SHANNON GIBSON C.

The main reason I became a CNA to help my grandmother. Being raised by my grandmother, I want to do anything I could to help her as she has done for me until her passing. Since her death in 1977, I use my skills and experience helping other seniors. What I enjoy most about caring for seniors is knowing I have made a different in their lives. When I provide care to my clients, I'm providing care to myself, a very good friend, my grandmother, my mother, my grand father, because my clients are a part of my family. My greatest achievement in caring for my clients is when I can give them something that the doctor or medication cannot give and that's a sense that life doesn't have to be over. For example I have bought home clients from the hospital who was given two weeks to live, after caring for them they out live the two weeks by months and one lived almost a year longer than what the doctor had given. She was able to travel twice to her home state (from California to Ohio), driving herself to church, going out to lunch and dinner with friends. Those were the things she enjoyed doing before she became ill. Something about me, I received my C N A in high school (1976), I have three children two boys and one girl (decease). I also attended two colleges Long Beach City College in Long Beach, CA and Columbia MO online course. My major is Human Services. I'm currently working for a Home Care Agency who only take care of veterans.

I have over 8 years of care-giving training and experience. I am caring, patience and compassion personality with a pleasant bedside manner. I have a bachelor's degree in Human Services and Management, which I received from Ottawa University. I am trained in the following areas: 1) Palliative Care & Hospice Care Training 2) General End of Life Care 3) The Terminally Ill & Their Pets 4) End of Life Documentaries 5)Senior Safety 6) Dementia & Alzheimer's Care 7) Adult CPR/AED certified. I am open to flexible schedule and overnight care.