Caregiver
First Light Homecare
01.2023 - Current
Caregiving responsibilities:
- Personal care: Bathing, dressing, feeding, and helping with mobility
- Transportation: Driving to medical appointments or running errands
- Household tasks: Grocery shopping, cleaning, and managing incontinence
- Emotional support: Providing companionship and reading to the person
- Health care: Monitoring medications, communicating with doctors, and advocating for the patient
- Home safety: Ensuring the home is safe with handrails, grab bars, and smoke alarms
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices in caregiving techniques, enhancing the quality of care provided.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Managed patient appointments and transportation needs, ensuring punctual arrival at medical visits and other engagements.
- Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Maintained strong connections within caregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
- Prioritized patient dignity, privacy, and autonomy during all aspects of care provision.
- Assisted clients with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Performed light housekeeping duties to maintain cleanliness standards while respecting the patient''s personal space.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
