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Melanie Gilbert

Thicket,TX

Summary

Skilled Care Provider assisting elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities in-home or within care facility. Keep house by making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes and preparing meals. Advise families and healthcare team regarding health concerns, nutrition, cleanliness and household activities. Courteous professional with substantial experience in caregiver industry. Skilled at monitoring client vitals, conducting light housekeeping and providing personal care. Communicative and responsive individual with over 10 + years of experience.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Elderly Caregiver

Self-employeed
11.2021 - Current
  • 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 safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.

Head Caregiver

Private Caregiving
09.2015 - 10.2021
  • Monitored client vital signs, administered medications and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
  • Helped clients manage money, pay bills and shop for groceries or personal items.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.


  • Planned healthy meals, purchased ingredients and cooked meals to provide adequate nutrition for client wellbeing.
  • Documented residents' mental status, sleep and eating patterns in medical record books.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Changed dressings, bandages and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
  • Shopped for groceries regularly in order to keep house stocked with necessities.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation and medication reminders.
  • Maintained frequent supervision of residents unable to call for assistance.
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
  • Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry and completed weekly grocery shopping.

Caregiver

Fills Just Like Home
04.2014 - 07.2015
  • Monitored client vital signs, administered medications and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
  • Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
  • Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
  • Planned healthy meals, purchased ingredients and cooked meals to provide adequate nutrition for client wellbeing.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Documented residents' mental status, sleep and eating patterns in medical record books.
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry and completed weekly grocery shopping.
  • Conferred with supervisor to discuss patient condition and medical care.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation and medication reminders.
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Helped patients care for themselves by teaching proper, safe use of ambulation assistive devices such as canes or walkers.
  • Changed dressings, bandages and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
  • Maintained frequent supervision of residents unable to call for assistance.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.

Education

GED -

C.G.U.S

Skills

  • Incapacitation care
  • Personal Service
  • Household Cleaning
  • Clear Communication
  • Problem Identification
  • Progress Tracking
  • Diet and Nutrition
  • Care Planning
  • Personal Hygiene Assistance
  • Relationship Building
  • Physical Stamina
  • Critical Thinking
  • Team Collaboration

Timeline

Elderly Caregiver

Self-employeed
11.2021 - Current

Head Caregiver

Private Caregiving
09.2015 - 10.2021

Caregiver

Fills Just Like Home
04.2014 - 07.2015

GED -

C.G.U.S

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