Cecilia Mason
Deer Lodge,MT
Summary
I have acquired 10 years of professional expirence in the field of caregiving and the the management of it with a vast amount of clients, residents, atmospheres, illnesses, disabilities, ages and needs. It has been and continues to be a gift to have been apart of so much in human and health care. From providing in home cares of end stage ALS to developing and providing life with purpose to assisted living. I have had to think quick, be versatile, retain a variety medical information and knowledge, be thorough, perform under pressure, properly carry out procedure, apply personal and professional skills, ask for help, be reliable, stay vigiliant, never stop learning, and above all care. It has rounded my expirence to be one of great value to the things I will put my energy twords in the future. I am very hopeful for opportunities that will continue to improve upon the things I've taken very much length to be great at, and help me to be greater, to continue my purpose.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Residential Coordinator
Aware
Anaconda, Montana
03.2024 - Current
- Supervisor of staff and consumer of Awares most critical care with their highest level consumer.
- Maintained accurate records of resident information, including assessments, progress notes, and incident reports.
- Maintained correspondence and documents/spread sheets with Excel, Microsoft Word, Adobe, Outlook, Teams, Zoom, Paylocity, Evolv, MedCompass and many other work specific applications and sites.
- Provided transportation services for consumer when needed.
- Provided help with all ADL's of consumer, managed medical appointments, monitoring adminstering of medications through MARS, substance counts, communication with pharmacy. State medication certified.
- Implemented behavioral intervention strategies when necessary while maintaining a therapeutic approach.
- Worked closely with families of residents to ensure they were informed about their loved one's progress.
- Maintained confidentiality of client information at all times according to HIPAA regulations.
- Attended all trainings/ meetings/ certification opportunities specific to both my position and Aware. Ensured staff stayed up to attended and stayed up to date with all trainings and certifications.
- Ordered, maintained and inventoried food, medical, household, consumer, and office items.
- Maintained purchase card, purchase order requests and receipts for household.
- Kept up with all daily, weekly and monthly deadlines of my supervisory duties.
- Create and uphold monthly staffing calendar.
- Maintained communications and reporting between staff members, nursing, administration, HR, quality assurance, BCBA and program director and more.
- Monitoring all staffs in following household and company protocol and procedure, hiring and training, running programming, logging and data collection, attendance, scheduling needs and coverage, time sheet corrections and submissions, monthly meetings conflict resolutions and investigations with staff union representation.
- On call 24/7 for crisis.
Life Enhancement Specialist
Highgate Senior Living
Bozeman, MT, MT
06.2022 - 02.2024
- Worked in all 3 areas of facility. Indepent living, Assisted living and memory care within the life enhancement team( fun activities and more!) and resident cares.
- Worked with Life Enhancement coordinator and team members to create and carry out daily activities. Living with purpose is a core value of my current employment. I value this highly.
- Kept up with FYI's. Communicated with care staff, nursing staff and supervisors of resident changes and pertantent health information. Always following HIPPA protocols.
- Strong abilities to work with and adapt with the ever changing environment of memory care. And general resident needs. Always finding ways to say YES and go above and beyond to provide joy, care and comfort to the individual.
- Maintained a safe environment and ran wide range of safe and fun activites for all residents to enjoy and encouraged them to do so while respecting resident preference for the day.
- Complied with all protocols of assisted living and memory care facility
- Cared for for the safety and well being of residents while on outings. Loaded and unloaded and drove a 12 passenger bus safely and without driving or resident incident.
- Encouraged activity, and healthy habits.
- Performed cares for residents per facility protocol and scope of practice. filled in as caregiver due to the 7 years prior expirence in care before coming to current employment. Often performing duel positions as activities and caregiver at the same time while in memory care.
- Completed vitals and covid tests for residents when needed.
- Complied fully with mandatory training modules both in person and online as current employed specified.
- Maintained front desk- concierge position on days when needed. requiring answering of phones, constant overlooking of in and out persons. Maintaining protocols. Relaying and documenting information. Microsoft Word and Excel. Assisting residents with a plethora of needs and scheduling.
- Maintained exceptionally positive working relationships with residents, supervisors and co- workers.
In-Home Caregiver
First Choice Home Health
Bozeman, MT
02.2019 - 04.2022
- Assisted clients with a wide range of ADL's safely and per proper protocols- feeding, dressing, bathing, ambulating, medications ect.. differing based on each respective client but always done according to protocol and safely.
- In home and in facility care- home health care is so much, I've gone to many homes, apartments and interesting living situations with respect to each. This includes many facilities in town to provide many cares. Providing documentation for each facility visit and notifying our staff and theirs off any changes. Upholding respect between all staffs of the care fields.
- Transferred clients with a variety of abilities, safely and according to protocols. Using many methods including- proper body mechanics, gait belts, slide boards, spin discs, poles, walkers, and hoyer lifts
- Vital checks and recording reads including- assisting with blood sugar testing, blood pressure, pulse, oxygen. Noting anything unusual to the proper channels.
- Catheter and ostomy bag care including- following sanitary protocols when handling bodily fluids, draining bags, switching bags, cleaning bags, changing ostomy wafers. Noting changes in urine and bowel, or pain from client and relaying to proper channels.
