Marlene Caterer
West Kelowna,Canada
Summary
I am a personable and responsible Health Care Aide with 16 years experience, performing excellent care tasks and assisting residents with activities of daily living. Looking to continue giving that care within your company and my community.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Health Care Aide
Lakeview Lodge
01.2022 - Current
- Assist with mobility and transportation needs, ensuring safety and comfort during activities.
- Maintain cleanliness and order in resident living areas, promoting a clean environment.
- Provide compassionate personal care and support to residents, enhancing daily living experiences.
- Assist with daily living activities, promoting residents independence and overall wellbeing.
- Provide assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting residents.
- Support residents nutrition needs by preparing meals according to dietary restrictions and preferences.
- Enhance residents comfort by providing compassionate and gentle approach care.
- Maintain and organized residents rooms and communal spaces to minimize environmental and safety hazards.
- Participate in fun group activities with residents to boost mood, improve overall memory, and provide light entertainment.
- Observe, charting and reporting.
Health Care Aide
Pine Acres Home
01.2018 - 01.2022
- Caring for residents at the extended, intermediate care levels and special care, dementia.
- Interacting kindly with residents with a gentle approach.
- Display a positive and outgoing attitude towards families.
- Assist with meal prep, feeding, and personal hygiene.
- Meet residents social needs assisting to activities, exercise and meals.
- Observe, charted and reported.
- Commit to ensure physical, emotional well beings were met to highest extent.
- Experience with interpersonal communication; verbal and nonverbal and those mentally fragile.
- Experience with ceiling lifts, slings, sit to stands, broda chairs and wheelchairs.
- Catheter, osteomy care, bathing and complete bed care.
- Palliative care, 1:1 and postmortem care.
- Provided primary resident care and assistance with daily living activities.
- Observed, charted and reported.
- Improved residents daily living through compassionate care.
- Displayed a positive and outgoing attitude with gentle approach to residents.
- Assisted residents with shaving, bathing and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness.
- Documented residents intake and dietary requirements and aided with feeding and monitoring.
- Assisted with adequate nutrition and fluid intake.
- Palliative care, 1:1 and postmortem care.
Health Care Aide
Village at Mill Creek
02.2009 - 09.2016
Education
Graduate Student/First Class Honours - Health Care Program
PROCARE INSTITUTE
Kelowna, BC02.2009
Skills
- Team Player
- Hard Worker
- Quick Learner
- Multitasker
- Compassionate
- Very Patient
- Kind
- Reliable
- Creative
- Open to New Ideas
Certification
- Health Care Aide certificate
- Standard First Aid-with CPR-C-AED
- WHIMIS
- Inter Rai-Obs Tool
- Food Safe
Additional Information
References
Heather Perry - 250 215-0397
LPN- Lakeview Lodge + Pine Acres
Shelby Mott - 250 300-3102
LPN- Lakeview Lodge + Pine Acres
Joanne Sheronick- 250 826-2209
HCA- Lakeview Lodge + Pine Acres
Angela Brunn- 250 870-7330
Friend- 25 yrs
Timeline
Health Care Aide
Lakeview Lodge
01.2022 - Current
Health Care Aide
Pine Acres Home
01.2018 - 01.2022
Health Care Aide
Village at Mill Creek
02.2009 - 09.2016
Graduate Student/First Class Honours - Health Care Program
PROCARE INSTITUTE