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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.

Dina has 3 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 65-year-old man with stroke (right side weakness) and dementia. The elderly weighed 75kg.

• He walked with a walking stick at home and used a wheelchair outside of home.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, walking.
• Massaged the elderly daily.
• Woke up 2 – 3 times each night to help the elderly with changing diapers, and giving bread, biscuit and water.
• Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.

Due to dementia,

• The elderly would forget if he had taken his medications or meals and would ask to eat again. Dina would speak to him nicely and tell him that if he ate again, he would have stomach-ache. If the elderly still wanted to eat, Dina would give him some biscuits to eat.
• Sometimes, the elderly would forget that his sister had already visited him. When he asked Dina why his sister didn’t visit him, Dina would  give his sister a call and let them talk to each other.
• Sometimes, the elderly would say his friends were downstairs and would ask Dina to bring him down. Dina would take photos of downstairs from the window and tell the elderly that the people were not his friends.
• The elderly would ask to go outside at night frequently. Dina would explain to him that it was night time and that it was time to sleep. If the elderly didn’t believe in her, Dina would ask the elderly to look out the windows to see that it was dark.
• Sometimes, the elderly would forget where he has put his things. Dina would help him to look for them, but the elderly would soon forget.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with the elderly’s sister.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Saudi Arabia.

6 years caring as an 87-year-old lady with stroke (left-side weakness) and diabetes.

• Assisted in walking with a cane.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Monitored her blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding (cut her food into smaller pieces and place on her spoon), walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Separate bedroom. The elderly used an intercom to call for her. Woke up 4 times at night to assist with toileting or give food.
• The old lady had mood swings. She would get into a bad mood and refuse to talk to Mabeth. Mabeth would stay by her side and keep quiet to let her calm down.
• When the elderly was in a good mood, the old lady would chit chat with her about Mabeth’s life in the Philippines.
• Massaged her.
• Accompanied with the old lady to go outside at night to visit to the relatives at night until 2am or 4am.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
  
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.

She speaks English.

Anifah 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 2017 – 2019.

From 2017 - 2019, she took care of a wheelchair-bound 70-year-old lady. The elderly weighed 55kg.

• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, changing diapers (including at night), feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up 3 - 4 times each night to help the elderly with changing diapers and massaging.
• Massaged the elderly.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with the employer.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking for family of 4.
  

She speaks Indonesian, basic Mandarin and basic English.

She has 1 year 10 months of caregiving experience in the UAE.

1 year 10 months in the UAE caring for a 79-year-old lady with Alzheimer’s Disease and diabetes. The elderly weighed about 70kg

• Assisted in walking. Sometimes the elderly did not want to walk and Mariaassisted her using a wheelchair instead.
• Monitored her blood pressure.
• Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changingdiapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and outof bed.
• Shared a bedroom with the elderly. Woke up 3 - 5 times at night to changediapers and give water.
• Due to Alzheimer’s Disease,

• Sometimes the elderly would wake up in the middle of the night to talkto Maria for 1 or 2 hours until she was tired before she went back tosleep.
• Sometimes the elderly woke up at night and said she wanted to go out.Maria would explain to her that it was late and they need to sleep.
• Sometimes the elderly refused to eat, Maria would talk to her and sharestories
• Sometimes the elderly refused to take a shower, she would bite thetoothbrush or get angry when Maria put soap on her. Maria wouldexplain that she needed to take a bath so that she was clean andready to go out to see the doctor. Maria would tell her stories to distracther and make her happy. Maria learnt a little Arabic and, together withhand signs, she would talk to the elderly to coax her. The elderly onlyspoke Arabic.

• Assisted in simple exercises and walking exercises. Sometimes the elderlywould refuse to walk, Maria would coax her, saying “let’s go to thesupermarket to buy something to eat” and the elderly would gladly followand walk with her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments every week with her son.
• Her employer was from Oman and move to work in the UAE. Near the end ofher contract, her employer decided to move back to Oman. As Maria didnot want to follow her employer to Oman and returned to the Philippines.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

She speaks English.

