Period: 2018 to 2022
Country: Taiwan
Title: Private Caregiver
Setting: Hospital in Taiwan
- Worked with an agency as a private caregiver providing 1 to 1 bedside, round the clock care for patients for short term. She stayed in the hospital and worked for each patient 1 to 2 weeks each time, assigned by the agency.
- Some patients were able to walk while others were wheelchair-bound or bedbound.
- Cared for patients with various medical conditions including stroke, diabetes, dementia and cancer.
- NGT feeding.
- PEG Tube feeding.
- Suctioning (oral).
- Suctioning (tracheal).
- Nebulizer.
- Assisted with oxygen therapy.
- Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
- Indwelling urinary catheter care.
- Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
- Basic wound care for bedsores.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
- Shared a room with the patient. Woke up at night to assist the patient at night including changing diapers, toileting, turning and positioning.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Served medications.
- Went home as her mother passed away.
Period: 2016 - 2018
Country: Taiwan
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 75-year-old man with stroke and diabetes. The elderly weighed 70kg.
- NGT feeding.
- Suctioning (tracheal).
- Nebulizer.
- Assisted with oxygen therapy.
- Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
- Indwelling urinary catheter care.
- Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
- Basic wound care for bedsore which was already present when she first started working.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (once a week), sponging, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up 4 times at night to assist the elderly to change diapers and turn and position.
- Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments by herself by bus.
- Performed housework and cooking.
- After finishing 2 years, her mother fell ill and she needed money for her medical expenses. Her salary as a live-in caregiver was NT20,000. She decided to join an agency as a private caregiver as the salary was a lot higher at NT60,000. *Kindly note that this private caregiver arrangement with the agency was not a legalised arrangement in Taiwan.
Period: 2005 to 2007
Country: Saudi Arabia
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 60-year-old lady with stroke and diabetes. The elderly weighed 40+kg.
- Monitored blood pressure.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (only when going outside), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up 2 - 3 times at night to assist the elderly to go to the toilet and turning and positioning.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Performed housework.
Others
Period: 2024 to 2025
Country: Macau
Title: Domestic Helper
Setting: In-Home
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
Period: 2007 to 2010
Country: Saudi Arabia
Title: Domestic Helper
Setting: In-Home
- Took care of child, age 3.
- Performed housework and cooking.
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