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Gugu Agudike

Fort Worth,TX

Summary


Healthcare professional prepared to bring compassion and efficiency to caregiving roles. Extensive background in providing personal care and emotional support, ensuring client comfort and safety. Known for strong collaboration with healthcare teams and adaptability to meet client needs. Skilled in managing diverse care plans and building trust with clients and their families.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Caregiver to A Dementia Patient

Private Care Patient
12.2023 - 04.2025
  • Provided compassionate assistance with daily living activities, enhancing client comfort and well-being.
  • Administered medication and monitored health conditions to ensure safety and compliance with care plans.
  • Bathing, grooming, oral hygiene
  • Dressing (with easy, adaptive clothing)
  • Toileting and incontinence care
  • Meal preparation and feeding assistance
  • Helping with walking, transfers, and fall prevention.
  • 24/7 supervision (if needed) to prevent wandering or unsafe behaviors.
  • Medication safety: Ensuring meds are taken correctly, on time, and monitored for effects.
  • Removing tripping hazards
  • Locking away harmful substances
  • Using bed/chair alarms if necessary
  • Redirecting confusion and calming agitation without confrontation.
  • Memory prompts: Using labels, calendars, routine charts, or memory aids.
  • Routine management: Maintaining a structured daily schedule to reduce anxiety and confusion.
  • Providing calm, compassionate companionship.
  • Encouraging social interaction and meaningful conversation.
  • Being patient with repeated questions, mood swings, or moments of forgetfulness.
  • Preparing familiar, easy-to-eat meals.
  • Monitoring for signs of poor appetite or swallowing issues.
  • Ensuring adequate fluid intake throughout the day.
  • Light cleaning, laundry, changing bed linens.
  • Organizing personal items to create a clutter-free, dementia-friendly space.
  • Keeping important items in predictable places (e.g., glasses, remote, walker).
  • Keeping records of health changes, mood shifts, and medication effects.
  • Communicating with physicians, therapists, and family members.
  • Supporting hospice care if needed.
  • Ensuring comfort, dignity, and emotional peace.
  • Understanding and honoring advanced directives.
  • Provided compassionate care to clients, ensuring safety and comfort in daily activities.
  • Assisted clients with personal hygiene, meal preparation, and medication management.
  • Developed individualized care plans based on client needs and preferences.
  • Monitored client health conditions, reporting changes to healthcare professionals promptly.
  • Facilitated social engagement through recreational activities, enhancing overall well-being.

Elderly Caregiver

Private Client Caregiver
12.2022 - 11.2023

Caring for a patient with ALS

  • Provided compassionate support to individuals with daily living activities.
  • Assisted clients with personal hygiene, mobility, and medication management.
  • Developed individualized care plans to enhance client well-being.Hoyer lifting
  • Monitored and documented client progress and behavioral changes accurately.
  • Collaborated with healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive care delivery.
  • Mobility help: Transferring from bed to wheelchair, repositioning in bed/chair to prevent pressure sores.
  • Toileting support: Assisting with commode, bedpan.
  • Dressing and grooming: Helping with clothing, brushing hair, shaving, applying lotion.
  • Feeding: Assisting with meals, including using adaptive utensils or feeding tubes.
  • Light housekeeping: laundry, dishes, sanitizing equipment.
  • Coordinating with hospice, home health aides, or physical therapists.
  • Managing schedules for appointments and transportation.
  • Using communication devices (eye-gaze tech, speech-generating devices).
  • Helping the patient express needs if speech is impaired.
  • Learning nonverbal cues and supporting emotional expression.

Elderly Caregiver

Privater Care
02.2020 - 11.2022
  • Assisted clients with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and safety.
  • Administered medications according to prescribed schedules, maintaining accuracy and adherence to care plans.
  • Developed personalized care plans based on individual needs, enhancing client satisfaction.
  • Monitored vital signs and reported changes in health status to healthcare professionals.
  • Coordinated transportation for medical appointments, improving access to necessary services.
  • Provided companionship and emotional support, fostering positive relationships with clients.
  • Trained new caregivers on best practices for elderly care and safety measures.
  • Implemented organizational improvements in caregiving processes, increasing efficiency in service delivery.
  • Offered companionship and kindness to elderly patients.
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
  • Assisted with personal hygiene tasks such as bathing, grooming, dressing, feeding, toileting giving attention to detail.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
  • Assisted clients in maintaining a safe and clean living environment, promoting health and wellbeing.
  • Provided emotional support to seniors, fostering positive relationships and enhancing their overall mental health.
  • Enhanced elderly residents'' quality of life by providing compassionate care and assistance with daily activities.
  • Observed health status of clients to report changes and unusual occurrences to appropriate medical personnel.
  • Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
  • Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
  • Increased client satisfaction by offering companionship and engaging in meaningful conversations throughout the day.
  • Identified needs and coordinated plans for travel and out-of-town functions.
  • Handled incoming mail, bills and invoices and completed appropriate actions.

Education

Certified Nursing Aide Classes - Nursing Aid Program

Springpack Healthcare Career LLC
1144 West Pioneer Parkway,Suite ,Arlington,Texas
02-2022

Structural Steel Draughting Engineering Diploma

Thejane High School
South Africa
01-2016

Skills

  • Respectful and compassionate
  • Time management
  • Elderly care
  • Problem-solving
  • Dependable and responsible
  • Patient care
  • Multitasking and organization
  • Personal hygiene assistance
  • Emotional support
  • Verbal and written communication skills

Timeline

Caregiver to A Dementia Patient

Private Care Patient
12.2023 - 04.2025

Elderly Caregiver

Private Client Caregiver
12.2022 - 11.2023

Elderly Caregiver

Privater Care
02.2020 - 11.2022

Certified Nursing Aide Classes - Nursing Aid Program

Springpack Healthcare Career LLC

Structural Steel Draughting Engineering Diploma

Thejane High School
Gugu Agudike