Yuyun has 5 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan.

4 years in Taiwan caring for a bedbound 35-year-old man with full-body paralysis. He weighed 70kg.

• Suctioning (tracheal).
• NG Tube feeding.
• Condom catheter.
• Enema and manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including sponging, dressing, changing diapers, and turning & positioning.
• Woke up 2 – 3 times each night to help the man with changing condom catheter, suctioning, and turning and positioning.
  
• Assisted with range-of-motion exercises and massaged the patient.
  
• Prepared and served medication.

1 year in Taiwan caring for a 90-year-old lady with diabetes and stroke. The elderly weighed 65kg. She could walk with a walking frame.

• Monitored blood glucose levels.
  
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging, dressing, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
  
• Woke up 2 – 3 times each night to help the elderly changing diapers, and turning and positioning.
  
• The elderly would wake up at night 1 – 2 times each week, Yuyun would accompany the elderly with watching TV. If the elderly felt hungry, Yuyun would give her some dumplings.
  
• Assisted with range-of-motion exercises and massaged the elderly.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
  
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

She has 2 years 3 months of nursing attendant experience in San Francisco Municipal Hospital, Philippines.

• Assigned to general male wards, general female wards, geriatric wards, emergency room and maternity wards (assisting 1 midwife).
• Rotating shifts of 7AM – 3PM (morning shift), 3PM – 11PM (afternoon shift) 11PM – 7AM (night shift).
• 1 nursing attendant to 10 – 15 patients per shift.
• 5 days of duty followed by 2 – 3 days off. Worked for about 20 - 22 days in a month.
• Some of the medical conditions of the patients include diabetes, hypertension, stroke, trauma (accident), infection.
• Monitor vital signs. Monitored blood glucose levels.
• Monitored intake / output.
• Nebulizer.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Administered suppository (bullet).
• Basic wound care for bedsores and wounds.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Served oral medications.
• Changed IV fluids.
  
• See her biodata for her Certificate of Employment.

Certification and Training

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• See her biodata for her certificate.

She speaks English.

Muawanah 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 from 2004 – 2006 in Malaysia and from 2017 – 2021 in Indonesia.

From 2017 - 2021, she took care of a wheelchair-bound 75-year-old lady with stroke (right side weakness).

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 2 times each night to help the elderly with changing diapers, turning & positioning, and giving water.
• Brought the elderly out to get some sun daily.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• 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 2 years of caregiving experience Taiwan.

2 years caring for a wheelchair-bound 90-year-old lady with hypertension and problem with her knees (and hence unable to walk). The elderly weighed 83kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa).
• Shared a bedroom with the elderly. Woke up 2 times at night to assist with toileting. Sometimes when the elderly was not feeling well, she would keep calling for her for massage her or to give tissue or water.
• Prepared and served medications.
• The elderly frequently needed attention. She would keep calling for Irish. Sometimes Irish would be cooking in the kitchen or going outside to the market. Irish would explain to her in simple Mandarin phrases.
• Sometimes the elderly would forget if she had taken her medication and wanted to take again. Irish would explain to her in simple Mandarin patiently.
• Brought her outside in the morning and afternoon so the elderly can chit chat with her friends and for fresh air.
  
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.

Certification and Training

• 150-hour Caretaker Training
• See her biodata for her certificates.
  

She speaks English and some Mandarin phrases.

Wati has over 5 years of caregiving experience in Singapore.

5 years caring for a 65-year-old lady with stroke (right side weakness) and leg operation. The elderly weighed 70kg.

