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Laura P.

Laura P.

$16.00 / hr

Buford, GA

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About Laura

What makes me a great caregiver is that I listen to what the family needs are and I honor them. Why I became a caregiver is that my young niece was suffering with Stage 4 breast cancer. She had 3 small kids and a husband working to support them and pay for her health care tx. I left my home and went to Louisiana and lived with them for 13 weeks and became her primary caregiver and stayed through hospice until the end. I enjoy getting to know a new patient and their family, just to help with the demands it puts on a family. My greatest achievement as a caregiver was to be able to honor the wishes of my niece and nephew through storms they were facing daily.

Caregiving Services & Expertise

Services

  • Bathing
  • Dressing & Grooming
  • Toileting
  • Medication Reminders
  • Meal Prep
  • Groceries & Shopping
  • Housekeeping
  • Companionship

Job Interests

  • Part Time

Caregivers that work non-full-time jobs or irregular shifts can negotiate extra compensation in addition to their standard hourly wage.

Skills & Expertise

  • ALS
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Cancer Recovery
  • Dementia
  • Diabetes
  • Hospice Care
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Stroke
  • Senior Care
  • Elder Care
  • Home Care

Languages

  • English
  • ASL

Experience & Education

Caregiver

Nov 2018 - Present
Diane Draa
I care for her 93 yr old parents 1 full day a week. Get them up in the morning and dressed, make the bed, clean up the room, clean CPap machine, cook breakfast, clean up from breakfast. Will do exercises in the morning and some computer games (memory and word builders, puzzles). Prepare lunch for them and then get them ready for a nap. Clean up after lunch. Wake them from nap, and begin to get dinner prepared for them. After dinner we will play cards do more computer games, watch tv. Clean up and get the kitchen ready for the morning. I do give them their medicines morning , lunch and dinner. Get them ready for bed, assist with changing clothes if needed, depends on them, getting cpap machine hooked back up and running for the husband. Get their clothes out for the next day.
Nov 2018 - Present

Caregiver .

Apr 2018 - Present
Lisa Smith
I am caregiver for her 90 yr old father with dementia. I visit him at assisted living 3 afternoons a week. Take him to the activities at the center, play checkers with him, go for walks, watch tv. Whatever is needed to keep him company. He is in assisted living so I am just companionship care, no medical needs because the facility administers all of that.
Apr 2018 - Present

Caregiver

Mar 2017 - Feb 2018
Valisa Kerr
Caregiver to her 34 yr old son who has a brain injury. Assist Mom with getting him dressed, bathroom, catheter, bathing, dressing him and getting him out of the bed and into his wheelchair. Clean his room, make bed, his laundry. Brush his teeth using suction, give his morning meds and feed him through his feeding tube in his stomach. Assist with any outings like Dr appointments, hair, mall, park etc. whatever needed to be done to help with her son.
Mar 2017 - Feb 2018

Steinert High School

Jan 1975 - Jan 1979
Trenton, NJ
Jan 1975 - Jan 1979
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