Pamela Lasswell
Quincy,IL
Summary
Dedicated caregiver with expertise in compassionate support and daily living assistance, ensuring client comfort and well-being.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Assistant
DHS Dors
Quincy, IL
02.2003 - 02.2026
- Assisted with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and safety for all clients.
- Observed and documented client health changes, communicating effectively with healthcare teams.
- Provided compassionate personal care to enhance clients' quality of life.
- Coordinated transportation and scheduling for medical appointments and community activities.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Improved client comfort by providing exceptional personal care and maintaining a clean, safe environment.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Contributed to a positive home atmosphere by engaging clients in conversation and recreational activities tailored to their interests.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Enhanced client well-being by assisting with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Maintained detailed documentation of client progress, sharing updates with family members and healthcare providers as necessary.
- Supported clients'' mental health by actively listening to concerns and offering compassionate companionship during challenging times.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Managed household chores efficiently, enabling clients to enjoy a clean living space without added stress or physical strain.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to develop individualized care plans addressing each client''s specific needs.
- Monitored vital signs regularly, promptly reporting any abnormal findings to medical professionals for further evaluation.
- Facilitated client transportation to appointments, ensuring punctuality while providing emotional support during visits.
- Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
- Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
- Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
- Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
- Maintained strong connections within caregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
- Transported clients to and from medical appointments with safety and efficiency.
- Identified needs and coordinated plans for travel and out-of-town functions.
- Handled incoming mail, bills and invoices and completed appropriate actions.
- Scheduled daily and weekly care hours for client caseload.
Education
Associate of Science - Jewelry Designer
Gem City College
Quincy, IL06-1997
Skills
- Grooming assistance
- Emotional support
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Housekeeping tasks
- Compassionate caregiving
- Dressing assistance
- Compassionate patient care
- Light housekeeping
- Compassionate care
- Meal preparation
- Housekeeping
- Direct patient care
- Meal planning
- Medication administration
- Household tasks
- Client transportation
- Transportation assistance
- Medical records management
- Client rapport
- Medication management
- Nutrition monitoring
- Client relationship management
- Nutrition planning
- Chronic disease management
- Case management
- Personal errands assistance
- Shopping and errands
- Companionship
- Activities of daily living support
- Adaptive equipment use
- Patient lifting techniques
- Household organization
- Personal hygiene
- Patient awareness
- Cooking and meal preparation
- Time management
- Elderly care
Accomplishments
- Client Relations: - [Describe accomplishment 1].[Describe accomplishment 2]. Keeping my client safe, nourished with proper diet Transporting to all medical appointments. Making sure daily needs were met in the home and traveling.
Timeline
Personal Assistant
DHS Dors
02.2003 - 02.2026
Associate of Science - Jewelry Designer
Gem City College