• She was able to walk with walking frame on first 2 years, and became wheelchair bound on last 3 years.
• NG Tube feeding (last 1 year).
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), feeding, walking (first 2 years), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (last 3 years), turning & positioning (including at night, last 3 years).
• Woke up 3 – 4 times each night to help the elderly with toileting or changing diapers and turning & positioning.
• Brought the elderly outside to do some exercises.
• Assisted in ROM exercises and rehabilitation exercises, such as squeezing the ball, hand and leg exercises, putting the spoon in tongue (speech therapy in the last 1 year).
• Brought the elderly independently to hospital once every 2 months for speech therapy, hand and leg exercises.
• Brought the elderly independently for medical appointments by walking (45mins).
• Prepared and served medications.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
• See her biodata for her Employment History in Singapore.

Training

• Completed Caregiver Training in overseas training centre
  
• See her biodata for her certificate.

She has previously worked about 5 years for 1 employer in Singapore caring for the elderly lady and another 1 year with another employer as a domestic helper.

She speaks basic English and Indonesian.

She has 4 years 4 months of caregiving experience in Hong Kong.

4 years 4 months caring as a wheelchair-bound 66-year-old lady with stroke (right-side weakness) and diabetes. The elderly weighed 78kg

• Monitored her diet.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care
• Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (using a commode), toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding (when she was in a bad mood), walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• The elderly needed constant attention from Merisa. She would keep calling for Merisa to serve her, day and night. She was also not cooperative when Merisa needed to assist her with activities. She would cooperate only when she was in the mood.
• When the elderly was in a good mood and wanted to, Merisa would assist her to walk with a walking frame to walk. However, most of the time, the elderly refused to walk, needed Merisa to transfer her from bed to wheelchair and push her on a wheelchair instead.
• Sometimes the elderly would ask for her husband to sleep with her, sometimes the elderly would ask Merisa to sleep with her.
• The elderly often talked a lot at night and Merisa would stay up to attend to her.
• Woke up 2 - 5 times at night to assist with changing diapers. The elderly would often call for her “Sa-sa” or bang on her bed to catch Merisa’s attention and to talk to her and tell her stories.
• Once in a month, the elderly would be unable to sleep the whole night. It can last up 3 nights where she did not sleep at all. She would keep talking. She would forget who her family members were, unable to recognise them.
• The elderly enjoyed to going outdoors. Every day, Merisa pushed the elderly to the markets (to look at fishes) and then the mall, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Each journey would take 30 minutes’ walk.
• Sometimes the elderly would ask her to dance. Merisa would comply and dance to make her happy and laugh.
• Assisted in exercises at the playground with other elderly every morning and afternoon.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her husband or daughter
• Accompanied for acupuncture once a week.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
  
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.

She speaks English.

Roifatul 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 2015 – 2017.

From 2013 - 2016, she took care of her own 68-year-old grandmother with stroke. Cared for her once every month, when she went home for a break her work in Jakarta. During this time, she would take turn her mother in caring for her grandmother by herself.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers (at night), dressing, feeding, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 1 time each night to help the elderly with giving water, changing diapers, turning & positioning.
• Massaged the elderly daily.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
  

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

She has 2 years 2 months of caregiving experience in Kuwait.

2 years in Kuwait caring for a a 93-year-old Iranian lady, employer’s mother, with Alzheimer’s Disease and diabetes. The elderly weighed 50+kg.

• Lovely first started working with her employer’s household as a domestic helper from May 2014 – Jun 2016. She performed housework for a family of 6.
• In 2018, her employer asked for her to work for them again as a live-in caregiver for her employer’s mother.
• From Nov 2018 – Dec 2020, she cared for a 93-year-old Iranian lady, employer’s mother, with Alzheimer’s Disease and diabetes. The elderly weighed 50+kg.
• Assisted in walking. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Gave injections (sometimes) and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Assisted in walking exercises. Accompanied the elderly to the beach, garden.

