Carl Furman
123, Ellis Street
Boston, MA, 01234
(123) 456 789
Objective:
To provide care in an adult home or child daycare environment.
Skills:
Care -Providing
- Provided care for a paraplegic in a private home setting for five years.
- Maintained a daily log of all medication administered.
- Coordinated a biweekly story hour at two local nursing homes.
- Delivered groceries to homebound seniors twice a week for two years.
- Administered medication.
- Acted as an assistant to seniors in wheelchairs through private and public transportation.
Communication
- Organized the care of an elderly relative within a nursing home for three years.
- Bargained with contractors about the adaptation of private homes for special needs adults.
- Provided counseling to the elderly, clarifying their wants and needs.
- Improved communication with support services for an elderly couple in order to improve their quality of life.
- Organized a pet visiting hour by acting as a liaison between two nursing homes and the local animal shelter.
Planning
- Organized day trips to local museums, parks, and shopping centers.
- Developed calendar of monthly in house events for two nursing homes.
- Planned biweekly shopping lists for several elderly individuals according to their physicians' specifications.
- Organized successful "Friend in Deed" program in which mobile seniors visited the homes of their house-bound peers.
Education;
Lexington High School, Lexington, KY
