Home Health Care Caregivers in Kirkwood - 15 caregivers found

I enjoy helping people, and comes very natural to me. In my spare time I enjoy swimming,biking, reading,and hiking.

Well-experienced, motivated, and dynamic Professional with outstanding background and experience in Management, Nursing, Training, and Customer Service both in Theme Park, Assisted Facilities, Food and Beverage. Self starter and highly skilled in challenging customer driven work environment.

Wanted to find my better traits when I started giving back to others, making myself more aware of the ageing process and what can be expected. I connect with people that I can help out as it opens my eyes and heart in different ways. Listening to others life stories how they may differ through the ages and yet how similar they may be. Gaining not only new personal experiences but friendships from clients to family members.

Hi, my name is DeAnn & I come with over 20 years of caregiving experience with me. I have experience in memory care, special needs care, physical therapy, daily living care, wound care, medication tech certification, home health care certification, first aide & CPR certification, & I'm big into arts & crafts. I believe each person deserves the best care possible & each person is seen.

My patience and special attention given to each client gives me great pleasure in assisting the clients in whatever their needs may be. My Mother had an aneurism which originally drew me to being a caregiver. The joy of being a caregiver is the appreciation that I receive in return from each of the patients. Usually with most patients they do not have a large circle of friends or family so they are so appreciative to receive the assistance of another person. Personal achievements are the everyday joy that I can give a patient on the needs that each individual requires.

I am a go getter, I enjoy conversation and I enjoy what I do. I believe myself to be a very sympathetic and empathetic individual and that makes me a great caregiver because I can help my client by relating to their issues and reassuring them things will be ok. I am attracted to being a caregiver because I want nothing more than to help people. I believe every person is beautiful and they all share their own unique stories. I love to hear them all. I am proud that I can say I have been doing this work for over seven years and I wouldn't change it for the world. All the people I meet are amazing and wonderful people. I go home every night feeling accomplished that I might have made a difference in somone's day.

Being a good care partner has always been my goal in a career. I have achieved that goal and now want to share that knowledge and skill with other caregivers' weather they are at home or in a facility. I still give care and enjoy it, but I offer specialized training to the family and other caregivers at the same time to ensure the best care for the person suffering from dementia. I am proud of my accomplishment's as a certified independent trainer for (PAC) Teepa Snow's (positive approach to care) it has truly made a difference in the care and quality of life in everyone I care for. I am certified in ALC the Adult Learning Cycle to aid in the way I train individuals to ensure they are learning the best way for them.

People, in general, are born with specific qualities and gifts that, once found and expounded upon, open up a whole new universe of delight, joy, education, and fellowship. Over time, I discovered I was naturally gifted in being creative in the kitchen (via family/friends special diet needs), writing/journaling, and caregiving in all aspects of the word. My background in detailed administrative work, along with sign language, has allowed these two factors to interchange with each of my gifts, especially in communicating with family, powers-of-attorney, and the main person(s) I care for in any setting. My innate love to research and teach has proven to be very useful when I need to be well-versed on the subject at hand and document wherein necessary to show a pattern of improvement or lack thereof. From a caregiver perspective of personal achievement, three come to mind. FIRST, when my son became a Type 1 diabetic, we were able to allow him 1.5 years honeymoon stage on absolutely no insulin through a raw foods diet w/researched supplements. SECOND, I taught basic sign language commands to a three-generational family whose family member had ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), giving them all one year's worth of communication. THIRD, fire season brought two evacuations, two-weeks apart, back-to-back, which meant loading the five P's into the car, including a 95-year old disabled woman on 24/7 oxygen, with dementia, her adult cat in a crate with all his needs, and myself, driving to a nearby hotel/shelter without access to a handicapped or pet-equipped room for two days before returning (to our unscathed) home. Caregiving is a challenge in its own right. Having experienced grandparents and loving on elderly friends growing up, along with becoming a parent, too, certainly are perks. But of all the things I wanted to be when I grew up, a homemaker was one of the highlights for me, and caregiving falls in line with being a homemaker.

I have been in the healthcare field for about 15 years as a c.n.a with experience in hospitals & nursing homes. I am dementia & CPR certified. I have been doing this for a long time because I enjoy working with the elderly, learning from them, treating them with the care that they deserve. Excellent references available upon request.

I have been caring for seniors for over 10 years now. I love being able to give seniors the ability to stay in their homes, while getting assistance and companionship.