Due to Alzheimer’s Disease,

• Sometimes the elderly refuses to take a shower. Lovely would say to the elderly that she was smelly so she needed to take a bath and the elderly would cooperate in taking a bath.
• Sometimes the elderly forget that she has eaten and asked to eat again. She would get angry when Lovely explained to her that she had eaten. Lovely would prepare some snacks for her to eat to calm her down.
• Sometimes she would forget her children’s names, Lovely’s name and birthdays. Lovely would remind her patiently.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her daughter.
• Cleaned the patient’s room and toilet. Cooked for the patient.
• The family had multiple workers home including 1 other caregiver caring for patient’s husband, 2 nannies and 2 helpers for the domestic chores.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) Caregiving
• 200-hour On the Job Training (OJT) for elderly care and/ or client with special needs.
• Basic Life Support (CPR-Adult, Child, Infant) training
• Standard First Aid training
• Basic Nursing Skills Enhancement
• See her biodata for her certificates.

She speaks English.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 80-year-old man with kidney cancer (stage 4) and stroke. The elderly weighed about 70kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, changing diapers (including at night), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Brought the elderly outside to get some sun.
• Sometimes when she asked the elderly to do exercises, the elderly refused to exercises. He would get angry when Muryanti try to coax him to do it.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Monitored and charted blood pressure. Employer would use her records to show the doctor during the elderly medical appointments.
• Performed housework and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
  

6 years in Taiwan caring for an 83-year-old lady with dementia. The elderly weighed 48kg.

• Assisted in walking with a walking stick.

Due to dementia,

• The elderly would forget if she had eaten and ask to eat again. Muryanti gave her a little bit of food to eat.
• Sometimes the elderly would forget that she has showered. Muryanti would explain to the elderly she has showered and that her clothes are clean. Sometimes, the elderly did not believe to her and insisted on showering. Muryanti would help the elderly to shower again. This would happen about once every week.
• The elderly would forget where her cup was. Muryanti would explain to the elderly nicely where it was. Sometimes the elderly would still scold her and Muryanti would apologise her to calm her down.
• The elderly would get angry when Muryanti could not understand her dialect. Muryanti would apologise, explain that she did not understand and the elderly would calm down subsequently.
• Usually, in a week, there would be 1 – 2 nights that the elderly was unable to sleep. Muryanti would stay up to care for her, give her a cup of milk and talk to her. Then, in the day time, she would rest with the elderly.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, toileting, feeding, changing diapers (including at night) and preventing falls.
• Woke up 2 – 3 times each night to change the diapers.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Monitored blood pressure. Notified her employer know when her bp was unusually high.
• Alerted her employer when the elderly had no appetite or seemed unwell.
• Performed housework and cooking.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 1 year 11 months of caregiving experience in the Bahrain.

1 year 11 months in Bahrain caring for an 87-year-old man with stroke (left-side weakness and some speech impairment), diabetes and showing signs of dementia. The elderly weighed 65kg.

• Assisted walking at home (he did not want to use a cane). Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Monitored his blood pressure.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night and when going outside), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Slept in an adjacent bedroom to the elderly. Woke up about 3 times at night to give water and change diapers.
• Sometimes the elderly would also wake up at night to talk to her, saying what would happen if he passes away and Claudine would talk to him, that he was still strong, to calm him down.
• Sometimes he would forget if he had eaten. He would say that he had eaten although he had not eaten. Claudine would speak to him that he would need to eat so later they would go outside to exercise.
• Sometimes he would refuse to shower as he was scared of feeling cold. Claudine would explain gently that he was smelly and needed a shower. She would make the water warm and he would listen to her.
• Sometimes the elderly would want to go to the mall or the park. His children did not allow him to go outside as the elderly did not want to use a wheelchair but his gait was poor and susceptible to falls. Claudine would explain to him that there was no car as his children were all out and there was no one to send him there.
• Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged his left arm and leg.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
  
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

She speaks English.

Munawaroh 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 2009 to 2015, taking care of children, performing housework and cooking.

From 2007 - 2008, she took care of her own 40-year-old mother with liver disease. She had jaundice.

• Assisted in walking slowly.
• Assisted in showering, toileting, feeding and dressing.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Took turns with her brother to care for her.
• Cared for her until she passed away.
  

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

She has 1 years 11 months of nursing aide experience in the Philippines.

