One of my strongest personality traits as a caregiver is the ability to listen and help when a patient is feeling in distress or overwhelmed and just help calm them down and find a compromising solution that helps everyone Attracted me to being a caregiver was I grew up with a brother that was special needs and I really did not like the way that his caregiver treated him so I wanted to make sure that other people were treated fairly and help as much as I could Enjoy being a caregiver is being able to give my patience the best quality life I can give them and just remind them that they are human and they deserve to be treated as such My personal was a client who refused to go out into the community wear short sleeves or shorts even in 90deg weather and was just a total shut in and after working with him for about a year, we got him to go to the pool in the summer in a swim shirt short and he socialized the whole day
Caregivers that work non-full-time jobs or irregular shifts can negotiate extra compensation in addition to their standard hourly wage.
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