Woman Gets 2nd Job at Nursing Home to See Her Father

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Lisa Racine wanted to see her father regularly, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, she cannot visit her dad at the nursing home.

The full-time project manager in a printing company finds it amazing that she gets paid just because she wanted to see her father frequently.

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The daughter gets a nursing home job

Lisa's father was staying in the nursing home Good Samaritan Society - Stillwater when the pandemic began.

Because of this, she had limited access to her dad. This situation brought her to thinking of a way to see her dad more. Then she thought to herself, "And I thought, 'Hey, why don't I get a job there?'"

Lisa was mopping floors and washing dishes as her part-time job.

In the morning, she would work as a project manager, and in the evening and during weekends, she would start with her nursing home job.

Although the daughter from Minnesota can take a yoga class or spend some happy hour, she chooses to do otherwise. She said, "I'd rather come and mop the floor and clean dishes so I can see my dad."

The father and daughter reunion

Lisa started with her nursing home job last December. When her father, Harold, saw her, the first question he had was, "How did you get in?"

It was shocking for the dad. He said, "I was kind of dumbfounded."

According to Harold, when his daughter came to the nursing home, he felt he is now reaping the fruit of raising his eight children with his late wife. He said, "The trials and tribulations of raising that many children, in the end, it certainly paid off."

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A win-win situation

Lisa describes the predicament she is in as priceless. She even said, "I can't believe they pay me for this."

According to the nursing home administrator, Rene Racine, "Having her reach out and wanting to come to work was an absolute godsend for us." 

Filling positions in the nursing home was a bit of a challenge for administrators during the previous months. That is why when Lisa came forward, it was good news to the facility.

The Good Samaritan Society - a Stillwater administrator, also happens to be Lisa's cousin.

After Lisa and the residents are now vaccinated, visits are already allowed in the nursing home.

Although Lisa can already give up her nursing home job, she said she would hold onto it on an on-call basis. She said that the job makes her feel that she is doing something good for other people, so she wanted to stay and still be part of the nursing home.

The COVID-19 restrictions in nursing homes

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, nursing homes had to close their doors to visitors.

Since the elderly are vulnerable to the virus and there have been reports of outbreaks in nursing homes, strict protocols were implemented and observed in such facilities.

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