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Lasianah has 10 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan.

4 years in Taiwan caring for an 80-year-old lady with cancer (black spots on the body). The elderly weighed 60kg.

• She was able to walk with walking stick for the first year and became wheelchair bound for the next 3 years.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, toileting, changing diapers (last 2 months in hospital, including at night), feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 3 times each night to help the elderly turning & positioning, changing diapers (last 2 months in hospital), and massaging the elderly.
  
• Assisted in ROM exercises daily.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer. Updated the doctor on the elderly’s bowel movements, blood pressure, urine conditions.
  
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

3 years in Taiwan for a 63-year-old lady with diabetes and eye surgery. The elderly weighed 50kg.

• She was able to walk with walking stick and assistance.
  
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
  
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
  
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, walking.
  
• Woke up 1 time each night to check the elderly’s urinary catheter and apply medication.
• Brought the elderly to take walks in the park.
  
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medication.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer. Updated the doctor on the elderly’s condition.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 81-year-old lady with diabetes and flatulence. The elderly weighed 60kg.

• She was able to walk with walking stick.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, walking.
  
• Woke up once each night to help the elderly with toileting.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the elderly to take walks in the park.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
  
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 4 years 8 months of caregiving experience in Taiwan and the Philippines.

2 years 8 months in Taiwan caring for an 87-year-old man with lungs cancer, brain tumour and diabetes. The elderly weighed 84kg.

• Assisted to walk with a cane. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Suctioning (oral), Nebulizer.
• Gave injections.
• Monitored and charted blood glucose levels and blood pressure.
• Noted all the elderly’s conditions and activities daily in her notebook and reported to her employer and doctor.
• Sometimes the elderly had urine in the blood, Cherryl informed the doctor.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (sometimes at night when he was not well), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Shared a bedroom with the elderly. Woke up 4 to 5 times at night to check on him and assisted him to go to the toilet. The elderly’s sleeping patterns were irregular. Sometimes he could not sleep at night and kept walking around the house. He would ask to go outside but Cherryl explained that it was late and they can’t go out. Cherryl stayed up the whole night to take care of him.
• Liaised with nurses for his weekly appointments.
• Assisted in walking and simple exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer. Updated his doctor about the elderly’s condition including cough and fever if any.
  
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

1 year 8 months in the Philippines caring for a bedbound 93-year-old man with stroke and lungs cancer. The elderly weighed 64kg.

• 12-hour shift, rotating day /night, 6 days a week. 2 caregivers in morning shift and 1 caregiver for night shift.
• Monitored vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, oxygen).
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care. Performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for bedsore.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Cared for him until he passed away.
  

2 months in the Philippines caring for a bedbound 48-year-old lady who had a car accident. She had recurrent pneumonia. The patient weighed 52kg.

• NGT feeding, Suctioning (tracheal), Nebulizer.
• 12-hour shift, rotating basis, 6 days a week. 2 caregivers in morning shift and 2 caregivers for night shift.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care. Performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
  

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) Caregiving
• Basic Nursing Skills Training (NGT Feeding, Tracheostomy Care, Nebulization, Oxygenation, CBG & PEG)
• 352-hour on-the-job Training (OJT) at Brigno General Hospital
• See her biodata for her certificates
  

She speaks English.

Tri Astuti is a trained, certified maid for elderly care.

She has undergone caregiver training at the overseas training centre.

She holds a certificate in caregiving.

She has worked as a domestic helper in Indonesia from 2013 – 2019.

From 2013 - 2019, she took care of 75-year-old man with dementia and heart disease. The elderly weighed 54kg.

• He can walk with caregiver supervision.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, toileting, walking.
• Woke up 2 times each night to help the elderly with toileting.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.

Due to dementia,

• The elderly would forget if he had eaten and ask to eat again. Tri would tell the elderly that he has eaten already.
• The elderly would refuse to shower. Tri would explain to her that if he doesn’t take a shower, he would not smell good.
• The elderly would not sleep in the middle of the night. Tri would accompany him to watch TV or read the book.
• Sometimes, the elderly would refuse to eat the medications. Tri would wait until the elderly eat or tell the employer if the elderly throws away the medications.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

She has 8 years 6 months of nursing aide experience in the Philippines.

13/09/2014 to present as a nursing attendant in a Medical Center in the Philippines.

• Suctioning (trachea & oral).
• NG Tube feeding, PEG Tube feeding.
• Ventilator, oxygen therapy.
• Monitored the vital signs. Charted the intake and output of patients.
  
• Blood glucose monitoring.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Administered suppository (bullet) and enema, and performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for pressure injury.
• Drained the colostomy bag (did not change).
  
• Served medication when the nurses were busy.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (if have issues, they will call for transport aides), turning & positioning.
• See her biodata for her Certificate of Employment and other certificates.

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) in Health Care Services.
• One-year Nursing Aide.
• Basic Life Support and Standard First Aid.
  
• Certificate of Good Moral Character.
• Certificate of Recognition (time-keeping).
  
• See her biodata for her certificates.
  

She speaks English.