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Client 1: Has been banned by his wife from watering her garden but every week when I see him and his wife goes to church he sneaks outside and waters them all because she’s getting too old to care for it all herself and he loves gardening. He has killed many many plants

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Client 1: Befriended his neighbour’s on both sides and the entire neighbourhood by sitting outside on his postbox and talking to anyone who walked by.

He now goes fishing and drinking with the neighbour on the left and his wife makes meals for the elderly neighbour he has on the right who is recently widowed, client 1 will on occasion request we go visit this neighbour to cheer him up and get me to help with any technical issues he is experiencing

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Client 5: Tries to convert me every week to become a Jehovah witness and gives me pamphlets to take home

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Client 4: Takes me for a stroll during our time together to do seniors Zumba at the community hall - to make friends and check out the cute old man who goes and dances in the back

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Client 2: Loves banana bread and a good seniors discount free coffee but only exclusively from McDonald’s and only on Fridays

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Client 1: Believes you make a toasted sandwich by roasting bread in the toaster then putting the ingredients in between the pieces of toast

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Client 3: Very tech savvy for her age,has a YouTube channel and dreams of getting a bigger following

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Client 2: Collected any glass jar he could to store things in - we ended up collecting over 200 jars since I’ve been caring for him and they currently are still empty but we keep them just in case

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Client 3: Tells me she was a mermaid in her past life and that garlic can cure covid

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Client 2: Believes in treasure hunting and goes for walks with his walker to collect “treasure” (people’s belongings they discard on the side of the road) for his house. I once complimented a art piece he had and he told me excitedly he found it just one road away outside someone’s home 🏠

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Client 2: Decided drinking herbal tea with pepper in it helps digestion - when I asked who informed them of this he said a random man he spoke to at a traffic light

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Client 1: Hates dogs pooping on his lawn so sprinkles whole peppercorns he got off eBay onto his grass every few days and watches to see if it helps

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Client 1: Decided weed killer wasn’t good enough to kill his weeds so used petrol - got reported by concerned neighbours and complained sassily to me about them. (This was my first time hearing of this)

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My elderly clients will have numbers to keep their identities anonymous. This blog is to keep track of some of the strange and mysterious things they do that make me love my job and appreciate all the new things I’m learning forever and ever. I’m lucky enough to not just have my own grandparents but each and every client I care for I consider family too. 👵🏼