Personal Care Assistant
Sunset Views Manor
03.2024 - 03.2024
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Assisted with transferring and positioning residents, ensuring proper body mechanics to reduce the risk of injury for both parties.
- Built strong relationships with residents to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Planned, prepared, and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Adapted quickly to new client situations, building rapport through active listening skills and an empathetic approach towards individual needs.
- Contributed to a positive home atmosphere by engaging clients in conversation and recreational activities tailored to their interests.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Improved client comfort by providing exceptional personal care and maintaining a clean, safe environment.
- Built strong relationships with residents to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Documented residents' mental status, sleep, and eating patterns in medical record books.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Maintained detailed documentation of client progress, sharing updates with family members and healthcare providers as necessary.
- Supported residents'' mental health by actively listening to concerns and offering compassionate companionship during challenging times.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Has completed 120 Hrs of work placement
