Elder Care in Toronto, Ontario

• Over 15 years of extensive and progressive experience as Personal Support Worker/Hearth Care • Certified in Standard First Aid/CPR • Compassionate extremely patient with good people skill, acquired through caring for elderly people and those with special care needs • Performed duties in care of patients in nursing home and private residents under direction of a nurse • Assisted duty nurse in planning and execution of daily patient care • Notified nurse of patient's condition and reaction to , treatments and significant incident • Cared for patients with mental, emotional and behavioural disorders and developmental disabilities • Visited residents/clients on a daily basis to identify and meet basic needs using a chart • Served and collected food trays and fed patients requiring help • Turned and repositioned bedfast patients to prevent bedsores • Changed bed linens, ran errands, directed visitors and answered telephone • Cleaned, sterilized, stored, prepared and issued dressing packs, treatment trays and other supplies • Transport patients, using wheelchair and wheeled cart and assisted patients to walk • Assisted staff in administering therapeutic activities, such as physical exercises, occupational arts