36yrs

female

Speaks English

I am currently working with a young adult with a terminal disease called Niemann-Pick Type C. It is a progressive neurological disease which has severely inhibited her memory. I am looking for additional work, and while I'd like to continue one day per week, if possible. I guide and assist her with chores, we take walks, read together and do various crafts/games. I help with meal planning/serving, and encourage fluids; she struggles with anxiety, and among my other tasks, I am responsible to administer her medications, as needed. In 2007, I was certified as a Nurse's Aide, because I knew that caring for people was the work I wanted to pursue. I've worked in Assisted Living Facilities - caring primarily for elderly patients/residents, respectively. I am working through an agency on an as-needed basis with elderly clients in their own homes when I am not with the client described above. I am looking for more steady work, and have gained experience working with Lou Gherigs Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia in seniors, and Autism, Hydrocephalus, Epilepsy, Blindness, Down Syndrome, Celiac Disease, Niemann-Pick Type C and Cerebral Palsy in children, teenagers and young adults