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Bernadette F.

Bernadette F.

$22.00 / hr

Glendale, AZ

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About Bernadette

I have more than 10 years experience caregiving. I don't know who said, "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life," but I can attest it's true. I haven't "worked" in years. I had two entirely different careers before becoming a caregiver. Early in life I was newspaper reporter, which then lead to a career in trade publishing. After 12 years of that I went to work at a local casino, dealing poker, which I did for 11 years. All the times before, in between and after I spent in an odd lot of sales positions. I've sold everything from business opportunities, legal insurance and commercial printing to meat, cosmetics and lingerie. I also spent 18 months caring for my father and more than two years caring for my mother.

Caregiving Services & Expertise

Services

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

Job Interests

  • Part Time
  • Overnight
  • Weekend Live-In

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

Skills & Expertise

  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Arthritis
  • Blood Disorders
  • Cancer Recovery
  • Cardiovascular Disorders
  • COPD
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Diabetes
  • Gastrointestinal Disorders
  • Hearing Disorders
  • Home Health Care
  • Hospice Care
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Orthopedic Care
  • Renal and Urological Disorders
  • Vision and Eye Disorders
  • Senior Care
  • Elder Care
  • Home Care

Languages

  • English

Experience & Education

Caregiver/Personal Assistant

Jan 2014 - Present
Mary DeMeritt—Private Client
Manage everyday household and business tasks and events, while caring for client’s non-medical healthcare needs. Sort Mail, Maintain files; Make travel arrangements; Run errands, grocery/household shopping, gift shopping, post office, bank, etc.; Light housekeeping, laundry, Diet-specific meal preparation; Help client with a variety of creative projects; Care for client’s pets,feed, groom, clean cat box, walk dog, attend vet and groomer appointments, pet sit.
Jan 2014 - Present

Caregiver

Dec 2015 - Present
Gary Stuebe—Private Client
Caregiver for adult male brain injury survivor. Respond to and monitor seizures. Primary responsibilities are transportation and entertainment. Meals out, museums, workouts, shopping, walks; doctors’ appointments; assist client with arts and crafts projects.
Dec 2015 - Present

Relief Caregiver

Sep 2016 - Present
Kara Oliver—Private Client
Provide part-time, afternoon and weekend Care for client's 83-year-old mother, a mid-stage Alzheimer's patient. Light meal preparation; some hygiene care. Predominate responsibility is to entertain patient with lengthy games of Rummy 500; also help client paint pictures with acrylic paint and complete simple craift projects. Part of my duties require me periodically to travel to northern Arizona to care for client at the family's vacation home.
Sep 2016 - Present

Caregiver

Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
Daisy Jane Salton—Private Client (Temporary Assignment)
Took care of day-to-day events and tasks, as well as meeting stringent caregiving needs for a client, and who was bed-bound, resulting from major foot surgery, and wearing an external defibrillator. Basic hygiene; wound care; medication management; light housekeeping, laundry and meal preparation; sorted mail, paid bills, completed banking transactions; Ran errends, grocery and household shopping; scheduled and transported client to doctors’ appointments, arranged for the prescribing, delivering and picking up of durable medical equipment; entertained client with art projects and Movie marathons.
Jan 2018 - Feb 2018

Caregiver/Personal Assistant

May 2014 - Aug 2016
Linsey Ruth Jones—Private Client
Managed the events of client’s day-to-day life and cared for client’s non-medical healthcare requirements. Managed client’s schedule; Conducted correspondence, wrote business and personal letters, scheduled appointments, screened phone calls; Paid bills and completed banking transactions; Followed multiple doctor-ordered care plans; Light housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation; managed medication and filled pill-minders; Grocery and household shopping, accompanied client to daily workouts.
May 2014 - Aug 2016

Caregiver

Sep 2014 - Mar 2016
Comfort Caregivers
Assignments included three separate client’s in their 90s and in good health who required light care, primary duty was companionship; assignments also included a hospice patient and a brain injury survivor.
Sep 2014 - Mar 2016

Caregiver

Jan 2013 - Nov 2015
Concepts In Care
Clients included spinal cord injury survivors (para- and quadriplegic adults), Alzheimer’s and dimentia patients, cancer patients, patients who were morbidly obese, an autistic sight-impaired adult male, and hospice patients. Managed and administered medication; nutritious and appropriate menu planning, grocery shopping and meal preparation; perform physical and occupational therapy per doctor’s or therapist’s order; Grooming, dressing, bathing and toileting; monitor and document vital signs; worked with catheter bags, sub-q catheters and colostomy bags; Hoyer Lift certified, lifted and transferred clients; Light housekeeping and laundry; Shopping and running errends.
Jan 2013 - Nov 2015

Cargiver

Jan 2012 - Apr 2012
Daisy Jane Salton—Private Client
Cared for client’s 84-year-old husband who was recovering from heart surgery and sepsis, and who was adjusting to a colostomy bag. Live-in position.
Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

Central Michigan University

Jan 1983 - Jan 1989
Mount Pleasant, MI
Jan 1983 - Jan 1989

Reviews (1)

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April 2018
Anika S.
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very kind, caring and compassionate.... i hear she is an excellent massage therapist as well
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