Period: 01 Feb 2023 - 07 Jul 2024
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 90+-year-old lady with dementia. The elderly weighed 70+kg
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding (elderly requested), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
- Slept in a separate room. Woke up at night to change diapers, turn and position and give water.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would forget about her own children. Rohana will remind the elderly and she will be fine.
- The elderly would forget if she had eaten and ask to eat again. Rohana would give her something small to eat and she would be fine.
- The elderly would refuse to shower. Rohana would explain to her that if she did not take a shower, she would not smell good. The elderly would then comply.
- The elderly would have mood swings frequently. Rohana would just keep quiet to calm her down.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework and cooking.
- Rohana returned to Indonesia as she needs to make arrangement of schooling for her children, hence, she returned home.
Period: 16 Jan 2020 - 15 Jan 2022
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 80+-year-old lady with dementia and spine fracture. The elderly weighed 60+kg.
- Intermittent catheterization.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night to change diapers, turn and position and give water.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would forget if she had eaten and ask to eat again. Rohana would give her something small to eat if she feels hungry and she would be fine.
- The elderly would sometimes refuse to shower. Rohana would talk to her softly that she needs shower. The elderly would then comply.
- The elderly would have mood swings frequently. Rohana would just keep quiet to calm her down.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework and cooking.
- Finished contract and returned home.
Period: 03 Nov 2015 - 18 Sep 2019
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 80+-year-old lady with frailty. The elderly weighed 60+kg.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
- Slept in a separate room. Woke up at night to change diapers and give water.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework and cooking.
- She did not continue as she had to settle her divorcement issue at home. Hence, she went back to Indonesia.
Certification and Training
- Certificate of Achievement for having completed Basic First Aid+CPR+AED (Hands Only) 7 horus training.
- Certificate of Attendance for Dementia Care: The Essentials
- Certificate of Attendance for Dementia Care: Managing Behaviours through Meaningful Engagement