Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
Most workplaces do not have the time or resources to accommodate employees with dementia – but this grocery store has received heaps of praise for going above and beyond for one of their 61-year-old workers.
Ms. Salomon had only been working at Sainsbury’s for a year when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Prior to the diagnosis, she had been forced to leave her job as a bookkeeper because she was becoming increasingly disorganized.After quitting her bookkeeping career in 2012, Ms. Salomon applied for a job as a “picker” at the Sainsbury’s supermarket in Kenton, north London.
The job, which simply involved putting together online orders for customer pick-ups at the store, was easier for Ms. Salomon – but as the disease progressed, the store’s management began to suspect her medical condition.
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Upon being informed of her diagnosis, however, the Sainesbury’s staffers started doing everything in their power to make sure that Ms. Salomon felt comfortable and valued.
“For context, Sainsbury’s has seen my mum deteriorate to the point that every day for the last year or so she has gone into the store confused, as if she’d never been there before,” Ms. Salomon’s son Doron described in a
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