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Andiswa Mncube
Waterbury,CT
Summary
Skilled Care Provider assisting elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities in-home or within care facility. Keep house by making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes and preparing meals.
Personal Care Aide experienced in assisting clients with mental impairments or physical limitations to manage everyday tasks. Skilled in geriatric care and providing companionship and direct assistance to cognitively impaired clients.
Overview
3
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Comfort Keepers Home CareNorwich, CT
Care Giver
07.2022 - 06.2023
Job overview
- Offered social support by transporting individuals to events and activities, in addition to medical appointments and shopping trips.
- Monitored, tracked and con information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery
- Kept household areas clean and well-stocked, ran errands, managed laundry and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs, including bathing and personal grooming, to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Performed household tasks such as laundry, dusting, washing dishes and vacuum
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Helped patients care for themselves by teaching proper, safe use of ambulation assistive devices such as canes or walkers.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Helped clients manage money, pay bills and shop for groceries or personal items.
- Changed dressings, bandages and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities and/or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Worked to improve and enhance patient lives through effective and compassionate care.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications
- Tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Transported patient daily via wheelchair to and from rehabilitation and daily activities.
- Kept patient mentally alert by entertaining, conversing and reading aloud to patients.
- Increased level of independence by providing daily undertakings that promote self-management by assisting consumers in their daily personal tasks including bathing and dressing.
- Maintained frequent supervision of residents unable to call for assistance.
Hibiscus Home CareChester, CT
Elderly Caregiver
07.2021 - 07.2022
Job overview
- Prepared meals for group home resident
- Cleaned and sanitized living areas of the home
- Administered appropriate medications
- Provided entertainment and joy to residents through personal and group activities
- Monitored residents individual dietary needs and prepared food accordingly
- Worked with fellow coworkers to keep resident info up to date
- Wrote daily notes based on residents behavior and vital signs
- Monitored any changes in resident physical and mental
Education
Haythorne SecondaryPietermaritzburg, KZN
High School Diploma
12.2017
Skills
- First Aid and Safety
- Care Plan Management
- Daily Logs
- Administering Medication
- State Regulations Knowledge
- Care Plan Assessment
- Patient Care
- Food Preparation
- Cleaning
- Dementia Knowledge
- Bathing
- Emotional Support
- Meal Serving
- Behavioral Management
- Household Tasks
- Dietary Needs
- Sanitizing Surfaces
- Meal Planning and Preparation
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Cook Healthy Meals
- Attentive to People
- First Aid Certification
- Housekeeping
- Oral Hygiene
- Compassionate Client Care
Certification
- CPR/ First Aid trained
- Certified Caregiver
- Prevention and Support Training
- PCA - Personal Care Aide
Timeline
Care Giver
Comfort Keepers Home Care
07.2022 - 06.2023
Elderly Caregiver
Hibiscus Home Care
07.2021 - 07.2022
Haythorne Secondary
High School Diploma