Experienced
Live-in Caregivers from the Philippines

Period: Oct 2014 - Sept 2023

[Overseas Employment Supported with Visa and /or Passport Stamps from Caregiver]

‍Country: Israel

‍Title: Live-in Caregiver

Setting: In-Home

• Cared for an 86-year-old lady with dementia, previous falls, heart problems and previous open-heart operation. The elderly weighed 120kg.
• Assisted in walking with a walking frame. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (together with a part-time 2-hour caregiver as the elderly had experienced falls before Honeylyn joined and developed a fear of falling), toileting (sometimes), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking and getting into and out of bed.
• Slept in a separate room. Woke up about 2 times at night to check and change diapers.
• Brought the elderly outdoors to get some fresh air.
• Assisted home visit therapist with therapy exercises.
• Due to dementia,
• The elderly would forget where she had placed her items. Sometimes, she would accuse Honeylyn of taking her items. Sometimes she would become hysterical and Honeylyn would talk to her slowly and help her relax and then find the items together.
• The elderly would forget if she had eaten and ask to eat again. Honeylyn would give her something small to eat like yoghurt or biscuits.
• The elderly would refuse to do certain activities like taking her medication. Honeylyn would give her some time before asking again.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with one of the elderly’s children.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

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Period: May 2010 - Sept 2014

[Overseas Employment Supported with Visa and /or Passport Stamps from Caregiver]

‍Country: Israel

‍Title: Live-in Caregiver

Setting: In-Home

• Cared for an 82-year-old lady with mild dementia.
• Assisted in walking with a walking frame. She was still independent and able to perform showering and toileting by herself.
• Assisted in exercises.
• Due to dementia,
• The elderly would forget where she had put her items. She would remember after several hours.
• The elderly was very particular about how her items were placed and would get upset if certain things are not arranged according to the way she wanted.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping (together with the elderly) and cooking.
• After more than 4 years, her children decided to place her in the nursing home and did not require a caregiver anymore, hence, Honeylyn did not continue caring for her.

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Period: Oct 2005 - Mar 2010

[Overseas Employment Supported with Visa and /or Passport Stamps from Caregiver]

‍Country: Israel

‍Title: Live-in Caregiver

Setting: In-Home

• Cared for a 75-year-old lady with Parkinson’s Disease, dementia and heart problem (pacemaker). Her left hand was weak and she was unable to control it. The elderly was resistant to having a caregiver to help her out. Honeylyn would be alert and pay attention to assist her and be beside with her wherever she went.
• She was able to walk by herself. Honeylyn would be beside her to prevent falls.
• The elderly was resistant to having a caregiver take care of her and wanted to perform her Activities of Daily Living herself as much as possible. When the elderly was resistant to her assistance, Honeylyn would stay beside her and assist as needed. Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering using commode (the elderly would wash herself and Honeylyn would be inside the bathroom with her to assist in bringing her the items), toileting (the door would be open and Honeylyn would wait outside as assist her as needed), dressing, walking (Honeylyn would be beside her to prevent falls) and getting into and out of bed (sometimes).
• Slept in a separate room. Woke up at night to assist her to the toilet whenever she heard noises or commotion as the elderly did not want to wake her for assistance.
• Accompanied the elderly everywhere she went.
• Assisted in exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with one of the elderly’s children.
• Performed housework and grocery shopping (together with the elderly). Assisted the elderly in preparing the food and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away from a heart attack.

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Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving
• 6 months Caregiver Training
• Basic Life Support Training
• First Aid Training
• On-the-Job Training (40 hours) at Home for the Sick, Aged, Disabled and Abandoned
• On-the-Job Training in the child/adult ward of Golden Gate General Hospital
• On-the-Job Training at EBD I Day care Centre, Barangay Poblacion 2

Period: 21 Feb 2019 to 13 Aug 2022

‍Country: Singapore

‍Title: Live-in Caregiver

Setting: In-Home

• Cared for a wheelchair-bound 82-year-old lady with dementia and diabetes. The elderly weighed 48kg.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• The elderly did not like to stay at home. Every day Michelle would bring her outside to the mall, the park and eat outside.
• Michelle would engage the elderly in activities. The elderly liked Teresa Teng and Michelle would play her songs on the youtube for her to engage her. Michelle would also play bingo with her to stimulate her mind. Michelle would ask the elderly to fold her clothes or button her own clothes to engage her.
• Due to dementia,
• She did not sleep well at night and would keep waking up. She would want to go the toilet or said that she was hungry but did not want to eat. She would recall her old house in Woodlands and wanted to go there. Michelle would talk to her to explain that it was night time, there was no taxi and they would go there the next day. The elderly would listen to Michelle and calm down.
• Sometimes the elderly would have mood swings and would start shouting. Michelle would play some music to calm her down.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments by taxi. Updated the doctor on the elderly’s condition such as her appetite and sleeping pattern.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

