Susan S.

Punctual, kind, patient and responsible! Keeping busy and caring for others is part of my being as well as keeping focused while keeping a light sense of humor! I have over five years experience as a personal CNA and home health care giver. In those years my work has included caring for Alzheimer's, stroke, depressed and physically disabled patients. Bathing, cooking, errands, hoyer lift, medicine reminders, light housekeeping and toileting are just some of the responsibilities I've performed. I am looking forward to working with you and/or your loved one! I usually respond within an hour or two! I'm the oldest of six I have always been a caregiver but I when I needed a break I would go visit with my grandparents or older aunts and uncles. I loved their stories and knowledge they shared! While raising our daughter and foster children I worked in the corporate world, banking, customer service and management. After 20+ years I felt I wanted a change. A friend was looking for some one to help her watch two sisters so I offered to help but had no experience. I found the work to be very rewarding, reminiscing, watching my clients smile and generally knowing I am making a difference and giving back to someone who has given so much and are now in need of assistance themselves. Keeping them in their homes as long as possible is a plus. Also a huge plus is giving their family members a peace of mind knowing their loved ones are being cared for. Recently I have been able to help my own parents, while my father is in rehabilitation after a stroke, I have been training my mom who now is taking on his household chores. Now both my corporate career and my caregiving careers have merged! So just to add I am very time conscious! I usually arrive 15 minutes early to everything! I like to keep busy so I will actually look for things to do! Record keeping and communication are also very important to me. To keep families informed makes for better care of my clients!

I come from a linage of caregivers my grandmother, aunt, and mother were all care givers to seniors at one point in my life and I see it as one of the most important jobs that can be had, to care for loved ones who have spent their lives taking care of the needs of others. I have some experience in care giving as a teen I helped my grandmother on weekends that she was not able to help out. I had taken a high school CNA course so I was certified to do the job. I am interested in getting back into it because it is wonderful well meaning work.