Period: 24 Aug 2024 to 21 Aug 2026
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a 75-year-old man with dementia.
- Assisted in walking with walking stick. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (only help to hold him), toileting (wait outside with door open), dressing (sometimes), walking, getting into and out of bed.
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night to assist the elderly to go toileting.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in ROM exercises, rehabilitation exercises, physiotherapy.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would forget that he had eaten and say he has yet to eat. Hermin would show him the video that he has eaten and he would be fine.
- The elderly would wake up in the middle of the night and walk in the living room. Hermin would accompany him until he goes back to sleep.
- The elderly would have mood swings frequently and scold her sometimes. Hermin would bring him out for walks, buy food for him or see the fish in the fish tank to make him happy.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments by herself.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Finished contract and returned home.
Period: 09 Oct 2022 to 24 Aug 2024
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 95-year-old lady with stroke and diabetes. The elderly weighed 85kg.
- Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
- Administered suppository (bullet).
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (for bowel movements), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, 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.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- The elderly was sent to nursing home and no longer needed a caregiver, hence she was transferred to another employer.
Period: 2014 to 2019
Country: Hong Kong
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for an 85-year-old lady with stroke and diabetes.
- Assisted in walking with walking stick. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
- Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (elderly preferred), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night to assist the elderly to go toileting and give water.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in exercises.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Finished contract and returned home.
Period: 2006 to 2013
Country: Taiwan
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 95-year-old lady with stroke and diabetes. The elderly weighed 60kg.
- NGT feeding, Suctioning (nasal and oral). Assisted with oxygen therapy.
- Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
- Indwelling urinary catheter care (for 2 weeks).
- 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 assist the elderly to change diapers, turn and position.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away.