Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
I’m very outgoing and willing to take on new tasks. Very reliable.
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Lindsay Heller

Hazelwood,MO

Summary

Adept Hospice Aide with a proven track record at St.Croix Hospice, excelling in compassionate care and relationship building. Enhanced patient and family comfort, significantly reducing anxiety and stress through empathetic support and skilled palliative care. Advocated effectively for patient rights, ensuring wishes were respected, showcasing a blend of emotional support and direct patient care expertise.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Hospice Aide

St.Croix Hospice
04.2024 - 07.2024
  • Developed strong therapeutic relationships with patients and their families based on trust, empathy, active listening skills, and open communication.
  • Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
  • Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate, individualized care and addressing specific needs.
  • Protected privacy and delivered comfort to preserve dignity of dying patient and family members.
  • Reduced patient anxiety and stress by offering a calm, reassuring presence during difficult emotional moments or periods of physical discomfort.
  • Enabled family members'' involvement in the hospice experience through effective communication and emotional support.
  • Served as an advocate for patients'' rights and interests to ensure that their wishes were respected during all stages of hospice care provision.

Home Health Aide

Forget Me Not Senior Services, LLC
03.2023 - 04.2024
  • Helped patients maintain personal hygiene through bathing, grooming, and toileting assistance when necessary for dignity preservation.
  • Maintained a clean and safe home environment for patients, reducing falls and accidents.
  • Assisted clients with daily living activities, enhancing their independence and quality of life.
  • Performed light housekeeping duties including laundry linen changes sweeping vacuuming and mopping ensuring a clean and organized living space for patients.
  • Performed laundry, grocery shopping and other light housekeeping duties as instructed by client.
  • Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome, and adapt to mobility restrictions.
  • Improved patient well-being by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
  • Assisted with meal planning and preparation according to dietary restrictions, meeting nutritional needs while adhering to personal preferences.
  • Completed entries in log books, journals, and care plans to accurately document and report patient progress.
  • Provided mobility assistance such as walking and regular exercising.
  • Traveled to clients' homes to complete healthcare services and promote continuity of care.
  • Monitored client health by performing routine pulse, temperature and blood pressure checks.
  • Adapted to ever-changing patient needs, consistently adjusting care plans and strategies in order to provide the highest quality of personalized assistance.
  • Safely transferred patients using appropriate equipment such as Hoyer lifts or gait belts minimizing injury risks.
  • Encouraged patients to participate in safe physical activity to help boost mood and improve overall wellness.

Home Health Aide

Private Home Care
06.2014 - 03.2023

I would go to clients home and provide care.

Meal prep

Shower

Medication reminders

Go grocery shopping and send receipt to job

Interact with clients

Light house work

Listen to Music they enjoyed

Take outside to walk or just enjoy the weather

Build relationships with them

Education

C.N.A. - Nursing

St.Charles Community College
St. Charles, Mo
10.1999

Skills

  • Bathing Assistance
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Grooming assistance
  • Dressing assistance
  • Compassionate Care
  • Catheter Care
  • Relationship Building
  • Personal Hygiene Assistance
  • Emotional Support
  • End of life care
  • Feeding Assistance
  • Family Support
  • Palliative Care
  • Bed positioning
  • Patient Care
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Empathy and Compassionate Care

I’m very outgoing and willing to take on new tasks. Very reliable.

Will not stop till job is finished.

Timeline

Hospice Aide

St.Croix Hospice
04.2024 - 07.2024

Home Health Aide

Forget Me Not Senior Services, LLC
03.2023 - 04.2024

Home Health Aide

Private Home Care
06.2014 - 03.2023

C.N.A. - Nursing

St.Charles Community College
Lindsay Heller