She holds a 2-year diploma in Nursing Aide and is also trained in CPR and Basic Life Support with AED Operation.

Mar 2022 to present as a nursing aide in a hospital in the Philippines.

• Working as a Nursing Aide assigned to the ICU, general ward, COVID ward, Operating Theatre and Emergency Room.
• For ICU ward, 1 nursing aide to 4 patients
• For general ward, 1 nursing aide to 18 - 21 patients.
• For COVID-19 ward, 1 nursing aide to 12 patients.
• Monitored vital sign, intake / output.
• NGT feeding, PEG Tube feeding, Suctioning (oral and tracheal), Nebulizer.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy. Cared for intubated patients, patients with mechanical ventilator.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, administered suppository (bullet), enema and performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for bedsores, Stoma care.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, toileting (using a commode), changing diapers, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Prepared and served oral medications
  
• See her biodata for her Certificate of Employment.

Certification and Training

• 2-year Diploma in Nursing Aide
• TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving
• Basic Life Support Training with AED Operation
• Certificate of Proficiency in CPR
• 96-hour On-the-Job Training (OJT) for Nursing Aide Program with a residential facility for abandoned elderly
• 64-hour OJT for Nursing Aide Course with H Vill Hospital
• 140-hour OJT for Nursing Aide with Barangay San Isidro
• Basic Nursing Skills Training for Tracheostomy Care, NGT/PEG Care and Feeding, Oxygenation and Nebulization Administration, Catheter Care, Colostomy Care.
  
• See her biodata for her certificates.
  

She speaks English.

Kuniyah has 10 years 10 months of experience caring for elderly at home in Singapore and Taiwan.

4 years 1 months in Singapore caring for an 86-year-old lady with dementia and diabetes. The elderly weighed about 43kg.

• She was able to walk on first 3 years, and became wheelchair bound last year.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• Performed manual evacuation.
• Monitored blood pressure and temperature.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, changing diapers (including at night), feeding, walking (first 3 years), getting into and out of bed, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up 2 – 3 times each night to help the elderly with changing diapers and giving water.
• Brought the elderly to the playground for relax twice daily.

Due to dementia,

• The elderly would forget she have not eaten. Kuniyah would give her the food to eat.
• Sometimes, the elderly would forget her children. Kuniyah would would give her their photo and tell her their name.
• The elderly would ask to go outside in the middle of the night. Kuniyah would let her go out to see the sky and speak to her nicely that it is night time.
• The elderly would get angry frequently, she would hit, kick, pinch and spit on her. Kuniyah would be patience and speak to her nicely to calm her down.
• The elderly would play the diapers she wore 3 – 4 times a week. Kuniyah would help the elderly with showering and cleaning the room.
• Sometimes, the elderly would refuse to eat the medications. Kuniyah would grind the medications into powder and add in the water for her to drink.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the elderly for medical appointments independently by bus and train.  

She also cared for a 95-year-old man. The elderly weighed 80+kg.

• In last 2 months, he started the sign of dementia and cannot see anything.
• Monitored blood pressure and temperature.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering with caregiver supervision, dressing.

Due to the sign of dementia,

• The elderly would forget if he had eaten and ask to eat again at night. Kuniyah would give him something small to eat.
• The elderly would forget day and night. Kuniyah would explain to her that it is night time and coax to go back to sleep.
• The elderly would ask Kuniyah to do some indecent behaviour and he would give her money. Kuniyah would refuse him and say cannot.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the elderly for medical appointments independently. Updated the doctor on the elderly’s condition.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.‍
• See her biodata for her Singapore employment history.

1 years 9 months in Singapore caring for an 75-year-old lady with stroke. The elderly weighed 78kg.

• NGT feeding.
• Monitored blood pressure and temperature.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, changing diapers (including at night), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 2 - 3 times each night to help the elderly with changing diapers, turning & positioning, and massaging.
• Massaged the elderly daily.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the elderly for medical appointments independently. Updated the doctor with the elderly's conditions, blood pressure.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

She also cared for an 86-year-old man. The elderly weighed 90kg.

