Palliative Care Caregivers in Waldo County - 9 caregivers found

What makes me a great care giver is that, I have the ability to listen to my client concerns and find ways to assist them. I am a great listener, an advocator and I get alone with people very well. I like treating my clients as people not object. Their happiness comes first. I became a caregiver because i feel like it is my calling. My passion for this field is something extraordinary. I grew up seeing so many family members suffered traumatically. Many of them faced a lot of psychological issues. I felt like it was my responsibility to go out there and learn the tools so I can direct them to a better path. What I like about being a caregiver is to see my clients smile alone with any other person I come across. I love making a difference into their lives. I love building rappor with them do they can trust me. A personal achievement I am proud of is having my daughter.

Self-motivated, organized health professional with a compassionate drive to improve patient's quality of life; complemented with a flexible personality and constant desire to expand my knowledge.

I describe myself as an outgoing, compassionate person with a ton of empathy. I started realizing I wanted to be a caregiver at the age of 9. I accompanied my mother to her job during the summers. She was the manager for Eastern Agency on Aging and provided weekly lunch and bingo activities for a group of elderly people. I really enjoyed helping people and the people I helped were extremely appreciative. I felt very rewarded, even at that young age. I had children young, became a CNA at the age of 23 and have been working in different settings with a geriatric population ever since.

At the small age of 9 i would help my aunt take care of my Great grandmother. Dressing and feeding and just being there for her. I've always wanted to be someones light in their darkest times. Taking great care of people is what I know. I've done caregiving my whole life and I always enjoy meeting new people and hearing the stories of how life used to be. I believe everyone deserves to have a good life even better a great ending. No one should ever feel unloved or wanted when they need help. I want to make life easier for other's, as we know illness doesn't make anything easy. I moved to lincolnville to help take care of a family member before corona. She had dementia and Alzheimer's as well as DVT. She passed away october 2020. She was and is an amazing soul. To put it simply, I love what I do and I love to help anyway i possibly can.

Kindness, compassion, and empathy are vital in being a caregiver. I feel that when caring for someone's family member it is important to remember that they too were once young, and spry. They deserve respect and dignity as if they were a family member of my own. I have been a CNA in the past, and spending those extra minutes to do a residents hair, or shave a residents face just the way he likes it is so important in helping them to feel like a person. I care for a close family friend now after my regular work hours because I enjoy spending the time with her and helping her with activities of daily living but also encouraging and supporting her in maintaining the independence that she is able to safely have. A personal achievement that I am proud of is maintaining my CNA licensure while working a full time MA job. I did this so that I could continue to work with residents on weekends when I am able because they truly hold a special place in my heart.

I have been a CNA/CRMA for 8 years. I have mostly worked elder care. I have experience with children and adults. I am hospice certified and have a current CPR certification. I can assist with ADLS of all kinds.

My Mom was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia in 2009. I became her Plenary Guardian and caregiver until she left us in 2014. Since then, my mission and vision was to open a company to take care of Seniors and help their caregivers with respite so they can live their lives where they are most comfortable. Thus, Friends of Virginia was created. My long term goal is to open several gated tiny home communities throughout Maine for people with dementia. I am not only available to the Seniors but to their families as well so they can get a break and let their Seniors age in their current homes as long as possible.

I'ma caregiver . It's what I feel I was meant to be. I was the caregiver to my mother who has had medical issues sense I was in high school . Which I maintained a job , going to school and being the caregiver of my mother and the household for years. After years of working dead-end jobs I finally realized my passion to be a caregiver. My life experiences had motivated me to be a mindful person to others and considerate. This is the first time I've felt proud to tell people what I do for a living. My goal is to do in home care or overnight hospice/palliative care. I've been told by many that it's a horrible and depressing job to but I find it to be the biggest honor to be the support system and caregiver to someone during one of life's most personal moments .which is passing on. The way I entered this field was just being a housekeeper on the floor of a senior living facility when I was promoted to a overnight caregiver . My superior was impressed by my ability to go above and beyond my tasks when requested or needed such as assisting staff moving a resident into their room and being alongside maintenance to take care of a massive flood in the basement of the facility . One of the biggest moments for example there was a day when a resident had gone outside on a cold winter day and slipped On ice resulting in a fall. A hospice nurse luckily found the resident and helped them of the ground and to their feet . I had witnessed the situation and was proactive rushing outside to guide the resident back inside .Holding their hand and retrieved staff to evaluate the resident immediately. All in all I'm a reliable and dedicated person in all aspects of my life. At home and at work.

Nursing student with 6 years of hands on LNA/CNA experience. Experience is from ages 1 month to elderly; medication administration for all ages; comfortable with male or female patients