Debra Peacock

Support clients nearing the end of their life in the comfort of their own home, ensuring people receive the very best standards of care.

DUTIES:

• Help clients with bathing and showering, dressing, hair and oral care, going to the toilet and supporting bowel care according to provided care plans.

• Change and make hospital beds.

• Pressure area and skin care, repositioning Clients and educate families and carers.

• Attend simple wound dressing.

• Support spiritually and emotionally clients, families and carersduring the end of life.

• Working with Doctors, Registered Nurses and other health care professionals throughout the day

• Maintaining the comfort and dignity to clients.

• Providing company and social support to clients, (respite care).

• Helping clients to dress and undress and applying ted stockings and special garments.

• Observing, reporting and documenting health changes for other medical staff.

• Assisting the OT personnel to develop the exercises plan.

• Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
• Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
• Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
• Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.

Care

• High degree providing confidentiality, dignity and privacy to clients.

• Deep sense of compassion and the ability to empathize with clients and their families.

• Comprehensive understanding and wide experience with dementia, disability and difficult behavior clients.

• Following the implementation of treatment and care plans.

• Helping service users to maintain and develop social, self-help, occupational and personal skills.

• Fully aware and respectful of a client’s rights, diverse cultural background and their religious or beliefs.

• Experience transferring and reposition clients using different type of hoist.

• Experience delivering personal care , dressing, grooming and feeding.

• Fully trained and experience to assist clients with mobility, transferring turning and repositioning bed bound clients for PAC.

• Competency and experience providing basic wound care, including dressing change under supervision of RN.

• Ability to record client observations accurately and report any issues to the team leader.

• Fully trained to follow workplace safety procedures and identify and report hazards in order to contribute with the stablished OSH procedures.

• Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
• Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
• Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
• Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
• Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
• Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
• Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
• Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
• Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
• Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
• Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
• Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
• Adhered strictly to infection control policies while performing tasks such as administering medications or changing dressings.