• In the last 3 months, the elderly fall down, he became bedridden and stayed in hospital. He moved to ICU in last 1 month and passed away.
• NGT feeding (2 months), Suctioning (tracheal, 2 months)
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including sponging (2 months), dressing (2 months), changing diapers (2 months).
• Brought the elderly to the park to exercise twice daily.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
  

5 years in Taiwan caring for bedbound elderly with stroke in a nursing home.

• 12-hour night shifts (8pm – 8am).
• Suctioning (Oral, Tracheal, and Nasal), NGT feeding, Nebulizer, Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Administered suppository (bullet), enema, and performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Monitored blood pressure and temperature.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers, turning & positioning.
• Massaged the elderly.
• Served medications.
  

She speaks Mandarin, some Hokkien and Indonesian.

She has 3.5 years of caregiving experience in Kuwait.

3.5 years in Kuwait caring for a wheelchair-bound 79-year-old lady who was unable to move her right leg. There was pain in her right leg but the elderly did not want to see the doctor as she was afraid of the doctor.

• The elderly weighed 60-65kg.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (once every 4 days during summer and once a month during winter), sponging, toileting (the elderly did not want to wear diapers), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (assisted to stand using a walker before moving her to the wheelchair), turning & positioning (including at night).
• Shared a bedroom with the patient. Woke up 2 to 3 times at night to assist her to the toilet.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged her right leg.
• Sometimes the elderly was in a bad mood, she would shout at Analin. Analin would leave her to calm down for 5 minutes and then the elderly would be fine after that.
• Cooking for the family. Cleaned the elderly’s 1 room and 1 toilet. The family had another helper for housework at home.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.

1 year 5 months in the Philippines as a live-in elderly helper.

• Performed housework for a wheelchair-bound 80-year-old lady.
• Assisted the elderly’s nurses and caregivers in taking care of her including showering, dressing and transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• When nurses and caregivers were on vacation, she looked after the elderly including toileting (using a commode), showering, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.

She speaks English.

Sri Wahyati 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 2020 to 2022.

• She took care of children, age 4 and 7.
• She performed housework and cooking for family of 4.
  

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

She has about 2.5 years of caregiving experience in the Philippines.

2.5 years in the Philippines as a live in caregiver in a convent to care for sick elderly nuns.

Stayed in a convent to care for their sick elderly nuns. She was trained by a nun doctor to take care of the elderly nuns.

Patient 1: Jul – Aug 2016. Cared for a bedbound 85-year-old lady with bone cancer. Stayed in the hospital to care for her round the clock.

• Performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, turning & positioning (including at night). Woke up 2 to 3 times at night to change diapers and turn and position her.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

Patient 2: Sep 2016 – Nov 2017. Cared for an 89 -year-old lady with Alzheimer’s Disease and diabetes. The elderly weighed 70kg.

• Assisted in walking.
• Monitored blood glucose levels. Monitored her blood pressure.
• Basic wound care for wound on her leg.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed (sometimes).
• Patient would call her. Woke up 2 to 3 times at night to attend to the elderly. She would ask Nelfa to make coffee for her.
• Assisted in walking exercises around the nunnery.

Due to dementia,

• Sometimes she did not recognise Nelfa and asked her to leave her room. Nelfa explained to the elderly that she needed her help to walk and stand. The elderly would push her away. She would let her calm down.
• Sometimes the elderly did not go toilet and would urinate in the bed.
• Sometimes the elderly would angry when she was not allowed to drink coffee due to her diabetes. Nelfa would explain to her.
• Sometimes the elderly was not able to sleep at night and would keep calling for Nelfa. Nelfa would prepare biscuits and milk for her.

• Engaged the elderly in conversations.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

Patient 3: Dec 2017 - Jan 2019. Cared for an 81-year-old lady with breast cancer (undergone double mastectomy) and diabetes. She had undergone to place steel support for her legs. The elderly weighed 78kg.

