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Ann D.


Garden City, NY

$30-50/hr

Special Needs Position

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My brother is autistic and profoundly retarded. I have worked with higher functioning retarded adults for many years at the Association For The Help Of Retarded Children of which I am a lifetime member.
In the summer, I do camp anchor. I volunteer with down syndrome and autistic kids, devoting all of my time to them. I love doing camp anchor because I create relationships that will last a life time.
In high school, I volunteered at my local church in a special needs classroom. After 3 years of being a shadow in classrooms, I was awarded my own classroom. All of the kids were non-verbal and I had total responsibility of tending to their needs. I also have many years of experience of babysitting children with special needs. I...
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Helena H.


Queens Village, NY

$25/hr10 yrs exp

An Optimistic Outlook. I Consider Your Longevity To Be A Blessing.

5.0

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Hired by 1 family in your neighborhood

Helena here, and it is a pleasure to meet you. In addition to being kind, compassionate, and caring, I was raised in the U. S. Virgin Islands. As the oldest of my siblings, I have always been responsible for caring for people. Consequently, when I was 16, I became a caregiver and never looked back. After growing up with my...
Helena can also help with: Errands, hospice services, companionship, light cleaning, meal prep, dementia & more
Skills:

Home Health Aide

CPR

5.0
"You took beautiful care of my wife during our short time together. I appreciate you, Helena; I will recommend you to my family and friends. Keep pushing; I hope to see you soon, but not too soon. Bless"

Kejahni F.

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Erline D.


Hewlett, NY

$25/hr10 yrs exp

Hired by 1 family in your neighborhood

- I'm a patient's care Technician with a certification in dialysis,. - I also work as a Direct care counselor technician. I am experienced in working with children with special needs. - Presently, I worked and cared for children diagnosed with cerebral palsy for 18 years. - I also care for psych patients, and I have a B L S and...
Erline can also help with: Live-in home care, light cleaning, hospice services, errands, meal prep, companionship & more
Skills:

Medical Equipment Experience

Home Health Aide

Wound Care

5.0
"Erline is a positive worker that I love to work with. Erline is an exemplary employee. Flexible, reliability, Leadership. You will thank me later for having her on your team."

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Marie D.


Baldwin, NY

$35/hr10 yrs exp

Caring, Competent Nurse's Aide Looking For A Position With The Elderly

Hired by 4 families in your neighborhood

I am warm, caring, and communicative, with sympathy for disabled elders. I believe it is crucial to help them live their days with dignity, comfort, and meaningful interactions. I have 10 years experience caring for the elderly with conditions including dementia, heart failure, terminal cancer, diabetes, respiratory problems,...
Marie can also help with: Hospice services, personal care, live-in home care, dementia, respite care
Skills:

Home Health Aide

5.0
"Marie cared for my 88-year-old father, a stroke victim, for 6 months, until he recently passed. Thanks to her dedication, my father was able to stay in his home, with my mom, despite his complete dependence on nursing aides. Marie was warm and goodnatured, and...

Julie J.

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Maya N.


Queens Village, NY

$20-25/hr10 yrs exp

Hired by 1 family in your neighborhood

I love providing care to anyone. I'm a certified HHA with 10 years of experience. I have dealt with all types of people from children to adults including those with special needs. I've had many cases... Bed ridden Colostomy Catheter Alzheimer's Impediment etc. I can perform all aspects of activities of daily living and can work...
5.0
"Maya is a professional through and through. I trust her to take good care of my son."

Valerie B.

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Marcelle H.


Elmont, NY

$25-48/hr10 yrs exp

Caring, Honest And Diligent. Senior caregiver

Hired by 1 family in your neighborhood

I am a skilled Nursing Assistant, with more than 25 years of experience. Over the years I performed different duties in the Healthcare Industry, including taking care of clients with Alzheimers / Dementia and special needs. I also have experience with administering and managing medications. I am an outstanding multitasker and...
Marcelle can also help with: Live-in home care, hospice services, light cleaning, dementia, errands, meal prep & more
Skills:

Home Health Aide

CPR

CNA

5.0
"I have known Marcelle for over eight years, over the years Marcelle took care of my son who has Muscular Dystrophy and I found her to be very caring, honest and trustworthy. I highly recommend her for the position she is seeking."

