It is an observation: nurses like nursing assistants with young graduates do not prioritize gerontology. At the Nursing Training Institute and Nursing Assistant Training Institute (Ifsi-Ifas) in Chartres, students planning to start their careers in this sector can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
There are a little more student caregivers: eleven out of the sixty graduates in July 2021; eight in 2020. Two future caregivers who intend to work in nursing homes (accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people) explain the reasons for their choice.
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“Less monotonous than in other departments”
“I always knew I wanted to work with older people. When I was younger, I took great care of my grandparents and my internship at the Philippe-Desportes residence last year confirmed my choice. Says Tisha Webster, 21, a 3rd year nursing student.
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Even if the working conditions are difficult – which the employees in post do not hide from the young recruits – the future nurse likes to forge relationships with the residents and their family circle. “We take care of them comprehensively, which is less monotonous than in other services. “
“I like helping them to keep or regain a little autonomy”
Jennifer Mayeloue Nteti, a 32-year-old former carer, in first year at Ifas, did ten months of internship in follow-up and rehabilitation care at the Hôtel-Dieu, in Chartres, before resuming her studies.
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“It’s a carefully considered choice: I feel fulfilled by working with the elderly. I like helping them to get better, to keep or regain a little autonomy. There is a need for caregivers to take care of them, they need to know that we are there for them. But we must be given the means to work properly. “
How to make caregivers want to work in nursing homes? Gerontology is today the main provider of jobs, as Catherine Chuffart, deputy pedagogical coordinator at the direction of IFFSi-Ifas in Chartres, points out: “The difference this year is that it is no longer the only sector to suffer from staff shortages, Needs are also increasing in the acute care sectors. ”
Catherine Chuffart hopes that the Ségur de la santé will provide the means, material and human, necessary to attract young people to this sector. “Gerontology services have become places of life,” she says. But taking our seniors into account must also be a real social project. It is only in this way that we will make caregivers want to invest in this sector. “
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Laurence Franceschina
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