Elder Care in Toronto, Ontario

'm Grace Gabutan a Filipino Nationality a Dietitian by profession in our country Philippines. I work in Saudi Arabia for 17 years in a Government Hospital as a Dietitian. I do visit the patient in therapeutic diet and do the counseling. Supervise and assist the staff in the preparation and dishing out of meals. Check the quality and quantity of food supplies. Remind staff of the health and safety rules and proper hygiene. Then i work with Seniors for 8 1/2 years. The 3 1/2 years was in England in a Nursing Home and Retirement Home Setting for Seniors. I finish my NVQ3 (National Vocational Qualification in Health and Social Care3 for 6 months) like PSW here. I do a lot of in house trainings like Dementia, Safe Moving and Handling, CPR and First Aid, Abuse and others. I handle a lot of patient with different illness like Stroke, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Cancer, Parkinson's. Renal Failure. When i came to Canada last 2008 i work as a Live in Caregiver for elderly in their private home. With the experience i had i could give benefecial to your family member where i could apply of what i have learned in my previous patient. And to provide them with respect to their dignity and their rights as individual and to promote their independence I've been working with Seniors for 8 1/2 years. The 3 1/2 years is in Nursing Home and Retirement Home setting for Seniors ant the rest is is Live In Caregiver. I handle different kind of illness like Stroke, Cancer, Parkinson's, Diabetic, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Kidney and Renal Failure. Seniors are mostly confused,disoriented, having loss of memory, wanderer, have hearing issues and sometimes hallucinating. Most of them need more attention as they need someone to be at their side due to fears, need compassion and someone to lend to. They need support in their physical, emotional and spiritual needs. As a Caregiver I show my empathy, the passion to care, the patience and understanding especially in time they are ill. To be considerate with their attitudes and behavior when the time of pain and to show the empathy with moral support that they are still valuable as a person.