Marlo Lavine
Metairie
Summary
Dedicated, service-focus professional seeking an opportunity to provide personal care and assistance to individuals with disabilities.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
CNA
Margaretta Prickert
Kenner
07.2022 - Current
- Assisted residents with daily living activities and personal care needs.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to the nursing staff.
- Maintained a clean and safe environment for residents and staff.
Home Manager
Pam Ebel/Private Duty
Metairie
08.2015 - Current
- Perform assistive living and care duties.
- Assist patients/ residents with ambulating and therapeutic positioning
- Ensuring Adherence of Nutritionist Guidelines for Meal preparation
- Diligent Records of behavioral medical and mental status of patients/ residents.
- Collaboration with medical team upon patient/ residents periodical status (indifference, growth, decline..etc.)
- Organize and maintain the assistive living environment and facility
Home Manager
Alzheimer Residential Care Homes
Metairie
01.2010 - 08.2015
- Perform assistive living and care duties.
- Assist patients/ residents with ambulating and therapeutic positioning
- Ensuring Adherence of Nutritionist Guidelines for Meal preparation
- Diligent Records of behavioral medical and mental status of patients/ residents.
- Collaboration with medical team upon patient/ residents periodical status (indifference, growth, decline..etc.)
- Organize and maintain the assistive living environment and facility
In-Home Support (Live In)
Horizons of Okaloosa County
Ft. Walton Beach
01.1999 - 01.2010
- Qualified to administer medication under the state of Florida's medical protocol.
- Assist colleagues in training activities specified in their individual support plans and activity schedules.
- Ensure Provisions of nutritious meals to several individuals daily
- Verify housekeeping integrity by assistance to include but not limited to changing linens, washing individual clothing and equipment.
- Facilitated community inclusion and promote socialization.
- Monitor accurate documentation of patients/ residents participation and progress in all formal and informal training programs.
- Transport patients/ residents on community outing and field trips relating to programs and as needed to other programs or appointment outside the facility.
- Provide 24 hour care for several patients/ residents as a live in care giver.
Direct Support Professional
Ft. Walton Beach Developmental Center
Ft. Walton Beach
06.1993 - 01.2010
- Executed assistive hygiene functions (bathing, dressing and oral care for patients/ residents)
- Ensuring Adherence of medical directive specified in therapeutic charts of wheelchair bound to promote proper circulation.
- Positioned and repositioned bed ridden individuals to prevent bedsores.
- Comforted and Timely nourished patients/ residents during the shift
- Coached the partially disabled or physically challenged in personal care techniques
- Promoted self-sufficiency for more abled patients
- Trained individuals according to their programs to improve their quality of life.
- Provide direction to patients/ residents to ensure that their safety and health care needs are not compromised.
- Implement maladaptive behavior reduction program in compliance with behavior support plan, protocol or facility emergency procedures.
Education
CNA Certification -
Parthenon Healthcare
Ft. Walton Beach, FLSkills
- Windows
- Microsoft Office
- Vital signs monitoring
- Personal care assistance
- Medication administration
- Therapeutic positioning
- Safety compliance
- Patient care documentation
- Nutrition management
- Team collaboration
- Behavior support planning
- Care environment organization
- Conflict resolution
- Time management
- Training and coaching
- Problem solving
- Wound care
- Toileting assistance
- Compassionate communication
- Patient transfers
- Dressing assistance
- Patient advocacy
- Bathing assistance
- HIPAA compliance
- Lifting and transferring
- Multitasking and organization
- Active listening
- Observing responses
- Recording vital signs
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
- Blood glucose testing
- Trustworthy companion
References
Furnished Upon Request
Timeline
CNA
Margaretta Prickert
07.2022 - Current
Home Manager
Pam Ebel/Private Duty
08.2015 - Current
Home Manager
Alzheimer Residential Care Homes
01.2010 - 08.2015
In-Home Support (Live In)
Horizons of Okaloosa County
01.1999 - 01.2010
Direct Support Professional
Ft. Walton Beach Developmental Center
06.1993 - 01.2010
CNA Certification -
Parthenon Healthcare