Caregiver/ IDD Services
Northern Lights Assisted Living Home
03.2020 - 2025
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Changed dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
- Replaced bandages, dressings, and binders to care for wounds and encourage healing.
- Recorded status and duties completed in logbooks for management.
- Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
- Provided staff coaching, mentoring, and consultation to enhance performance and professional development.
- Implemented physical therapy to support patient improvement in muscle tone, range of motion and injury recovery.
- Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
- Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
- Identified needs and coordinated plans for travel and out-of-town functions.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
- Maintained entire family's schedule and organized events.
- Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
- Liaised with key accounts to deliver targeted administrative household support.
- Maintained strong connections within caregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
- Scheduled daily and weekly care hours for client caseload.
- Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.
- Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Transported clients to and from medical appointments with safety and efficiency.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
- Handled incoming mail, bills and invoices and completed appropriate actions.
- Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
- Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
- Served as liaison to community agencies to network with service providers and seek out new services.
- Engaged residents to identify areas of need and make referrals to community agencies.
- Explored vocational choices to match client's interests and aptitudes and assist with vocational skill development.
- Coordinated programs and activities for residents to facilitate groupings.
- Spearheaded fundraising efforts to support social and community service initiatives.
- Monitored program performance and outcomes for successful delivery of services.
- Analyzed trends and data to inform decision-making and program development.
- Provided leadership, guidance and support to staff members.
- Researched best practices and developed strategies to improve program outcomes.
- Collaborated with community members to develop and implement service initiatives.
- Established and maintained relationships with key stakeholders.
- Coordinated with community stakeholders for successful implementation of social and community service initiatives.
- Utilized grant writing skills to secure additional program funding.
- Advocated for social and community service programs to increase awareness and funding.
- Referred clients to appropriate team members, community agencies and organizations to meet treatment needs.
- Developed and implemented training programs for staff.
- Partnered with local organizations to expand access to social and community services.
- Assessed community needs and identified resources for social and community service programs.
- Conducted outreach activities to engage local stakeholders in programs.
- Created and managed budgets, efficiently allocating resources for social and community service projects.
- Managed volunteer programs focused on providing community services to underserved populations.
- Participated in community events to promote services and engage with public.
- Implemented strategies to increase public awareness of social and community service programs.