Grace H.

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Drita V.


New Hyde Park, NY

$35-45/hr10 yrs exp

Hired by 2 families in your neighborhood

Professional and personal 10 years plus experience with people in special needs, different age as well as diagnosis. CPR/ FIRST AID , PCT and HHA certified. Drive and have my own car. Looking forward to discuss your needs and give me a chance to make a difference with you/your loved one. Great references upon request. Thank...
5.0
"Drita is the most qualified, compassionate,empathetic person I have ever met. I always felt a sense of security when she handled me. Drita has a wonderful disposition, always positive and cheerful. She took care of all my needs and the household needs as well....

Leslie R.

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Alexandra O.


Rockville Centre, NY

$25-30/hr5 yrs exp

Part-Time Summer Babysitter Available

Hired by 2 families in your neighborhood

My name is Alexandra and I am a Speech Language Pathologist in an educationally based setting. While growing up, I've had many jobs, which required caring for children. These jobs included being a counselor at both sleep away and day camp and babysitting for multiple families with children of all ages. Throughout my graduate...
5.0
"I have used Alexandra for childcare for my special needs son who is almost 4 years old. She is punctual, reliable, and great with kids. I highly recommend her and trust her with my nonverbal son, which I think there's a lot!"

Melissa G.

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Patricia O.


Merrick, NY

$10-15/hr

Nanny, Driver, Have Special Needs Experience

I am currently a Part-time Special Ed. teacher's Aide. I have been working in the School District for 22 years. Along with that I have worked for 2 families, caring for their children. I drove and picked them up from school, stayed with them till their parents came home, and also drove them to different functions. The second...
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Julie C.


Queens Village, NY

$20-25/hr10 yrs exp

Hello, I'm Julie And I'm A Compassionate Caregiver.

Hired by 5 families in your neighborhood

Hello, my name is Julie and I'm a really trustworthy and kind person. I have 15 years of expertise as an HHA who loves and cares for the elderly. I'm ready to put in days, nights, and even weekends so that the elderly will get the care they need including bathing and feeding. I have experience rotating and repositioning older...
Julie can also help with: Hospice services, companionship, live-in home care, errands, dementia, light cleaning & more
Skills:

Home Health Aide

5.0
"Julie has been so wonderful for our family! She is reliable, caring and quickly formed a great relationship with my parents."

Shaina R.

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Ishawrah J.


Cambria Heights, NY

$17-25/hr4 yrs exp

I am friendly, energetic and a people person that likes assisting elderly persons. Certified home health aide attendant that provides care to elderly and disabled clients in a professional and compassionate manner. Duties include meal preparation, personal hygiene and bathroom needs, patient lifting, vitals recording, doing...
Ishawrah can also help with: Meal prep, dementia, light cleaning, errands
Skills:

Home Health Aide

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Faith J.


Baldwin, NY

$30-40/hr10 yrs exp

Part-time Caregiver Available

Hired by 2 families in your neighborhood

For 12 years I helped with the personal care of a paraplegic; bathing, dressing, appointments, errands, meals and medication. At present I am working part-time with adults with disabilities. I enjoy working to uplift people and to give them a reason to be here.
Faith can also help with: Errands, personal care, hospice services, dementia, respite care, transportation & more
Skills:

CNA

Medical Equipment Experience

CPR

5.0
"I would not hesitate to hire Faith if you are looking for a caregiver. She is excellent and dependable."

Nancy T.

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Micci C.


Long Beach, NY

$27-34/hr10 yrs exp

Caring Companion Caregiver

Hello! I am a certified caregiver who is very dedicated and passionate about caring for and improving the quality of life of the elderly. I've worked in the Caregiving/ Healthcare Industry for 10 years, starting my career as a director in an Assisted Living Care facility where I delivered daily living assistance to 180+ resident...
Micci can also help with: Light cleaning, errands, companionship, mobility assistance, meal prep, dementia & more
5.0
"Micci is friendly, kind and personable....my father at age 89 looked so forward to her visits! She engaged with him by doing the many activities she found he loved to do such as, playing cards, talking, listening and singing along to music, looking at photographs...

