Home Health Aide

Dorothy A. Whitmore

**** ****** **., ************, ** 19136 267-***-**** Email: **********@*****.*** SKILLS/POSITIONS:

• Leadership • Certified Nursing Assistant

• Team Oriented • Youth Counseling

• Home Health Aide • Corporate Trainer

• Extremely Organized • Personal Care Provider/Home Health Aide

• Direct Support Professional • Teacher

EXPERIENCE

Private Duty

Personal Home Health Aide/Case Manager (Dementia/Alzheimer’s & Low Sodium Deficiency)

September 2020-January 2024

• 24-hour patient care.

• Scheduling and transporting the patient to and from doctor’s appointments.

• Supervising, training, and scheduling other home healthcare aides.

• Distributed pay for all healthcare agents.

• Personal financial management of daily living expenses. Purchasing the patients clothing, food shopping and necessary personal and household items.

• Medication management.

Patient was admitted to a memory care unit on 1/9/24 due to their escalating condition. Unique Home Healthcare

Home Health Aide/CNA (Stroke Patients)

August 2014 to April 2019

• Performed daily hygiene practices and assisted in instructing ADLs to grow independence.

• Performed transfers using good body mechanics and or a Hoyer lift.

• Performed feeding through tube feedings as well as trained other Healthcare staff in the set up of a feeding tube.

• Assisted in physical therapy exercises which included range of motion exercises for stroke patients.

• Weighted ball for stretch exercises, playing cards for concentration, movement activities with a balloon for concentration and reflex activity.

• Mirror therapy to encourage self-motivation and self-movement.

• Music therapy for memory and positive mood motivation.

• Transport the patient to and from doctor’s appointments and or walks to and from the park or outside visits.

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PA Department of Education

Youth Care Counselor St. Gabriel’s Hall

October 2010 to November 2013

• Managed 40 students at a time for each unit.

• Guided the students through their daily activities, assisted teachers during classroom activities.

• Maintained security and order through group control and watching for signs of problems and issues.

• Organized and lead a community meeting at least twice a day, followed by individual guidance.

• Discussed student’s future plans and life skills.

• Managed a point system enabling students and faculty personnel to track their individual progress.

• Attended meetings with social workers, doctors, and teachers following students overall progress and forwarding paperwork to courts and Department of Human Services.

• Drove students to and from school or off ground community service activities. Catalent PharmaSolutions (Formerly Cardinal Health) January 2002 to February 2009

Training Specialist Quality Assurance Department June 2006 to February 2009 Production Coordinator of Operations October 2005 to June 2006 Production Inspector / Production room Supervisor (Operations) January 2002 to October 2005

Philadelphia Police Department

Police Officer & Intelligence Officer

1986 to 1995 (Retired)

Served in uniform/patrol (3 years). Narcotics/plain clothes (4 years). Founded the Women’s Advisory Committee for the Fraternal Order of Police. EDUCATION

Philadelphia Police Academy, Philadelphia, PA Graduated with honors Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA Criminal Justice final GPA 3.5 Philadelphia Training Center, Philadelphia, PA Geriatric Nursing Certificate/CNA with Honors ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Computer proficient: MSWord, Powerpoint.

JD Edwards Inventory System

Hoyer Lift Usage

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