Period: 08 Jul 2024 to 24 Apr 2026
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a 78-year-old lady with diabetes, cataract surgery and shoulder fracture.
- Assisted in walking with walking frame. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
- Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
- After 1 year of care, indwelling urinary catheter care.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (elderly preferred), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding (after 1 year of care), walking, getting into and out of bed.
- Slept in a separate room. Woke up at night to check on the elderly as she sleepwalks and change diapers.
- Assisted in ROM exercises, rehabilitation exercises, physiotherapy.
- Served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Accompanied to go daycare centre every Tuesday and Thursday, 8.45am to 4pm.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Finished contract and returned home.
Period: 09 May 2024 to 08 Jul 2024
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 70+-year-old lady with asthma and prior fall. The elderly weighed 59kg.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night to assist the elderly to go toileting.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Accompanied for physiotherapy once a week.
- Performed housework and cooking.
- The elderly was very strict about religion, Eka had to wear tudung, long sleeve top and long pants at home, even when washing the toilet. She was also not allowed to charge her phone at home. She had insufficient rest as she would sleep at 11pm or 12am, but she had to wake up at 4am to help with the elderly’s prayer. Hence, she transferred to another employer.
Period: 20 Dec 2021 to 29 Apr 2024
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for an 85-year-old lady with lung infection (after 1 year 8 months of care), difficulty in swallowing and speech impairment.
- Assisted in walking with walking stick.
- Monitored blood glucose levels.
- Administered suppository (bullet).
- After 1 year 8 months of care, assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (for bowel movement), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed (sometimes).
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night to assist the elderly to change diapers sometimes.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in exercises.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Accompanied to go daycare centre every Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 3pm.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
Period: 28 Mar 2020 to 29 Nov 2021
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 95-year-old lady with kidney failure and difficulty breathing. The elderly weighed 60kg.
- Assisted with oxygen therapy.
- Monitored blood glucose levels.
- Indwelling urinary catheter care.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging (when elderly refused to shower), toileting (sometimes, for bowel movements, using commode), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night to assist the elderly to change diapers.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Also cared for a dog.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
Other
Period: 06 Mar 2020 to 28 Mar 2020
Country: Singapore
Title: Domestic Helper
Setting: In-Home
- Performed housework and cooking.
- She had insufficient rest, she slept at 12am or 1am but woke up at 5am. Hence, she transferred to another employer.
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