Geeth's moving story cuts straight to the heart of what aged care is all about. 

“I stepped into aged care 7 years ago and it's been an incredible journey. 

Unlike the fleeting encounters with patients in a hospital setting, aged care lets me forge deep, lasting connections with residents over months and years. It's very fulfilling.

Recently one of my residents suffered a stroke. He was a huge cricket enthusiast and as I come from a cricket-loving Indian background, we had always enjoyed endless debates about the game! 

Post-stroke, communication became a challenge. One day I started to chat with him about the cricket as usual, and as I did, I could see the tears begin to fall silently down his cheeks.

I put the TV on for him and saw a program about Kohli – a famous Indian cricketer who we’d often argued about. I made a small joke about him to the resident, and he suddenly broke out in a huge smile. As I left, he managed to say – ‘you’re a good one.’

It made me realise, it's these small, everyday interactions that really touch people's lives in aged care. 

Read more of Geeth story here.