Brenda Modisakeng

Caring professional with experience in providing compassionate support and assistance to individuals with diverse needs. Adept at managing daily activities, administering medication, and monitoring vital signs. Skilled in helping frail patients and elderly with mobility, bed bathing, and shower assistance.

Knowledge of turning frail and palliative patients in bed using draw sheets. Understanding that elderly and patients need someone they can trust and listen to, providing patient and compassionate care with dignity and respect. Experienced with elderly, frail patients, and palliative patients, including caring for family member with stage 4 leukemia cancer (2022-2023).

Trained caregiver with knowledge of caregiving and natural nurturing abilities.

Caregiver at Vokoma old age home (2020-01 – 2021-12)

Provided comprehensive care to frail elderly and palliative patients, including personal hygiene, mobility assistance, medication administration, and nutritional support.

• Every morning at 6 am assigned to do bed bathing to frail elderly and change into comfortable clothes
• Moving patients from bed to wheelchair carefully
• Knowledge of changing linen while patient is on bed for palliative patients who cannot leave bed due to their conditions
• Mobility assistance to elderly people or frail patients who used wheelchair or walking sticks to dining room
• Help with feeding patients who were unable to feed themselves
• Politely convince patients of benefits of eating vegetables, fruits and all their food
• Medication administration according to patient's prescription from doctor or professional nurse
• Monitor vital signs every morning
• Help elderly with light exercise, reading magazines, or watching TV
• Plan balanced breakfast for elderly and prepare it, applying knowledge as quality chef
• Ensure elderly and palliative patients with chronic disease eat nutritionally balanced meals for easy digestion and prevent constipation
• Prepare smooth and soft blended meals for patients with throat cancer
• Arrange table layout because all elderly need to feel special and well taken care of
• Feed patients who find it hard to feed themselves, including Parkinson's patients with shaky hands and dementia patients
• Plan and organize patient plan sheets and follow up by communicating with senior nurses or doctors to give updates of each individual elderly or palliative patient's progress

Caregive assistance at Edenville retirement center (2019-06 – 2019-08)

Assisted with personal care and support services for retirement home clients with varying needs.

• Assisted with personal hygiene tasks, including bed bathing and grooming, to maintain client dignity
• Worked with care, compassion and empathy, providing first-class support to patients with varying needs taking vital signs and medicine administration
• Supported client mental health with reading, games and activities
• Supported high-care clients during mealtimes by offering feeding assistance
• Monitored vital signs and reported any significant changes to healthcare providers promptly
• Supported patients in maintaining personal appearance and hygiene, improving self-care and self-respect
• Assisted clients with mobility, including use of walking aids and wheelchairs, to promote independence
• Kept spaces clean and organised, handling linens, clothes washing and basic housekeeping
• Administered medication according to prescribed schedules, promoting health and wellbeing
• Offered companionship and emotional support, building trusting relationships with clients
• Cooked meals and washed dishes to provide proper nutrition, remove residue and maintain health standards

NVQ Level 1 in Community health care level 1 WHSETA – RHOFE COMMUNITY SERVICES (2019-08 – 2019-11)

N4 and N5 CERTIFICATE in Hospitality and Catering services – Park town college (1998-01 – 1999-12)