| Personal care worker, supporting independent living, experience with dementia.

| Hi I'm Karen, I have many yrs experience in aged care and home And community care also palliative care, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, acute, dementia, spinal care, respite care, nursing, Its my belief that everyone deserves the highest level of service and respect regardless of age or capacity

| I have completed 120 hours of clinical placement in Bupa aged care in Toowoomba I can work team environment and I am highly motivated by challenges I worked in high care low care and dementia unit.

| My experience is in both community and nursing home environments with my most recent position as a Lifestyle Assistant, which requires generating care plans for clients needs to get them involved in daily activities and be part of their community. I have personal understanding of Palliative care and people who may be suffering with Cancer. I have also worked with Dementia clients and clients with mobility issues..

| I have been in the ages care industry since i was 15. I began my career through school work experience falling in love with that as a career, I was then offered a trainee ship though school to work in a 17 bed aged care MPS dealing with a range of mobile and immobile residents in that facility I successfully completed two years at my first MPS and was soon offered a position at a high care dementia ward caring for a total of 8 residents. I love my line of work and although I have faced the ugly truths of age care there is nothing I would want to do more then continue my career in age care.

| Working to serve the aged is not merely a duty for me, it is a desire that is derived from years of looking after my ailing grandparents and the satisfaction that I earned is enough for me to do this job for a lifetime. I comprehend that it is often very difficult to work with residents who are suffering from Alzheimer’s, dementia and other disabilities but I will strive hard to understand each resident’s ailments and to work with them effectively with a person-centred and holistic approach. I am currently employed at CPL Disability and Support centre Toowoomba. I did my university-aged care placements of 80 hrs for the course NUR1299 Foundation of Nursing Practice at Brodribb Homes, Toowoomba in September 2018. As for the certificate three in aged care, I completed 80 hrs of placement service in Bupa Glenvale in April 2018,