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Certification and Training

• Caregiver Training Certificate in Singapore

Period: Apr 2021 to Present

[Overseas Employment Supported with Certificate of Employment from her current hospital]

‍Country: Philippines

‍Title: Clinical Aide

Setting: Hospital in thePhilippines

• Assigned to COVID wards and medical / surgical wards. 1 nursing aide to 14 -1 5 patients per shift.
• 5 to 6 days a week, 12 hour per shift, rotating basis.
• Patients in the general ward included patients with stroke, cancer, dementia, diabetic, heart attack and intubated patients.
• Monitoring vital signs.
• NGT feeding, PEG Tube feeding, Suctioning (oral), Suctioning (tracheal), Nebulizer.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, administered suppository (bullet), enema and performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for bedsores, Colostomy bag.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Served medications.
• Changed the linens.

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Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving.
• Registered basic life support provider.
• Trained in Basic First Aid and Basic Life Support.  
• Certificate of proficiency for CPR.

Period: 24 Jan 2019 - 20 May 2023

‍Country: Singapore

‍Title: Live-in Caregiver

Setting: In-Home

• Cared for a 79-year-old man who was frail and had hearing loss. He was unable to hear anything and Remy would have to write down on a piece of paper or use hand signs and body language to communicate with him.
• Assisted in walking with a walking stick. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (first year), changing diapers (after 1 year, he had incontinence and was unable to control his bowel movements), dressing, feeding (he was able to eat by himself but had a tendency to choke so Remy would sit with him and watch him when he was eating to prevent choking), walking and getting into and out of bed.
• Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up 1 – 2 times at night to check and change his diapers.
• Assisted in simple exercises downstairs.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

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Other

Period: 20 May 2023 - 21 Aug 2023

‍Country: Singapore

‍Title: Domestic Helper

Setting: In-Home

• Took care of 2 children, ages 7 and 8.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
• Sometimes the children would only sleep at 12am and she would need to wake up again at 6am. She found it hard to cope with taking care of children.

Period: Aug 2016 to Mar 2022

[Overseas Employment Supported with Visa and /or Passport Stamps from Caregiver]

‍Country: Saudi Arabia

‍Title: Live-in Caregiver

Setting: In-Home

• Cared for a 65-year-old lady who was visually impaired. The elderly weighed 70kg.
• In the first 2 years, she was able to walk with Marvie’s assistance. After 2 years, she became wheelchair-bound.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (she did not want to wear diapers, sometimes using a commode), dressing, feeding, walking (in the first 2 years), getting into and out of bed (in the first 2 years), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (after 2 years).
• Brought the elderly out to the mall.
• Massaged her.
• The elderly was not able to sleep at night due to insomnia. She would keep talking unless she was given sleeping pills.
• Sometimes the elderly would pass motion on herself and Marvie would wash her up.
• Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up 2 to 3 times to assist with prayers and going to the toilet.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Performed housework and cooking for the care recipient.

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Other

Period: Feb 2012 – Jul 2013

‍Country: Kuwait

‍Title: Domestic Helper

Setting: In-Home

• Took care of 2 baby and 6-year-old child with another 1 helper.
• Performed housework and cooking.

Period: Nov 2018 – Oct 2023

[Overseas Employment Supported with Visa and /or Passport Stamps from Caregiver]

‍Country: Qatar

‍Title: Live-in Caregiver (Feb 2021 - Mar 2023)

Setting: In-Home

• From Nov 2018 – Jan 2021, Raquel was working as a babysitter in the household.
• From Feb 2021, she started taking care of the old lady who was staying in the same household as her caregiver had left.
• Cared for an 82-year-old lady with renal failure, dementia and heart problems. The elderly weighed 65kg.
• Initially, she was able to with a walking stick and her assistance.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• In 2022, she had a heart attack and became bedridden. She also suffered a lung infection during that time.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (2 times a week only), turning & positioning (including at night).
• Peritoneal dialysis (manual) 4 times a day.
• NGT feeding.
• Suctioning (nasal and oral).
• Nebulizer.  
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Giving injections.
• Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up many times at night to look after her.
• Brought the elderly out to her own garden.
• Assisted in physiotherapy exercises. She learnt how to do physiotherapy in the hospital.
• Due to dementia,
• She would not remember her family members. Raquel will explain to her who they were.
• She did not sleep well at night. She would wake up at night and shout. She would hallucinate and talk to someone. Raquel would stay up at night to take care of her.
• The elderly would pull out her NGT.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments. She called for the ambulance to transport her to the hospital as needed. Communicated with the doctor about her condition.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping (sometimes) and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away in Mar 2023.
• Continued to work in the same household until Oct 2023.

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Other

Period: 2016 to 2018

‍Country: Bahrain

‍Title: Domestic Helper

Setting: In-Home

• Performed housework