Eddie F.

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Sarah C.


Wantagh, NY

$16-21/hr7 yrs exp

Sarah C.

I have had experience caring for someone with a disability since I can remember. My oldest sister has cerebral palsy and I have been one of her main caregivers for many years. I have experience working in a school for children with special needs. I worked at South Shore Educational collaborative as a paraprofessional for four...
5.0
"Sarah was phenomenal with my daughter who has Autism. She was patient, kind and my daughter absolutely loved being with her! We consider ourselves so lucky and fortunate to have her work and care for my daughter"

Nancy S.

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Maya N.


Queens Village, NY

$25/hr10 yrs exp

Home Health Aide/Caregiver

Hired by 3 families in your neighborhood

I am a certified HHA and caregiver for the past 14 years. I'm very tidy clean and detailed organized and very trust worthy responsible empathetic and loving. I'm very able bodied and can work superbly independently. Responsibilities include timely intake of medications and organization and doctors visits. I provide overall...
Maya can also help with: Companionship, meal prep, light cleaning, home modification, hospice services, dementia & more
Skills:

Home Health Aide

5.0
"Maya is loyal and trustworthy. She is very organized and ambitious and can handle any chore or request asked of her. She has worked for me for three years I would recommend her to anyone "

Susan B.

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Nemesiz A.


Wantagh, NY

$46/hr10 yrs exp

Hired by 4 families in your neighborhood

My Name is Nemesiz I'm a 34-year-old . I'm honest, responsible, respectful , a multitask and organized. I take my job very serious, my main goal is to make my patient feel comfortable having me around , I will providing them with a calm environment for optimal patient care. I'm proud of all the years of experience that I have in...
Nemesiz can also help with: Personal care, visiting physician, home modification, dementia
Skills:

Home Health Aide

5.0
"Honestly, she deserves 10 out of 5 stars! Nemesiz is not only a life savor but an outstanding, diligent, caring & considerate worker. I hired Nemesiz for consistency and reliability because Medicaid aides are not that. When Nemesiz is with my mom I have not a...

Andrea E.

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Asha J.


Glen Cove, NY

$15-50/hr10 yrs exp

Special Needs

My mom was ill with cancer. I was with her & took care of her the entire time. I have worked with children & adults with special needs for over 12 years.
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Nicole D.


Franklin Square, NY

$20/hr10 yrs exp

Caregiver

Hired by 1 family in your neighborhood

Hi, I have experience in this field I been a caregiver my whole life with a sister who is physically disabled and mentally and I also took care of my farther who had lung cancer and lost his fight 3 yrs ago and after losing my dad I moved my family to Florida and went to a online program and I worked at a assistant living homes...
Nicole can also help with: Mobility assistance, meal prep, companionship, errands, light cleaning, dementia & more
Skills:

Home Health Aide

5.0
"Nicole is a very hard working, honest, caring and helpful person. She did her tasks without complaint, and took good care of the patient while bringing them to Dr. appointments, PT, and trips to senior clubs. She also did food shopping, washing/folding...

Lois S.

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Recent special needs adult care reviews in Garden City, NY

Helena H.

5.0

You took beautiful care of my wife during our short time together. I appreciate you, Helena; I will recommend you to my family and friends. Keep pushing; I hope to see you soon, but not too soon. Bless

- Kejahni F.

Erline D.

5.0

Erline is a positive worker that I love to work with. Erline is an exemplary employee. Flexible, reliability, Leadership. You will thank me later for having her on your team.

- Care member

Marie D.

5.0

Marie is so caring. She is a wonderful aid and we are so happy we found her. She is patient and very kind. She is never afraid of hard work. We feel we have been blessed in finding Marie.

- Marianne A.

Maya N.

5.0

Maya is a professional through and through. I trust her to take good care of my son.

- Valerie B.

Marcelle H.

5.0

Very professional. Skilled. She had a warm demeanor that puts my elder at ease.

- Ed F.

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