About Violeta

Reviewed on 10/9/2024

October 1, 2024 To whom it may concern, Violeta Arteaga has been the caregiver for my family for the last three years. The first eighteen months she cared for both of my parents household and medical needs. This included but was not limited to meal preparation, medication organization and distribution, transportation, running needed errands, grocery and big-box store shopping, laundry, household cleaning, communicating with medical personnel (parents are severely hard of hearing and profoundly deaf), communicating and managing service providers for the house, assistance with showering, toileting, dressing, personal grooming, and providing general comfort and company. This was also during the time of the world pandemic of Covid-19 and my parents were terrified of exposure. The household observed the major recommendations from the CDC and Violeta submitted without objection to everything asked including vaccination and booster injections, wearing a mask, using hand sanitizer and gloves, and home isolation after possible exposures. January of 2023, I required two major spine surgeries on my neck. I was confined to bed with a cervical collar for three months and required recurring periods of being bed-bound for an additional twelve months. I required assistance showering/bathing, getting to the commode, standing, personal grooming and dressing, transportation to medical appointments, loading/unloading and pushing me in my wheelchair, preparing meals, providing beverages, running my personal errands, communicating for me on the phone and in public, grocery shopping, laundry, and caring for my two dogs (feeding twice daily, walking, observing in the backyard, playing with and loving them). I am now a permanently disabled person from prior debilitating conditions and surgeries. Violeta continues to assist me when I have temporary relapses, procedures, and injury. As a result of the January surgeries and previous spinal surgeries, my vocal cords were paralyzed leaving me with no voice. Quickly, Violeta learned to understand my communication with sign language, gesture, and mouthing words. She is an observant, intuitive, empathetic, positive, careful, considerate, intelligent problem-solver who has been invaluable to me and my family. She has always provided a calming demeanor even under extremely stressful situations. I recommend her as a caregiver without hesitation. Best Regards, Erica P