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Leola B.

FULL-TIME

Leola B.

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Gretna, LA

$15-35

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Meet Leola

64yrs

female

Speaks English

Hi my name is Leola Bland, I've been working with people with special needs for 14 years. I do in-facility care and home health care. I worked at Cross...

Hi my name is Leola Bland, I've been working with people with special needs for 14 years. I do in-facility care and home health care. I worked at Cross Roads for seven years with consumers with disabilities, I bath, dress cook and feed, hygiene care laundry, give medications take vital signs monitor, report, change briefs and take consumer to doctor's appointments. I work with people with special needs to increase their quality of living. I'm CPR and First aide Certified, also a retired Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician for 21 years, It was a great feeling to dialysis to patients with kidney failure to help prolong their lives. I'm a people person, I'm kind, gentle and a loving person. I have one adult daughter in college for RN.

Highlights

  • Non-smoker
  • Comfortable with pets
  • Infant (up to 12 months)
  • Youth (1 to 11 years)
  • Teen (12-17 years)
  • Adult (18-64 years)
  • Senior (65+)
  • ADD
  • ADHD
  • Aspergers
  • Asthma
  • Autism
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Blindness/visual impairment
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cognitive disabilities
  • Deafness
  • Dwarfism
  • Dyslexia
  • Developmental delays
  • Down syndrome
  • Mental illness
  • Mobility challenges
  • Mulitple Sclerosis
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorder
  • Polymicrogyria
  • Rett Syndrome
  • Sensory Integration Disorder
  • Willing to care for sick kids
  • Speech delay
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • CPR training
  • First Aid training
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Leola can also help with:

    Ambulation
    Applied behavior analysis
    Bathing/grooming/hygiene
    Bed baths
    Bladder management assistance
    Blood sugar testing
    Brushing protocol
    Dressing assistance
    Epi pen injections
    Errands/shopping
    Feeding
    House cleaning
    Insulin injections
    Laundry
    Long distance transportation
    Meal preparation
    Medical transportation
    Positive behavioral support
    Repositioning
    Respiratory care
    Seizure attendance
    Stimming attendance
    Transferring/body lifting
    Sign language
    Assistive technology/AAC
    G tubes

    Education

    Delgado Community College

    1996

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