What's your name and role?
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Lorraine Mills, personal case assistant, aged care at Mercy Health Bethlehem.
How long have you been doing that for? Why did you begin?
18.5 years. I enjoyed meeting people and helping them.
What are you doing today?
Getting residents ready to have a good day.
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Why did you decide to become a personal care assistant?
I want to help the elderly make their years left happy.
What do you enjoy about your job?
Hearing their life story and helping make their days brighter.
I love coming to work!! The elderly residents I look after deserve to be cared and loved until their final days.
They have so many stories to tell us. They are lonely and look forward to a familiar, kind face every day. I try to care for everyone like they were family or how I would want my family cared for.
What's your passion? What do you really care about?
My family, reading and travel.
What's your Bendigo story?
Lived in Bendigo since I was eight years old. Moved to Castlemaine six years ago to be closer to elderly in-laws.
What do you do on your Saturday morning?
Usually working.
What's your guilty pleasure TV show of choice?
Bold and the Beautiful: Long day at work, live in Castlemaine, leave home at 6am and get home about 4pm. Fall asleep on the couch watching TV.
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