Home health aide
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Monitored and recorded stay-at-home patient conditions by providing support, personal services, and teaching patients and their families. Supported patients by offering housekeeping services, shopping for food and other household requirements, preparing and serving meals and snacks, and running errands.

• Assisted patient in bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Advised patients by teaching the use of a cane or walker, special techniques, and equipment for personal hygiene.
• Helped family members care for the patient by teaching appropriate ways to lift, turn, and re-position the patient.
• Educated patients on nutrition, cleanliness, and housekeeping.
• Recorded patient information by making entries in the patient journal and notifying the nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions.
• Maintained a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following asepsis standards and procedures, maintaining security precautions, and following prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.
• Protected the home care agency by adhering to professional standards, home care policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
• Enhanced service reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value.

Lend patient care to elderly and disabled people by generating plans and schedules after discussion with nursing staff and family members.

• Performed daily activities and tasks inside the patients living space.
• Maintained personal hygiene for better health and housekeeping to ensure a tidy environment.
• Took patients outdoor for shopping, community meetups and medical check-ups.
• Prepared delicious and healthy meals as per nutritionist instructions.
• Kept accurate record of vital signs for health care providers.
• Reported unusual incidents to hospitals and patient’s guardian.
• Ensured proper medication in time and kept its record.

Supervised home palliative care services to elderly and terminally ill patients. Trained and coordinated junior home health aides in comprehensive personal support, nursing, and companionship. Handled severe cases at patients’ houses or senior living communities. 

• Consistently received positive feedback from both patients and their families, courtesy of delivering best-in-class care and support.
• Improved patient recovery rates by at least 30% by providing essential medical services, including wound cleaning and dressing, timely administration of medication, feeding, etc.