Joseph L.

I am Patient and Flexible, Loving and Caring. I puts the needs of my patient first and is able to take charge when necessary. I am creative and innovative, committed and dependable, supportive and encouraging. honest and trustworthy. I can able to maintain confidentiality I able to perform light housekeeping , keep track of the patient's medication and when medicines should be taken. I have worked in Hospitals, Nursing Home and Private Homes.. I love what I do in helping each client I've ever worked with. Taking care of sick people that needs my help gives me joy in my heart and it let me know they need people to work with them that care. I love the satisfaction of knowing that I have such an important impact on people's lives. I have learned so much about compassion, the meaning of selfless giving and witnessed the amazing miracles that come from our body's will to survive. We are incredible!! The Personal Achievement i am proud of is when i became a Mother.. its a dream come true.. I am grateful to have a wonderful family..

i am a knowledgeable,caring, gentle, focused, attentive and hardworking caregiver with a former medical background. I moved from a career as a Community Health Aid Program Village coordinator in Alaska (Physician Assistant) to serve as live-in caregiver for my newly widowed father in Mesa, Arizona where he had no immediate family. For over 10 years I was sole caregiver and household manager, seeing to his activities of daily living: bathing, dressing, toileting, cooking, housekeeping, urostomy management, renal dietary maintenance, organizing and dispensing daily pills, comfort, and companionship. I transported him to/from medical appointments including dialysis three times weekly, aided in medical decision making, and facilitated his understanding of the nature of his health. I was responsible for all aspects of transfer and mobility, as he was frail and a high fall risk. I was responsible for shopping and management of all home maintenance. I assisted and provided care for my father in the course of his physical therapy daily exercises, and in daily dressing changes during wound care. It was a great moment when we finally got his ulcer closed! At his end of life I researched and selected a hospice facility where he was able to pass with comfort and dignity. Through this experience I was able to discover and appreciate a side of patient care that I never had during my medical career and that I came to appreciate deeply.