• Assisted in walking with a cane.
• She was undergoing chemotherapy session. Accompanied her to the hospital.
• Monitored blood glucose levels and blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, walking, getting into and out of the bed.
• Woke up 1 to 2 times at night to massage the elderly.
• Assisted in exercises (including pedal cycling). Applied hot compress for her for 30 minutes.

• She cleaned the nun patients’ room and did their laundry.
• She also cleaned the convent’s library and conference.
• See her biodata for her certificate of employment.

She speaks English.

Reni has 6 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

4 years in Taiwan caring for a bedbound 78-year-old man with stroke. The elderly weighed about 60kg.

• NG Tube feeding, Suctioning (tracheal).
  
• Administered enema and performed manual evacuation.
  
• Basic wound dressing for pressure injuries (sacral and heel).
  
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises
• Woke up 3 times each night to suction, check and change diapers, check on his well-being and turn and position the elderly.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Measured and recorded intake and output, stool colour and blood pressure daily. Updated the housecall doctor weekly on the measurements and the elderly's well-being.
• Accompanied for monthly medical appointments with her employer.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
  

2 years in Hong Kong caring for an 70-year-old lady with dementia. The elderly weighed 45kg.

• Assisted in walking with a walking stick.
• Administered enema and performed manual evacuation.
  

Due to dementia,

• The elderly would forget where she had placed her things. She would scold Reni and say that she was stupid and foolish for forgetting where she kept the elderly's things. Reni would tell the elderly nicely that she would help her look for her things, and for the elderly to rest and wait for a while she looked.
• The elderly would accuse Reni of stealing her money. Reni would tell her nicely that she did not, and that elderly's children did not give her money.
• At times, the elderly would have day-night reversal, and would think that it was in the day when it was late at night. She would be awake and would want to call her child. Reni would give her the phone, but turn off the data so that the call would not go through. Reni would stay awake with the elderly to tend to her needs.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding, and walking.
• Woke up 3 to 5 times in the night to assist with toileting and to give the elderly milk or some fruits. Reni rested in the day when the elderly rested.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment with her employer.
• Brought the elderly for 2-hour day physiotherapy independently taking the chartered bus. Sometimes, Reni would walk (20 minutes) and push the elderly on the wheelchair to the rehabilitation facility.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 8 years of caregiving experience in Saudi Arabia.

8 years in Saudi Arabia caring for a 70+-year-old Irish lady with Alzheimer’s Disease. The elderly weighed 40kg..

• Initially she was able to walk by herself. In 2015, she suffered a seizure and broke her hip. She began using the wheelchair.
• Basic wound care for bedsore. Applied cream.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (every other day), sponging (on other days), toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, feeding (both her hands are unable to open to hold spoon or anything), walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning and positioning.
• Assisted in walking exercises. Massaged her hands. Assisted the physiotherapist with exercises during her sessions.
• When the elderly became wheelchair-bound, she assisted the elderly with a 5-minute walk for exercise each day.
• Due to her Alzheimer’s Disease,
• Sometimes she would refuse to take a shower, Rosario would sing for her to distract her and coax her, saying that if she takes a shower she will be more beautiful and feel better.
• Sometimes she would refuse to eat or take medicines and get angry. Rosario would talk to her, saying that she would feel better if she takes the medicine.
• She was not able to speak well (slurring), kept repeating her words.
• In the first 2 years, the elderly would wake up at night and asked to go out. Rosario would explain to her it was night time that they were both tired and she would listen to go back to sleep.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for vacations to Ireland.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
• See her biodata for her employer’s letter, visa, arrival and departure stamps.

She speaks English.

Reni 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 2018 – 2021.

• From 2018 - 2021, she took care an 85-year-old lady. The elderly weighed 65kg.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including toileting, dressing, getting into and out of bed.
• Woke up 3 times each night to help the elderly with toileting and giving water.
• Brought the elderly to the park to do exercise daily.
• Prepared and served vitamins daily.
• Took care of children, age 5.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking for family of 4.
  

