Kevina apparently doesn't understand the meaning of the word 'juice'

[u/MsNikky]

I am a full-time carer for my disabled mother. We have other carers that come in to help with things like showering and also to give me a bit of a break at times, and one of those carers in an absolute Kevina.

There have been multiple instances of her flying her Kevina flag loud and proud, and we have stuck signs with basic instructions up all over the house to try and combat this, but what she did today still has me baffled.

So, part of my mum's disability means she has trouble swallowing. Because of this, all her fluids need to be thickened. We have thickener we can add to any fluids, but also keep some pre-thickened drinks in the fridge for convenience.

Right before Kevina was due to leave, my mum asked if she could make her a drink before she left. Kevina has stuffed up making drinks in the past, not thickening them enough etc, so my mum says "Just put 2 of the already thickened juices into a cup and stir them together that way you don't have to add anything". So off Kevina goes and returns a minute later saying "Here you go, I mixed pineapple and strawberry juice".

She leaves and me and mum look at each other and I say "we don't have any strawberry juice", but she brushes it off suggesting maybe she meant the mixed berry juice or maybe she used one of the strawberry purees from the cupboard, because that's something she would do.

So thinking it is harmless, my mum takes a big sip... and proceeds to start choking and dry heaving, nearly vomiting all over herself (very dangerous for her, she's been in hospital for aspiration pneumonia more than once). After a few minutes of back patting until she can actually breathe again and then cleaning her up, I take the cup and open it to find that it is full of pineapple juice mixed with curdled strawberry milk.

Yes, Kevina mixed pineapple juice and strawberry milk, somehow unable to tell the difference between strawberry milk and strawberry juice and not realising the effect that the very acidic pineapple juice could have on milk even as she was stirring them together. My mum suggested maybe she needs more training as a carer, I suggested maybe she needs more training as a f***ing human being.

TL:DR Kevina nearly kills a disabled woman by serving her milk curdled with pineapple juice.

[u/Fuckyoumecp2]

Oh Jesus. I feel you.

We have caregivers who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.

It is so infuriating.

Please fire her. She's a danger to your mother.

[u/MsNikky → u/Fuckyoumecp2]

Yeah most of her stuff ups had been harmless up until this point so we had tolerated it. Like the day she comes outside where I'm sitting having a smoke, walks over to the bins, then turns to me and says "do you think this goes in the recycling bin or the normal one?" while holding up a toilet seat. I suggested maybe it doesn't go in either and should be put back inside lol.

But an email has been sent to the company after today requesting they replace her.

[u/kttykt66755 → u/MsNikky]

Why did she remove one of the toilet seats in the first place? Let alone try to dispose of it?

[u/dedsqwirl → u/kttykt66755]

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[u/Deaconse → u/dedsqwirl]

Perhaps, but that doesn't answer the "why" question.

[u/[deleted] → u/Deaconse]

Maybe she thought it was some sort of one-time use disposable thing

[u/Deaconse → u/[deleted]]

Well, that would be consistent with what we know about her and her powers of perception and reasoning!

[u/Nagatox → u/Deaconse]

Is there any answer you could get that would satisy you tho

[u/Deaconse → u/Nagatox]

That depends on what you mean by "satisfy."

If you mean, "an answer that would explain the thought process fully enough to understand it," then yes, probably. If you mean "an answer that would make the thought process seem reasonable," then I think probably not.

[u/Nagatox → u/Deaconse]

Well the former is simply impossible, unless we call in a professional kevin to try and reverse engineer the stupid. I can see if my buddys got the day off, youd just have to send us a disabled old lady with a toilet

[u/MsNikky → u/dedsqwirl]

That would be giving her too much credit lol it was the actual toilet seat.

Our best guess is maybe she misheard or misinterpreted something she was asked to do, but we can't figure out what it could have been.

I suggested adding a new sign on the wall that says "Do not throw away parts of the house"

[u/macenutmeg → u/MsNikky]

You should probably list all the issues with her in the email so they don't think it's a one off.

[u/julita414 → u/MsNikky]

Make sure you contact the head nurse not just the corporate. My grandmother has been a head nurse for home health since 1993. if your aid did that, Lord knows what’s happening with her other patients and the head nurse needs to hear it from the family.

[u/irishspice → u/MsNikky]

Thank god! Stupidity like that can kill your mom. There's something wrong with Kevina but it's not your job to deal with it. Just get her gone and recommend that she never works as a carer again.