Adelaide Aggrey
Toronto,ON
Summary
Compassionate Personal Support Worker with extensive experience at Fairview Nursing Home and One Kenton Place, skilled in dementia care and emotional support. Proven ability to enhance patient well-being through effective communication and relationship building. Committed to maintaining privacy and dignity while assisting with daily living activities, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for clients.
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Personal Support Worker
One Kenton Place( Retirement Home)
2025 - 2025
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Supported meal planning and preparation according to dietary restrictions or preferences of the client.
- Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
- Recorded status and duties completed in logbooks for management.
- Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
- Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
- Handled incoming mail, bills and invoices and completed appropriate actions.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families during difficult times, fostering positive relationships.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Implemented strategies for managing challenging behaviors in dementia patients, creating a safe environment for all involved.
Personal Support Worker
Fairview Nursing Home
2025 - 2025
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
- Assisted clients in maintaining personal hygiene through bathing, grooming, and dressing tasks.
- Maintained accurate records of patient care, progress, and concerns, contributing to effective communication among healthcare team members.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
- Monitored patient health status regularly, reporting any changes to the appropriate medical staff.
- Conducted light housekeeping duties to maintain a clean and comfortable living space for patients.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Developed trust-based relationships with clients through active listening and empathetic communication skills.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Promoted continuity of care by communicating effectively with other Personal Support Workers during shift changes or handoffs.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Facilitated mobility assistance for patients requiring help with transfers or ambulation.
- Utilized adaptive equipment appropriately when assisting clients with mobility-related tasks or exercises.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Documented vitals, behaviors, and medications in client medical records.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Implemented strategies for managing challenging behaviors in dementia patients, creating a safe environment for all involved.
- Advocated for client rights while navigating various healthcare systems settings.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
Education
Post-Graduate Certificate - Health Sciences( Personal Support Worker)
Humber College
Toronto09.2025
High School Diploma - General Science
Techiman Senior High School
Techiman, Ghana.09.2022
Skills
- Mobility assistance
- Dementia care
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Emotional support
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Housekeeping tasks
- Meal preparation
- Meal planning
- Cultural sensitivity
- Compassionate care
- Relationship building
- Recreational activities
- Medication organization
- Clinical documentation
- Assistive technology
- Verbal and written communication
- Client advocacy
- Mental health support
- Interpersonal communication
- Emergency preparedness
- Health monitoring
- Healthcare documentation
- Toileting assistance
- Client dressing
- First aid and safety
- Multitasking and organization
- ADL assistance
- Time management
- Respectful and compassionate
- Problem-solving
- Team collaboration
- PPE usage
- Hoyer lifting equipment
- Incident reporting
- COVID-19 safety policies
- Language fluency
- Care plan assessment
- HIPAA compliance
- Active listening
- Care plan adherence
- Behavior redirection
- Flexible schedule
Languages
English
Full Professional
Certification
First Aid and CPR
Additional Information
References
Fairview Nursing Home
+1 (416) 319-1945
One Kenton Place
(437) 922-8022
Timeline
Personal Support Worker
One Kenton Place( Retirement Home)
2025 - 2025
Personal Support Worker
Fairview Nursing Home
2025 - 2025
Post-Graduate Certificate - Health Sciences( Personal Support Worker)
Humber College
High School Diploma - General Science
Techiman Senior High School
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