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Good day

My name is Rita De Klerk,
I have experience as a live-in carer for 12 years in the UK.
I am caring, honest, patient, reliable, empathetic a good listener with a good sense of humour.
I have found being a carer very rewarding. It gives me great pleasure when one has the opportunity to improve the quality of life of an elderly person, in every aspect of their daily living; and enable them to remain in their own home

My experience:
1. advanced personal care,
2. incontinence care,
3. Minor mobility issues, i.e. Clients using zimmer frames and walking sticks to mobilise and a stairlift.
4. short term memory loss,
5. Minor stroke,
6. disposable stoma care,
7. Catheter bag administration
8. Covene management
9. Medication administration
10. COPD.
11. Depression
12. Alcoholism
13. Diabetic nutrition management
14. Administering medication.
15. Organising and taking clients to doctors and dentist appointment
16. organizing chiropody visits.
17. Catering for clients friends,
18. organizing outings,
19. cooking housekeeping and basic cleaning.
20. Foot and ankle massage
21. Organised installation of Occupational therapy needs in the home

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:
I enjoy cooking, reading, walking, Yoga, dancing classes.
watching tennis and documentaries

FAMILY:
I reared my children with great success. They have university degrees, well adjusted and independent.
I became a grandma 5 years ago to Luke.
I cared, for my terminally ill husband for 4 years . Duties: feeding, cooking, laundry, cleaning, personal care. Ensuring sufficient nutrition was consumed regularly. Ensured that medication was taken, convene management, catheter bag management and ensured my husband administered his insulin.
Work experience :before I took up caring was, as a PA and senior administrator in the NHS and the Universities
Duties: attention to detail, recording information, and performing admin. tasks. Thank you