Shakespear's Drinking Buddy Might Keep His Homeless Job

[Dori]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018652252

Aristus (34,057 posts)

Cautiously optimistic - I may not be losing the homeless clinic after all!

The manager of the facility that operates the homeless clinic (for which I provide medical care under contract) got sacked! He was the only person standing in the way of a contract renewal with our health organization. Now that he's gone, the contract will probably be re-signed and I can stay here with my patients.

This is great news!

Thank you to all of the Loungers who stepped in with comfort and encouragement when all seemed lost.

I love you all...

Star Member CaliforniaPeggy (110,290 posts)

1. That is great news, my dear Aristus!
 
I know you've been happy and fulfilled there, taking care of your homeless clientele! 

Star Member TexasTowelie (10,297 posts)

3. I was in a homeless shelter for a week this past April.
 
All I can say is that you are blessed for taking on the work and the associated challenges. It's great news for everyone involved and thanks for looking after all of those that are in that dire situation.

 

Aristus (34,057 posts)

5. I love it.
 
It's very rewarding.

I'm guessing you're back on your feet again?   

Star Member TexasTowelie (10,297 posts)

10. That would be a dubious assumption.
 
I spent the weekend in a crisis shelter. I wasn't feeling bad, but I had an initial psych evaluation and the doctor put me on a 48 hour hold that turned into 80 hours because I was truthful about some thoughts that occurred within the past month. The doctors changed my medication regimen so I haven't slept but for a couple of hours within the past two days and I've been everywhere from woozy to euphoric to crying. Last night was really tough and I was having audio hallucinations hearing a radio in the background and realizing that I may become schizophrenic.

There is some frustration dealing with social services, but the fact that I was hospitalized again may work in my favor towards getting disability. The therapists were using words like "unemployable" and "major depression with psychosis". I can hold it together for awhile, but when an unexpected event occurs it has the potential of sending me into a despondent state. I don't see how I could hold it together both physically and emotionally if I returned to the working world.

The best thing I can say is that I'm rolling with the punches so thanks for asking. I doubt that I'll return to my career as a stat analyst, but I still believe that I can make other contributions in maybe volunteer work, tutoring or as a consultant. I was burnt out working about 50 hours a week for nearly a decade and had a few stretches where I was over 70-80 hours for three months at a time. There is no way that I could handle that anymore. 

Aristus (34,057 posts)

13. Hello, Dystopian.
 
It's good to see you again. I'm sorry to hear about the major life changes. I hope you'll tell me about them if you feel comfortable doing so.

Don't worry about not knowing. It's pretty much happened since last I saw you. The clinic where I work is just one part of a larger facility operated by a local municipal organization. They have a hygiene facility for their homeless clients, a place to register for social services, and I provide medical care there under contract from the community health company I work for.

Toward the end of every fiscal year, the municipal organization starts to make noises that they're not going to renew the medical contract. It's a negotiating ploy; every year, they negotiate the terms, and every year, they re-sign with us.

Well, late last year, the new manager of the facility announced to me that he was going to forego contract renewal, and simply hire his own medical provider instead. That upset a lot of people, especially me, since he would essentially be robbing me of 4/5th of my patient population. (I could go somewhere else to work Monday through Thursday; that's not the point; the point is, I would lose my homeless patients to a provider who may not care about them they way I do.) He smugly assured me that I could come work for him, with nothing lost. But that was low, testing my loyalty to my employers like that.

Well, I guess I wasn't the only one he upset, because the clinic's assistant manager announced this afternoon that the honcho had been fired.

Anyway, the homeless clinic is safe, for now...

[Carl]

Star Member TexasTowelie (10,297 posts)

10. That would be a dubious assumption.
 
I spent the weekend in a crisis shelter. I wasn't feeling bad, but I had an initial psych evaluation and the doctor put me on a 48 hour hold that turned into 80 hours because I was truthful about some thoughts that occurred within the past month. The doctors changed my medication regimen so I haven't slept but for a couple of hours within the past two days and I've been everywhere from woozy to euphoric to crying. Last night was really tough and I was having audio hallucinations hearing a radio in the background and realizing that I may become schizophrenic.

