was spent with an old lady who can hardly walk, so I took her shopping to town.
We went in all sorts of shops and she bought clothes, I helped her with her trousers trying on, went to Wilkos and then M&S for her weeks food - it was the first time in a very long time that she had been able to pick her own food!

She was SO grateful and wanted to pay me more than what I said, which I was having none of.

It was so nice to do a job where the person is pleased & grateful that you helped them - she said its been so long since she was taken shopping and was cared for the whole time and was able to exactly what she wanted.

I have worked in IT for so long where where most of the people were selfish no-bodys on the end of the phone who didn't care if you'd bent over backwards to fix something for them - so long as you fixed it before the 2 hours was up!

It might only pay me a fraction of what I was getting...but I'd take this any day!

Ahhh Lisa that sounds so rewarding. I would love to do something like this but just dont have the time. xxx

Aww Lisa, thats a lovely thing to do. xx

I bet you made her week , its such a shame how many old people are stuck at home and dont see anyone from one week to the next.

i used to do home care and outings and it really was the highligh of the clients week. i had a young lass, 22 she was and i used to take her little bath bombs and spend ages drying her hair and helping her put her make up on, she looked forward to me coming every week.. her mum couldnt do it for her the wee lamb. i got offered to be her care assistant full time. i had just found out i was preg with alasdair so i never took it, wouldnt have been fair

high 5 lisa. job well done X

aww thats a lovely thing to do, i bet she was really happy after. i was looking into doing some work like that or with kids with needs x

Well done Lisa, that sounds really rewarding.

I bet you have made her month!

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Yeh its sad, she has 2 grown up sons but they live 3-4 hours away, she has only ever seen her 3yr old grandson once :-(
Her neighbours don't give her the time of day and she cant get out on her own

If I didn't need to earn money I'd do it for free

Next week I am taking her to the big garden centre cos i think they have the christmas gifts and decorations out

Ive always said that must be the most rewarding job. doing those things for people when they are unable to anymore.

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Lisa thats fab!! How did you get involved with this? Did you advertse your services, or is it through a company etc?

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lisa i think thats lovely what you did for that lady !
i used to work in an care home and it got right on my nerves the amount of time the elderly were given basic needs and then left in their rooms , many without visitors !
ts a job i couldnt go back to , i found it too upsetting and i was much younger and having 2 babies at home i felt like my days were just going from one end of the scale to the other x

Lisa I registered with a cleaning agency - and this lady wanted me to do 2 hours cleaning on a thursday via the agency, then asked if I'd take her shopping on a wednesday too

so its random really, Im going to be doing some gardening for her too.

What a wonderful and lovely thing to do! And the kicker is she is probably so thankful and appreciative of it. Makes you feel good when you can help others. xxx

Yeh it was really nice Jen, so much of a contrast to the farts I have dealt with for years!

Ahhh Lisa that is lovely - and it's lovely that she was really pleased with your company

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Aww thats lovely!

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awww Lisa thats great !!! Yes it it very rewarding. Really glad you are enjoying it xx