I am registered with In Home Support Services in Riverside, and Orange County as a registered Caregiver with the State of California I have passed background and fingerprint checks needed. I can and will submit to these if they are required for employment. I have been a live in and a live out caregiver for the last 5 years. But I am also a Mom of a 24 year old daughter so I feel as though I have been a Caregiver for 24 years. I love people, and I love my job. I enjoy it. My last position was for a lady who was blind, a insulin diabetic, and a dialysis patient. When I got to her her grandaughter had bee n caring for her and was in way over her head. The State stepped in and said she had to go. Her son who is a Federal Agent with the FBI is willling to give me a job reference. I had the odds stacked against me from the start. Well I took those odds and smashed them and that sweet lady the care that she deserved with respect and dignity untill her death recently. I know I made a differnce and it matters. ... more