Dementia Care Herne Bay

| I am a mature lady with grown up children and grandchildren. After caring for my father during the last years of his life I was then employed by a private care company, working in community care, undertaking a variety of domiciliary situations within my local area. I can use my experience with end of life care, dementia and support during the latter years of life to good advantage for someone looking for a personal self employed home carer. I have an enhanced DBS Certificate, Care Certificate and full Carers Insurance. I am organised, flexible, empathetic and kind. I am happy to help with all aspects of personal care and help in the home. I have a full clean licence and I am able to take you to medical appointments, shopping or just out and about. I would prefer to work fairly locally to Herne Bay and Whitstable. I can provide recent references from the lovely families I have been privileged to work with.

| Hi I’m Connie! I would like to introduce you to east Kent care. I have over 4 years experience working with people with specific needs such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s and also learning and physical disabilities. It’s my mission to enable people to have the care they need in the comfort and familiarity of their own home. I offer a bespoke service tailored to suit the individual needs, this can include personal care including bathing, dressing, Incontinence and mobility assistance. Companionship and home help including preparation of meals, shopping, errands and light housekeeping. We offer breaks for care givers as well as socializing activities to promote social engagement and combat loneliness.

| I have been a carer for 30 years 11 years as a live In carer ,for the eldely with dementia Alzheimer’s,stroke end of life care

| I am a 24 year old female who has done care since leaving school. I have level 3 nvq and half of my level 5. I have worked in a various care homes as a carer and a senior. I have worked with. Huntington’s MS, dementia, learning disabilities and complex needs. I am competent in stoma care, peg care, catheter, medication despensing plus more. I am a friendly and carer professional and pride myself in giving 5* care and compation. I am fully DBS checked

| My name is Angela, I work in social care as support worker. I support individuals with autism, dementia, and epilepsy in supported living arrangements. I have worked in this setting for over a year, I enjoy helping service users who lack independent in completing daily tasks. I am also looking to build a career in this field. I am kind, easy going, love music, enjoy reading, watching tv and going out to meet new people. Care/support is one thing I love doing any day any time for me it’s not just the money but the services I render and seeing people happy and comfortable when supporting them. I am hoping to do my job with my whole heart if am given the opportunity to serve thanks. I understand personalization and how important it is to the person I support. I intents to provide quality care and support as practicable possible.

| I'm Bev, I'm a Kent based mum and wife and I have felt called to caregiving for elderly/vulnerable people my whole life. Life has been calling me more strongly in this direction since I supported my grandmother with dementia in my 20s. More recently I have gained four years of informal caregiving experience, supporting a close family member through a battle with cancer and helping my housebound elderly neighbours with various errands. I've become very close with them and I am now supporting her in hospital with compassionate company and nurturing care at the end of her life. I believe that caregiving for elderly or vulnerable people is where I am meant to be. I have a lot of empathy and am very practical too.

| I come from a long line of caters, and I’m a firm believer in treating people with dignity and respect. I’m trained in dementia care and personal care. As well as end of life,alzimers,physical and mental disabilities care. I’m very friendly and love to interact with people as well as try to encourage the client with social interaction and daily activities.

| I am an experienced live-in carer, and my services are mainly for the elderly, who are independently mobile, not requiring personal care, though some may need supervision or prompting. Some of my clients, are those post op procedures, like Orthopaedics rehabilitating and recovering at home, so this involves with working with members of the Multidisciplinary team like, Physios, District nurses and Gp's. Most of my elderly patients , requiring permanent live-in carers, have mid to moderate dementia or memory loss. Duties also include, taking for walks, online shopping and instore shopping to top-up like milk etc, driving clients in their own car to appointments or sight seeing or for meals( outside lockdown), medication administration, cooking for the client and light housekeeping duties with other clients.

| Hi, my name is Mercy, I studied Health and Social Care at the University of Kent. I have worked in social care for 3 years as a care assistant and also a Team Leader. During this time I have supported people, especially the elderly with a range of care needs. This includes, different forms and stages of dementia. Voluntary adult in supported living arrangements with disabilities. I’m caring, empathetic, patient and understand personalization as an important aspect of care. Quality of life is imperative and I intend to improve that of those I care for.

| My mum has dementia and I've been caring for her with my sisters for the past year. Knowing I make a difference is very rewarding.

| I have no official experience in caring for elderly people apart from looking after my deceased grandfather who suffered with dementia before he passed

| I have experience of supporting clients in their homes, who cannot manage to support themselves, to stay in a homely environment in a person-centred way. I have provided clients with home help services that is help to prepare meals and tidy away, help with general shopping, light housekeeping, collect prescriptions, help with washing and ironing and assist with pet's care. Companionship Services where I helped clients with arranging appointments, travel arrangements, support with access to social and leisure activities and escort to appointments. Personal care services where I helped clients with bathing, help with incontinence care, assist with eating, Dementia care, provision of respite, medication reminders and assist with morning wake up calls.