Care Provided: Day
Languages: English
Age: 50+
Years Experience: 5
Description
I am passionate about caring as I derive joy and great satisfaction from assisting people in need. I live in Chichester having emigrated to the UK in 2017 from South Africa. I have been married for 50 years, have a wonderful husband, three adult children and five grandchildren. I have been in care for five years prior to being a Social Worker. I have a well developed sense of humour and have many personal interests, including reading, walking, gardening, cooking, sport, birding and classical music amongst many other interests. I have an NVQ2 certificate in Care as well as Level 2 NCFE Dementia Care. I am experienced in live-in care as well as domiciliary care. My experience includes: personal care, medication, moving and handling, dementia care, catheter care, food preparation, assisting Clients with MS and Parkinson’s, shopping, outings, palliative and End of Life care. My motivation and love is to enhance people’s lives no matter what circumstances they find themselves in and, to promote understanding, tolerance, diversity and happiness despite perceived or real challenges.
Skills - I have been trained with the following skills
Bathing Toileting Assistance with Dressing Catheter Care Nebulizer Companionship Cooking Laundry Cleaning Administrative Tasks Hoist Assistance Moving and Handling Medication Reminders Eating and Drinking Assistance
Experience - I have worked with these issues in the past
Mild Cognitive Impairment Bedbound Parkinson's Disease Anxiety Depression Type 2 Diabetes (Non Insulin Dependent) Osteoporosis Rheumatoid Arthritis Learning Disabilties Multiple Sclerosis Muscular Dystrophy Bipolar Heart Disease Stroke Post Operative Orthopaedic Injuries / Broken Bones Cancer Respiratory Illness (COPD, Asthma, etc.) Urinary Disorder (UTI, Incontinence, etc.) Poor or Declining Mobility Dementia (Alzheimer, Vascular, etc.) Deafness Visual Impairment Physical Disability End Of Life Care ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
I get to work by: Car
Can I Drive Patients? No, I cannot drive
Event Chaperoning: Yes, Only in the UK
Holiday Chaperoning: No
Hobbies - I have an interest in these activities and like to talk about them.
Walking
Card Games
Cooking & Baking
Puzzles
Gardening
Pet Preferences - I am happy to look after these sorts of pets alongside a patient.
Dogs
Fish
Birds
£25.00/hr
£18.00/hr
Reviewed on 5th April 2024
Veronica (Ronnie) is amazing! She is so very kind and patient with my 92 year old mother in law. She helps in every which way she can from cooking, washing, accompanying to GP appointments and just being an ear! She has made such a difference to our lives! Thanks Ronnie! 😊
PrimeCarers (Helper.community Ltd)
7 Sloane Avenue
Kensington and Chelsea
London
SW3 3JD
United Kingdom
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