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Lena M.

Lena M.

$20.00 / hr

Houston, TX

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About Lena

I've been working with seniors for the past 8 years. I love making them smile and feel good about theirselves. I also love being that crutch they can lean on and that person who they feel comfortable around.

Caregiving Services & Expertise

Services

  • Bathing
  • Dressing & Grooming
  • Toileting
  • Medication Reminders
  • Meal Prep
  • Groceries & Shopping
  • Transferring & Mobility
  • Exercise
  • Transportation
  • Housekeeping
  • Companionship

Job Interests

  • Full Time
  • 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
  • Dementia
  • Diabetes
  • Home Health Care
  • Hospice Care
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Tracheotomy / Ventilation
  • Senior Care
  • Elder Care
  • Home Care

Languages

  • English

Experience & Education

Elderly Caregiver

Dec 2024 - Jun 2025
kingsley senior living
* Monitored progress and documented residents' health status changes to keep care team updated. * Turn and position bedbound residents to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels. * Assist residents with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness. * Provides safe mobility support to help residents
Dec 2024 - Jun 2025

Private Elderly Caregiver

Apr 2018 - Jun 2025
alec gallimore
* Housekeeping, running errands, manages laundry and completes weekly grocery shopping. * Maintains clean personal areas and prepares healthy meals to support clients nutritional needs. * Assists client with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness. * Provide assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting client. * Plans healthy meals, purchases ingredients and cook meals to provide adequate nutrition for client's wellbeing. * Transports individual to events and activities, medical appointments and shopping trips. * Entertains, converses and reads aloud to keep client mentally alert. * Assists client with self-administered medications. * Monitor client's vital signs * Turn and position bedbound client to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
Apr 2018 - Jun 2025

Private Elderly Caregiver

Mar 2023 - Nov 2024
monita thompson
* Housekeeping, run errands, manages laundry and completes weekly grocery shopping. * Maintains clean personal areas and prepares healthy meals to support clients nutritional needs. * Assist client with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness. * Provide assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting client. * Plans healthy meals, purchases ingredients and cook meals to provide adequate nutrition for client's wellbeing. * Entertains, converse and reads aloud to keep client mentally alert. * Assists client with self-administered medications. * Turn and position bedbound client to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
Mar 2023 - Nov 2024

Washtenaw Community College

Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024

Private Elderly Caregiver

Aug 2019 - Sep 2022
eve barron
* Housekeeping, ran errands, managed laundry and completed weekly grocery shopping. * Maintained clean, safe and well-organized client environment. * Assisted client with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness. * Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing and toileting client. * Documented vitals, behaviors and medications in client medical records. * Planned healthy meals, purchased ingredients and cooked meals to provide adequate nutrition for client wellbeing. * Transported individual to events and activities, medical appointments and shopping trips. * Entertained, conversed and read aloud to keep client mentally alert. * Assisted client with self-administered medications. * Monitored progress and documented client's health status changes to keep care team updated.
Aug 2019 - Sep 2022

Caregiver

Jan 2017 - Aug 2022
birchwood properties- assisted living llc
comfort levels. * Maintain clean personal areas and prepare healthy meals to support residents nutritional needs. * Assist residents with self-administered medications. * Change dressings, bandages and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures. * Recognize and report abnormalities or changes in residents health status to case managers. * Document residents' mental status, sleep and eating patterns in medical record books. * Help residents care for themselves by teaching proper, safe use of ambulation assistive devices such as canes or walkers. * Entertains, converses and reads aloud to keep residents mentally alert. * Monitor, track, and convey important Resident information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery. * Uses e- MAR system to maintain records of services performed and apparent condition of residents.
Jan 2017 - Aug 2022

Pioneer High School

Jan 1991 - Jan 1995
Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 1991 - Jan 1995
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