Gail Shaw

I am an Elder Assistant for older people who no longer drive themselves. I stay while the children they live with are at work or doing errands. The elders usually have dementia or need help physically. We have conversations, take walks, do puzzles, and play cards and games. When I stay with elders for days or weeks while their people are on vacations or trips, we have a vacation too, and do everything on the elders 'bucket list'. I cook what they like to eat, or we eat in their favorite restaurants. We go to see the movie of their choice, or spend an hour in the drug store, or go to the beach, or sit somewhere and look at the river. Whatever they want to do, we do. I try to work in everything they want to do before their people return. They get to call the shots, and they love it. I, also, travel with elders that no longer drive. I take them to funerals, or reunions, or family gatherings. Sometimes we just take a trip or cruise. Usually their families have their own lives and work, and can't always take off to take them places they'd like to go. We plan the travel so it's at their pace, & eat and stay wherever they are comfortable. Accommodations are separate with males. I charge a daily rate of $20.00 @ hour with a minimum of 3 hours or $125.00 per day plus all expenses and mileage. When an elder is with me, they quickly realize it's going to be a fun situation. Most of my clients live in Harbour Isle East or West. I live in Harbour Isle West. I do take trips with clients and stay for "live in periods" outside Harbour Isle.

I developed a system for listing and selling homes and one for buyers to purchase homes that worked throughout my career as a Realtor and made my career successful.

• Assisted buyers with finding ideal homes by assessing needs, requirements and budgets.
• Advised and informed prospective clients on current market activities and conditions.
• Compared recently sold area properties to determine competitive market prices.
• Wrote contracts to outline sales and purchases of properties.

• Handled customer relations issues, enabling quick resolution and client satisfaction.
• Maintained relationships with customers and found new ones by identifying needs and offering appropriate services.
• Developed selling systems
• Traveled U. S. 50 weeks a year, leaving on Sunday nights and returning home on Friday nights
• Introduced use of computerized systems to bring large corporations and manufacturing facilities to new uses for their computers.
• Bar coding and inventory control
• 'Just in time'
• Artificial Intellegence
• Reinventing the Corporation

Owned and operated a business that ran conventions for GA associations and planned corporate events for large corporations.