1. I started this profession because I love helping people. It gives me great comfort knowing that I help someone, that is unable to do physically by themselves. 2. What I like about being a caregiver, I learned from my mother. She is a heart patient, and she has a fractured hip, with a partially paralyzed right shoulder, Cryin to many shoulder replacements. Trying to care for her takes great patience, and great listening skills. It'd not you in need but the patient, that depend on you listening to their needs, not just to cater to their needs. My mother teaches me how to listen to how she feels, and how I can better assist her, when I help. This way, I don't go in blindly, and do more harm than good. Although, she has days when she can't talk, but through listening, you can stuff her better, sometimes through her emotion emotional touching. So, by listening, I can be guided more of what to do, and not guess at what to do. 3. I'm proud of sticking to my education, in the mist of catering for my mother, at the same time, that I was able to learn first hand, what it takes to care for someone, with a medical and disabling condition. 4. I am a single mother, with a beautiful little seven year old boy. He can be a handful at times, but he still mommies little man. I live in Atlanta Georgia, close to the Georgia dome. In 26 years old, African American woman. I have two Sisters, and one brother. Help my older sister out a lot, because she had HIV. With her I think I
Caregivers that work non-full-time jobs or irregular shifts can negotiate extra compensation in addition to their standard hourly wage.
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