- Provided assistance for minimal to full incontinence including- peri care, brief changes, applying any necessary creams ointments or products as mandated by clients and care plans. Using correct sanitary protocols and providing dignity during such processes. Checking diligently for skin breakdowns and reporting any to proper channels.
- Assisted with Pt and Ot regimens as specified with care plans, including- reminding, supporting with gait belts, assuring exercises are done properly and safely. Stretching clients that are very limited.
- Companionship and friendship- strived to make deep connections to provide personalized care and special relationships while being cared for. Being intuitive so as to maintain the preferred level of professional and personal per each individual. Providing fun and joy as it saw fit, and often it did!
- Assistance with Hospice clients- providing comfort medications as per hospice nurse and client care plan. Companionship for passing individual in whatever capacity is needed as it varies so greatly in both need and length. Communicating with hospice and family. Noting and reporting changes in condition.
- Communicating with home health company, family and care provider per protocols and as needed. Documentation of all changes, many times to several different specified channels properly and professionally. Kept myself up to date on all care notes.
- Accompanying and assisting for outing- safely provided help with abulation in and out of cars for many different abilities. Used company car for transports. Assistance and companionship during appointment or procedure if needed. Safely getting them back home and settled, relaying any important info from visit if needed.
- On call phone- Assisted with calls during times the office was closed as we had someone avaliable 24/7. All needs from our staff, clients and prospective clients, and client families were initially met by me while on call and relayed to the proper channels if needed, such as the on call nurse.
- Complied with Covid 19 protocols for maintaining saftey for clients and fellow caregivers and company protocol as well. Distance, hand washing and wearing PPE during every visit. Also keeping a close eye for symptoms within a client or myself.
- Household upkeep- dependent upon client needs. Cleaning Pet care. Grocery shopping, medication pick up. Keeping things cleared of health and safety hazards. A happy living space is fundamental to health.
Caregiver
Margaret Peterson/Robert Peterson
Bozeman, MT
08.2015 - 07.2018
- Client was quadriplegic so assistance with all ADL's was needed.
- Safely transferred using sliding board, gait belts and proper body mechanics
- Cathed from supra pubic site- this was clients preferred method for over 30 years. Using proper sterile procedure and sanitary protocol we accessed site and drained bladder every 2-4 hours.
- Colostomy care- changed bag and cleaned site per protocol and sanitarily, changed wafer when needed. Noted any irritation of stoma.
- Wound prevention and care- client was mostly bed bound, repositioned very few hours, checked skin for break down. Cared for long standing wound- cleaned, packed with sterile gauze strips and redressed per wound care clinics care plan. Eventually a wound vac was placed we were instructed on all things pertaining to the vac.
- Cpap care- cleaning of tubing. Changing, filling with water, reading instructions to fix, hooking up to oxygen and changing tank. Filling with water. Reminding client to use.
- Monitoring medications- assistance with taking, bring correct doses and correct times. Logging time, what was taken, how much, and how much is left and what time. Picking up medication refills. Familiarizing myself with medication list. All per medication list from primary doctor. Kept up to date with changes.
- All household duties- cooking, cleaning, animal companion care, laundry, grocery shopping, keeping inventory of supplies. Upholding all household values client had to ensure more piece of mind. We did long shifts, and "lived" with peggy during those, it was vital we treat her home with respect as she so kindly made space for us to be there during these long stints.
- Long shifts- my personal shifts where anywhere from 16-48 hours. With consistent care needed this required patience and stamina to the highest.
- Pt assistance- helped client to excersizes to upkeep health and mobility in limbs with her quadriplegic. Most in bed exercises and stretching.
- Maintained communication- kept up log and kept updated on others notes. Kept family oriented with situation.
- Accompanied in medical sitiatons- appointment, e.r. visits, and palliative care stays. Stayed with client during these and provided all usual care including cathing and ostomy care, to which the nurses were ever grateful for.
- Companionship- client was mostly home in bed, so her reprieve came from her caregivers. We were able go create a wonderful professional friendship which proved very helpful in the challenges she would face. I provided fun, comfort, guidance, support, and most importantly love. It was the honor of my life to not only to work for Margaret but to know her.
Education
High School Diploma -
Montana HiSet( High School Equilavancy)
Bozeman, MTSkills
- CPR/FA/AED certified
- State Med certified
- Computer literate
- Familiar with terminology related to home health and facility care, developmental disability and general health care
- Experienced in every level of work Floor, front desk/office operations, coordination and supervisory/management
- Ability to create and maintain trust and respect with those with in my care
- 10 years expirence of hands on care with a wide range of illness, and disability ranging in all ages Primarily elder care but not limited to that stage of life In both home health and assisted living, and developmental disability services
- Intuitive to indivials and group needs
- Ability to work independently or with group
- Excel in the element of customer service
- Strong passion for all living- humans, animals, and plants!
Timeline
Residential Coordinator
Aware
03.2024 - Current
Life Enhancement Specialist
Highgate Senior Living
06.2022 - 02.2024
In-Home Caregiver
First Choice Home Health
02.2019 - 04.2022
Caregiver
Margaret Peterson/Robert Peterson
08.2015 - 07.2018
High School Diploma -
Montana HiSet( High School Equilavancy)