[Music]
meet
heidi hi my name is heidi i have the
hardest job in the world
pause i know what you're thinking for
that job to be the hardest in the world
she must be an executive an oil driller
or a super athlete
but she's none of those i'm a caretaker
she moved from the philippines to the
united states to become a caretaker
every day she feeds and comforts the
elderly see that's what she does she
gives me peace
she gives medications and checks blood
pressure she replaces diapers and clean
spilled food
she listens and she comforts and she
becomes your friend
and at the end she is forced to say
goodbye to her friends
as they depart this world all for little
recognition
little money and little sleep
it's easy to overlook women caretakers
and low-income people
but the work heidi does is work that all
of us will need
when we get old our family might not be
there but you know
for sure that heidi will that's one
minute see you tomorrow