Elder Care in Cambridge, Ontario

Experienced Personal Support Worker with a current clear Vulnerable Sector Police Record Check, seeking a position in a community organization or long term care facility Post-Secondary diploma in Community Services, seeking employment with strong logical and decision-making skills that can ensure successful outcomes with both staff and consumers/resident by engaging positive communication procedures; professional with proven ability to foster a productive service-oriented team, utilizing problem-solving, management, reliable, training and organizational skills Bayshore Home Health Services, Kitchener, Canada Jn 2015 ? Gave bed baths, assisted consumer/resident with their dressing and grooming of skin, hair as part of their daily routine ? Transfers and repositioning of consumer/resident from bed to chair and commode ? Provides household management duties as assigned to maintain a safe and clean environment ? Diligently practice good sanitation techniques to avoid the spread of contagious illness Premier Homecare Services, Waterloo, Canada Feb 2015 present ? Provides compassionate care to families with Alzheimer’s and Dementia ? Changes under-wares every few hours to prevent diaper rash by applying cream authorized by the physician ? Provides social, psychological and emotional support to the consumer/resident and their family ? Took consumers/resident outside for fresh air on a daily basis on their wheel chair, walker or cane ? Encourages consumers/resident to exercise according to doctor recommendations to improve mobilization ? Make awareness of the time, weather and events of the day and the future ? Accompany consumer/resident to doctor’s office and provide written information on health Healing Hands, Port of Spain, Trinidad 2014 ? Provided some medical procedures as directed; included encouraged and administrated medications ? Took blood pressure and blood sugar testings twice on my shift to determine if insulin is necessary ? Assisted in feeding consumer/resident with meal when not mobile ? Participated and reported in the assessment, care planning ? Showed consumer/resident how to climb stairs with their walker ? Encouraged empowerment through positive reinforcement and support promoting some form of stability in consumers/resident ? Read newspapers to consumers/resident and discussed the headlines with them Personal Care, Thornhill, Canada 2005 ? Organized meals preparation according dietary needs to promote a healthy lifestyle ? Anticipated assistance with mobility, bathing grooming, personal hygiene and toileting ? Assisted with banking information and grocery shopping