Desiree Linares
Grand Rapids,Michigan
Summary
Dedicated caregiver with extensive experience . Skilled in compassionate caregiving and daily living assistance. Proven ability to build strong relationships, enhance client well-being.
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.
Healthcare professional prepared to deliver compassionate and reliable care to clients. Proven experience in assisting with daily living activities and personal hygiene, ensuring client comfort and safety. Reliable team player who adapts to changing needs and consistently contributes to collaborative, supportive environment.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Care Assistant
CorsoCare
06.2024 - Current
- Assisted clients with daily living needs
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Improved client comfort by providing exceptional personal care and maintaining a clean, safe environment.
- Assisted with medication reminders
- Enhanced client well-being by assisting with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Provided compassionate personal care, assisting clients with daily living activities and enhancing quality of life.
- Trained and mentored new staff on best practices for client care and safety procedures, fostering a supportive work environment.
Caregiver
Advisacare Home Care
08.2023 - 04.2024
- Provided compassionate personal care, including bathing, grooming, and mobility assistance for clients.
- Trained new caregivers on best practices in personal care and emergency response procedures.
- Cleaned house, managed laundry, changing bedding
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families during challenging times, fostering trust and strong relationships.
Caregiver
FirstLight HomeCare
02.2020 - 05.2022
- Assisted clients with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry.
- 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.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Provided personal care and companionship to clients, enhancing quality of life.
Cook
Burger King
2020 - 2021
- Prepared and assembled food items according to standardized recipes and quality guidelines.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of kitchen and food preparation areas.
- Operated kitchen equipment, ensuring safe and efficient usage at all times.
- Collaborated with team members to fulfill customer orders promptly during peak hours.
- Maintained clean and organized work areas at all times to bring safety and quality to food preparation process.
- Ensured accurate cash handling and balanced registers at end of shifts.
Skills
- Grooming assistance
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Compassionate caregiving
- Dressing assistance
- End-of-life care
- Respectful and compassionate
- Elderly care
- Daily living assistance
- Patient care
- Strong ethics
- Compassion and empathy
- Team collaboration
- Relationship building
- Medication and appointment reminders
- ADL assistance
- Medication management
- Medication administration
- Emotional support
- Care plan implementation
- Toileting assistance
- Time management
- Problem-solving
- Dementia care
- Housekeeping tasks
Accomplishments
- Achieved [Result] by completing [Task] with accuracy and efficiency.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Achieved [Result] by introducing [Software] for [Type] tasks.
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
Languages
English
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Personal Care Assistant
CorsoCare
06.2024 - Current
Caregiver
Advisacare Home Care
08.2023 - 04.2024
Caregiver
FirstLight HomeCare
02.2020 - 05.2022
Cook
Burger King
2020 - 2021