Period: 19 Jun 2022 to 18 Apr 2026
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a married couple.
- Cared for a 61-year-old lady with dementia and uterine cancer. The elderly weighed 45kg.
- For the initial 1 month, assisted in walking with walking stick. Used a wheelchair when going outside. After 1 month of care, the elderly became wheelchair-bound.
- Few days before passing, NGT feeding.
- Assisted with oxygen therapy.
- Indwelling urinary catheter care.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking & getting into and out of bed (for the first 1 month), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (after 1 month), turning & positioning (after 1 month, including at night).
- Slept in a separate room. Woke up at night to assist the elderly to change diapers, turn and position.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in ROM exercises, rehabilitation exercises, physiotherapy.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would refuse to eat sometimes. Ike would explain to her slowly that if she did not eat, she would not be healthy and convinced her to eat at least a little.
- The elderly would not sleep at night and knock on Ike’s door to wake her up. Ike would explain to her that it is night time and coax to go back to sleep.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away after 2.5 months of care.
- After the elderly passed away after 2.5 months, provided supervision for her husband, a 73-year-old man with diabetes and mild dementia.
- The elderly was able to walk and perform Activities of Daily Living independently.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would forget what he told Ike. Ike would remind him.
- The elderly would have mood swings sometimes. Ike would speak to him nicely to calm him down.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Finished contract and returned home.
Period: 20 Jan 2021 to 07 May 2022
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a 61-year-old lady with diabetes and post stomach operation.
- Initially, the elderly was wheelchair-bound post-surgery. After 1 month of rest, assisted in walking with walking frame. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
- Monitored blood glucose levels.
- Stoma care.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, walking & getting into and out of bed (after 1 month of care), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (for the first 1 month), turning & positioning (for the first 1 month, including at night).
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night to assist the elderly to go toileting, turn and position (for the first 1 month) and change the stoma bag.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in exercises.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments by herself by Taxi.
- Accompanied for dialysis thrice a week by herself.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away. Hence, she was transferred to another employer.
Period: 08 Jan 2018 to 10 Oct 2020
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 90+-year-old lady with dementia and post leg operation. The elderly weighed 80+kg.
- Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
- Basic wound care for bedsore.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
- 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.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would forget if she had eaten and ask to eat again. Ike would give her something small to eat and she would be fine.
- The elderly would not sleep at night. Ike would accompany her and stay up with her until morning.
- The elderly would ask to go hospital in the middle of the night. Ike would explain to her that it is night time and ask her to go the next day instead.
- The elderly would have mood swings and throw things around frequently. Ike would close the door and wait until she calms down. Then she would tidy things back.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments by herself.
- Performed housework and cooking.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
Other
Period: 07 May 2022 to 19 Jun 2022
Country: Singapore
Title: Elderly Helper
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a 70+-year-old lady. Also cared for 2 children, ages 5 & 7.
- Assisted in walking with walking stick.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- The elderly would open the toilet door when Ike was showering and there was no privacy for her. Hence, she transferred to another employer.
Period: 28 Oct 2020 to 20 Jan 2021
Country: Singapore
Title: Elderly Helper
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a 90-year-old man with diabetes and dementia.
- Assisted in walking with walking frame. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would ask for something and forget he asked for it. Ike would remind him.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- She had to travel to another house (where elderly’s wife who stayed with their daughter) to clean so she could not manage the workload. She had insufficient rest (slept at 4am and woke up at 9 – 10am). On top of that, the elderly’s wife was always angry at her and did not allow Ike to touch the elderly as she felt jealous. Hence, she was transferred to another employer.
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