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Abigail Aguiah

Personal Support Worker
Huntsville,Ontario

Summary

Compassionate Personal Support Worker with a proven track record at Helping Hands Home Support Services, skilled in enhancing patient comfort and promoting independence. Expertise in medication organization and relationship building, coupled with a commitment to privacy and confidentiality, ensures exceptional care and support for clients in need.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Personal Support Worker

Helping Hands Home Support Services
10.2024 - Current
  • Documented vitals, behaviors, and medications in client medical records.
  • Trained and coordinated work of new support workers.
  • Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
  • Developed trust-based relationships with clients through active listening and empathetic communication skills.
  • Keep house by making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes and preparing meals.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Assisted clients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.

Personal Support Worker

Mill Creek Care Centre
04.2022 - 05.2023
  • Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
  • Trained and coordinated work of new support workers.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Assisted clients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
  • Monitored patient health status regularly, reporting any changes to the appropriate medical staff.

Resident Assistant

Grove Park Home
04.2021 - 04.2022
  • Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
  • Changed bed linens, dumped trash, and smoothly handled maintenance issues to promote resident comfort.
  • Served as an approachable resource for residents seeking advice or assistance with personal or academic issues.
  • Improved communication between residents and management through consistent updates and informative newsletters.
  • Assisted residents with daily dental and mouth care, bath functions and hair care.

Education

Ontario College Certificate - Personal Support Worker

Georgian College
Bracebridge, ON
05.2001 -

High School -

Dominion Senior High
Ghana
05.2001 -

Skills

Privacy and confidentiality

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of twenty staff members.

Timeline

Personal Support Worker

Helping Hands Home Support Services
10.2024 - Current

Personal Support Worker

Mill Creek Care Centre
04.2022 - 05.2023

Resident Assistant

Grove Park Home
04.2021 - 04.2022

Ontario College Certificate - Personal Support Worker

Georgian College
05.2001 -

High School -

Dominion Senior High
05.2001 -
Abigail AguiahPersonal Support Worker