Kristine Beedham

• Provided transportation services for clients'' appointments, social activities, and errands, increasing their access to community resources.
• Strengthened client relationships through empathy, patience, and clear communication during challenging situations.
• Assisted clients with daily living activities, enhancing overall quality of life.
• Developed and maintained strong relationships with clients, fostering trust and communication.
• Coordinated transportation to appointments, ensuring timely access to essential services.
• Improved clients' daily living experience by providing personal care, meal preparation, and light housekeeping tasks.
• Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability by adjusting care plans to accommodate clients'' temporary or permanent changes in needs.
• Managed household tasks such as laundry, grocery shopping, and organizing spaces for a clean living environment.
• Developed strong rapport with clients by actively listening to their concerns and addressing them promptly.

Dedicated the past four years to full-time care of my twin daughters while maintaining my commitment to healthcare and preparing to return to clinical practice. During this time my skills of problem-solving, organizing, time management and communication have strengthened, while coordinating complex daily schedules, managing medical and educational appointments, and advocating for my children’s needs. I am excited to return to patient care and apply nearly 15 years of rehabilitation experience as a Physical Therapist Assistant

• Assisted with patient rehabilitation programs to enhance mobility and strength.
• Monitored patient progress and documented outcomes in electronic health records.
• Educated patients and families on therapeutic exercises and home care techniques.
• Implemented safety protocols to maintain a secure treatment environment.
• Trained new staff on clinic procedures and best practices for patient care.
• Collaborated with physical therapists to develop comprehensive treatment plans addressing individual patient needs and goals.
• Educated patients on proper body mechanics, posture correction, and home exercise routines to prevent future injuries.
• Implemented fall prevention strategies for elderly clients at increased risk of injury due to balance impairments.
• Deliver physical therapy services for short-term rehabilitation and long-term care residents under the direction of licensed physical therapists.
• Provide gait training, transfer training, balance activities, therapeutic exercise, and functional mobility interventions.
• Educate patients and families regarding orthopedic precautions, home safety, assistive devices, and fall prevention.
• Treat patients with orthopedic injuries, joint replacements, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, amputations, cancer, and generalized weakness.
• Participate in interdisciplinary care conferences and discharge planning meetings to promote safe community reintegration.
• Perform quarterly mobility and lower extremity range-of-motion assessments for long-term care residents.
• Coordinate rehabilitation schedules in the absence of the Director of Physical Therapy.
• Organize continuing education symposiums for more than 250 rehabilitation professionals.
• Coordinate clinical placements for PT, PTA, OT, and OTA students