An App for CNA Assistance
Hello everyone!
I hope you all are having a good day today.
I’m still fairly new to Reddit, but I thought I’d ask this question on here because I want to get some more thoughts on it besides just my own experience. I’ve worked as a CNA for 3 years, and one of my favorite parts about work is the patient interactions. I love being able to connect with the residents and watch them open up about their likes, interests, and lives. As a child of immigrant parents, I never grew up with many family elders, and it makes me glad to have all of these interactions. However, it is heartbreaking, especially in the memory care unit, to watch residents slowly forget their loved ones during to dementia or Alzheimer related loss. So, I want to create an app which can not only track the gradual memory loss and decay over short and long periods of time, but also potentially help other CNAs with connecting to these residents as well(through hobbies, interests, etc.). Maybe something family members could fill or add to in their spare time, which could give direction to other CNAs, or along those lines. A higher chance of connection would make for a safer and more trusted environment between resident and CNA. I’m not doing this for any monetary value, I just want to help both you guys and our residents. I’d love if you guys had any input or anything you wanted to see in this potential app that you feel could be beneficial to making your life easier and/or the residents life as well! It doesn’t even have to be about the app, just anything I could potentially integrate into a cleaner, more efficient healthcare system. I know us CNAs get the short stick of healthcare. Thank you!
Edit: I also went ahead and put this on r/NursesOfReddit as well, so if any nurses would like to give feedback, that would also be much appreciated. Thank you!