Caregiver Resume Example
A mid-level caregiver in Chattanooga, six years in, who spent four years as a home health aide for an agency and now works as a private caregiver for one family, caring for an older adult with dementia.
A fictional resume written by our team. The person, employers and numbers are invented; the tools, licenses and schools are real.
Why it works
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“Caregiver with 6 years in home care: 4 as a home health aide making about 25 visits a week for a Medicare-certified agency, and the last 2 as a private caregiver for an older adult with mid-stage Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's Association dementia care certification, CPR and First Aid, with an insured car for appointment driving.”
Years, both settings, the visit load, the kind of client and the credentials a family or agency checks first, all without identifying anyone.
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“Care for one older adult with mid-stage Alzheimer's, 40 hours a week on weekdays, alongside a weekend caregiver the family hired”
The setting, the hours and the kind of care in one line. The client is described, never named, which is how private care should read on a resume.
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“Cut late-afternoon agitation from most days to about once a week with a fixed routine, a 3pm walk and quieter evenings worked out with the family”
A dementia result with a before and after and the change behind it. It shows the training at work instead of listing 'patience.'
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“Handle showers, toileting and gait-belt transfers, with no falls on my shifts in 2 years”
A safety record limited to the shifts this caregiver controls, which is the honest way to state it.
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“Set up door chimes and a key lockbox with the family after one attempt to leave the house at night, with no wandering since”
A specific risk, the fix and how it ended. Families hiring for dementia care worry about wandering more than almost anything.
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“Made about 25 visits a week across 2 counties and kept on-time clock-ins in HHAeXchange above 97% in 2023”
Volume, territory and an on-time number from the agency's own visit records. A scheduler can check it.
How it scored
We ran this example through the same free roast you can use, three times, and kept the middle result. The roast ranks a resume against a typical applicant pile and grades hard: even a resume with a number in nearly every bullet usually lands in the B range.
Copy the text
Use it as a skeleton, then replace every line with your own work. A copied bullet with someone else's numbers is the fastest way to fail an interview question.
Kendall Vandermolen Caregiver and Home Health Aide, Dementia Care Chattanooga, TN | kendall.vandermolen@example.com SUMMARY Caregiver with 6 years in home care: 4 as a home health aide making about 25 visits a week for a Medicare-certified agency, and the last 2 as a private caregiver for an older adult with mid-stage Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's Association dementia care certification, CPR and First Aid, with an insured car for appointment driving. EXPERIENCE Private Caregiver, Private family, direct hire | Oct 2024 - Present - Care for one older adult with mid-stage Alzheimer's, 40 hours a week on weekdays, alongside a weekend caregiver the family hired - Cut late-afternoon agitation from most days to about once a week with a fixed routine, a 3pm walk and quieter evenings worked out with the family - Handle showers, toileting and gait-belt transfers, with no falls on my shifts in 2 years - Drive to about 6 medical appointments a month and send the family a written summary after each one - Cook 3 low-sodium meals a day and keep a daily log of meals, sleep and mood that the family brings to each neurology visit - Set up door chimes and a key lockbox with the family after one attempt to leave the house at night, with no wandering since Home Health Aide, Missionary Ridge Home Health | Aug 2020 - Sep 2024 - Made about 25 visits a week across 2 counties and kept on-time clock-ins in HHAeXchange above 97% in 2023 - Followed each client's aide care plan for bathing, dressing and vital signs, and reported changes to the RN supervisor the same day, including a fever and confusion that got one client seen within hours - Kept 4 long-term clients for 2 years or more, and their families asked for me by name when schedules changed EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS Home Health Aide training and competency evaluation (75 hours), Missionary Ridge Home Health, 2020 essentiALZ dementia care certification, Alzheimer's Association, 2025, First Aid and CPR, American Red Cross, 2025 Tennessee driver's license, clean driving record, own insured vehicle SKILLS Dementia care and redirection, Gait-belt transfers, Bathing and toileting, Vital signs, Low-sodium meal prep, Medication reminders, HHAeXchange EVV, Appointment driving
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