Maison Saint-Fulbert is a medicalized foster home (FAM) specializing in the reception and support of adults with autism spectrum disorders. Within this establishment, Audrey Dumas, nursing assistant, and Coralie Geffard, educational and social support worker explain their daily life to us.
Daily support for residents
Located in the town of Lèves, it is a single-storey establishment made up of several independent buildings, with the necessary equipment to take care of the 34 residents, adults aged 18 and over with autism. . Individual and collective support for residents is guaranteed by multidisciplinary and complementary professionals.
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Under the direction of Fanny Laffaye-Hill, about fifty employees respond to the specific needs of residents: nurse, psychologist, psychomotor therapist, adapted sports educator, coordinator of educational strategies, specialist educator, monitor-educator, socio-cultural animator, accountant, HR assistant, coordinating doctor, psychiatrist and head of department.
The Maison Saint-Fulbert is part of a network of medico-social establishments of the charitable organization, the Order of Malta.
They both have singular life paths but nevertheless work in the same structure with the same objective: to help people with autism to live on a daily basis.
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Audrey stopped her studies in first literary. After training in sales, then 3 years of experience between jobs and temporary work, she discovered the profession of caregiver during an internship in a professional environment. After working for the ADMR for seven years as a home helper, her nursing assistant diploma in hand, she made the decision to work in the home.
Coralie obtained a baccalaureate and then a diploma of AMP (medico-psychological assistance) in 2015. Loving change and challenges, she has been working there for two years.
For Audrey, as for Coralie, a common point, autism. None of them had been confronted with this handicap before joining the establishment. They have nevertheless decided to put their skills at the service of these residents: empathy, patience, tolerance, taking a step back, listening, teamwork, organization, the ability to adapt and respect.
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“We help them grow old”
Audrey explains her daily life to us: “we accompany their daily life, from everyday tasks to activities. We may be required to go horse riding, circus, hiking etc. Whatever the position, we are versatile. I am in charge of a pavilion of seven residents. We are always two per pavilion. Even if my job title is caregiver, homemaker, I am not in the strict sense of the term. My function is broader since I go towards education, among others”.
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Coralie completes: “I provide educational and therapeutic support. I have a support and listening role. In other words, and as Audrey mentioned, we accompany them to have an ordinary day with their difficulties. We have a role of well-being and comfort. We also have an essential role with families in reinsurance, transmission, etc. In my pavilion of seven residents, I help them make choices about food, breakfast, clothes, activities, their wants, their desires, etc. A relationship of trust is established. Some of them have been here since 1999. In a way, we help them grow old. Let’s not forget that we are the ones who come to them. »
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