Personal Support Worker
kennedy Lodge
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Documented vitals, behaviors and medications in client medical records.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Trained and coordinated work of new support workers.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Changed dressings, bandages and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
- Determined specific needs and provided most appropriate level of services for patient well-being.
- Transported patients via wheelchair to and from rehabilitation and daily activities.
- Maintained frequent supervision of residents unable to call for assistance.
- Helped patients care for themselves by teaching proper, safe use of ambulation assistive devices such as canes or walkers.
- Documented residents' mental status, sleep and eating patterns in medical record books.