Tatiana V.

Tatiana V.

Durham, NC

Running Errands, Light Housekeeping, Cooking/Preparing Meals, Bathing, Grooming, Feeding, Toileting, Transferring, Transportation, Other

I enjoy volunteering at Duke Hospital working with patient families waiting in the surgical waiting room and at the Duke Cancer Belk Boutique, for patients with self-image needs. I also enjoy cooking various cuisines. I have past catering experience not listed. Additionally, I am training my 2 year old dog to be a therapy dog for use in the Duke therapy dog program in the hospital.

I am studying to go to medical school and want to gain more experience working closely with caregiving clients. In high school I did an internship working with patients, where the required skills for this position were regularly part of my job. In addition, I spent 4 years helping my family as my 90+ grandmother moved into our home and reqired progressive caregiving assistance. I understand what families are going through and want to help take a load off of them. I mostly have experience working with adults 40+, but am open to clients that are younger.

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Family/Friend Caregiver, Other

Dementia, Other

I have a masters in global health policy, which means that I have been spending a few years outside of my undergraduate experience working to improve healthcare policy, especially in the United States. I mostly worked on CMS quality improvement programs, trying to ensure that healthcare systems, provide excellent patient care, and do so economically. I used to work as a catering assistant in high school and college, on my feet for sometimes 12 hours a day. I am more than happy to help plan and provide nutritionally dense and tasty meals at any budget. I also spent the better part of 2022 and 2023 planning my wedding, so I am no stranger to details! I would love to be come part of your care team.

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