There is some frustration dealing with social services, but the fact that I was hospitalized again may work in my favor towards getting disability. The therapists were using words like "unemployable" and "major depression with psychosis". I can hold it together for awhile, but when an unexpected event occurs it has the potential of sending me into a despondent state. I don't see how I could hold it together both physically and emotionally if I returned to the working world.

The best thing I can say is that I'm rolling with the punches so thanks for asking. I doubt that I'll return to my career as a stat analyst, but I still believe that I can make other contributions in maybe volunteer work, tutoring or as a consultant. I was burnt out working about 50 hours a week for nearly a decade and had a few stretches where I was over 70-80 hours for three months at a time. There is no way that I could handle that anymore. 

Suck off a shotgun,leech.

[franksolich]

Don't be too impressed by that Aristus fellow's "humanitarianism," working among the homeless.

Remember, he's paid a lot of money to do that, no material sacrifice involved, and even an old grouch can be a humanitarian if the money's good.

[DUmpsterDiver]

AreTitsUp is still trying to write the rites to right his wrongs.

[JohnnyReb]

Where do crazy medical staff go to practice VooDoo medicine.....a homeless shelter.

[Dori]

Where do crazy medical staff go to practice VooDoo medicine.....a homeless shelter.

He said this was a hygiene shelter.  I wonder what kind of medical care he provides for that.

Lice removal?

[franksolich]

Where do crazy medical staff go to practice VooDoo medicine.....a homeless shelter.

Well, homeless people require medical care too, but unless it involves significant personal financial sacrifice for those willing to give it, it's not really humanitarianism, it's just a job.

I get really tired of well-paid, well-benefited, desk-sitting governmental bureaucrats who, for example, think of themselves as being "more humanitarian" because they pass out food stamps rather than work on an assembly-line in a factory.

[Fourwinds]

Well, homeless people require medical care too, but unless it involves significant personal financial sacrifice for those willing to give it, it's not really humanitarianism, it's just a job.

I get really tired of well-paid, well-benefited, desk-sitting governmental bureaucrats who, for example, think of themselves as being "more humanitarian" because they pass out food stamps rather than work on an assembly-line in a factory.

Hell it doesn't even require a financial sacrifice. I volunteer weekly. All I think takes is some personal time.  Getting paid to help out is ridiculous.  That's not humanitarian. That's a job.

[franksolich]

Hell it doesn't even require a financial sacrifice. I volunteer weekly. All I think takes is some personal time.  Getting paid to help out is ridiculous.  That's not humanitarian. That's a job.

That's exactly what I think; that Aristus fellow isn't any more charitable or socially-conscious than the salesman at the local shoe-store.  They're both being paid to do a job.  Probably both do a good job, but that's what they're paid to do, nothing "special" or noble or uplifting about it.

[GOBUCKS]

There is some frustration dealing with social services, but the fact that I was hospitalized again may work in my favor towards getting disability.

The whole point of his post.

[Gina]

Star Member TexasTowelie (10,297 posts)

10. That would be a dubious assumption.
 
I spent the weekend in a crisis shelter. I wasn't feeling bad, but I had an initial psych evaluation and the doctor put me on a 48 hour hold that turned into 80 hours because I was truthful about some thoughts that occurred within the past month. The doctors changed my medication regimen so I haven't slept but for a couple of hours within the past two days and I've been everywhere from woozy to euphoric to crying. Last night was really tough and I was having audio hallucinations hearing a radio in the background and realizing that I may become schizophrenic.

There is some frustration dealing with social services, but the fact that I was hospitalized again may work in my favor towards getting disability.

 

[franksolich]

You got it.

The primitive doesn't want to get well.

The primitive wants aboard the disability gravy train; the primitive's got no higher goal in life, than that.

[ChuckJ]

That's exactly what I think; that Aristus fellow isn't any more charitable or socially-conscious than the salesman at the local shoe-store.  They're both being paid to do a job.  Probably both do a good job, but that's what they're paid to do, nothing "special" or noble or uplifting about it.

You've got to remember that liberals are extremely helpful toward their fellow man. They'll gladly give the shirt off of YOUR back to someone in need.