in residential facilities, however i would go back and do HACC with the right client and if it was a regular client.