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

She has about 2 years 3 months of caregiving experience in the Philippines.

1 years 9 months in the Philippines as a nurse attendant in Don Emilio Del Valle Memorial Hospital, Philippines.

• Worked as a nurse attendant in a hospital with 150 – 200 beds.
• Assigned to the surgical ward, OB Ward, pediatric ward, Emergency Room.
• 1 nursing attendant to 40 - 60 patients including critical patients, bedridden patients, patients with pneumonia, fractures, stroke and vehicular accidents.
• 8 – 12 hours per shift, 6 days per week.
• Monitored vital signs. Monitored blood glucose levels.
• NGT feeding, Suctioning (oral), Nebulizer. Basic wound care.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bed bath, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (assisting the nurses to transport the patient for labs), turning & positioning.
• See her biodata for her Certificate of Employment.

4 months in the Philippines as a Caregiver in a Home for the Aged.

• 1 caregiver with 1 nurse to 5 Alzheimer’s Disease patients. 4 days per week, 12 hours per day, rotating basis.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, walking and fall prevention.
• Due to Alzheimer’s Disease, the elderly acted like a child. Ritchelle sang, danced and played with them to engage them. She played toys with them such as magic crocodile.
• Served medications.

2 months in the Philippines as a stay-in caregiver caring for a bedbound 68-year-old man with stroke and diabetes. The senior weighed about 90kg.

• 12-hour night shifts (7PM – 7AM), 2 off day every month.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• PEG Tube feeding.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bed bath, changing diapers, toilet (urine bottle), dressing, turning & positioning.
• Prepared and served medications.
  

Certification and Training

• Graduate in Midwifery
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• See her biodata for her certificates.

She speaks English.

Titik has 9 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

3 years in Hong Kong caring for a wheelchair-bound 73-year-old lady with stroke. The elderly weighed 72kg.

• NGT feeding for 5 month and Suctioning (tracheal).
  
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Shared a room with elderly and would wake up frequently at night to check on the elderly.
• Assisted in simple arm exercises, would pat on the elderly’s back and massage her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
  

3 years in China caring for a 75-year-old lady with stroke (left side weakness). The elderly weighed 45kg.

• Walked with a walking stick. Used a wheelchair when she was tired.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking, turning & positioning (including at night). getting into and out of bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Accompanied the elderly to the park, assisted in exercises, massaged her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchaired-bound 78-year-old man with stroke (right-side weakness) and renal failure. The elderly weighed 83kg.

• Performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in simple exercises and will massage him.
• Prepared, served medications, and accompanied for medical appointment and kidney dialysis.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 3 years 7 months of eldercare experience in the Philippines.

May 2022 to present as a nursing attendant in medical center, Philippines.

• Currently working in the medical and isolation wards.
• Performs 8-hour shifts, 6 days a week with 1 day off.
• One nurse attendant to 15 – 24 patients in a ward each shift.
• Patients usually have pneumonia, gastritis, CVA (stroke), post-operation patients. Sometimes there were also intubated patients.
• Monitors vital signs and blood glucose levels.
• Suctioning for intubated patients.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Administered suppository (bullet).
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• See her biodata for her Certificate of Employment.
  

1 years 11 months in the Philippines caring for an 83-year-old lady with Parkinson’s Disease, bronchitis and arthritis. The elderly weighed 67kg. The elderly had tremors.

• Monitored vital signs, intake / output.
• 12-hour day and night shifts, rotating basis. 2 caregivers every shift.
• Assisted in walking with a walker. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Assisted in physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy.
• Read books with her. Played board games, matching games to stimulate her mind.
• Massaged her every 4 hours as her muscles would stiffen.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
• See her biodata for her Certificate of Employment.
  

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) in Health Care Services.
• 120-hours On the Job Training in Emergency Room and General Wards.
• 120-hour Volunteer Caregiver in St. Vincent Strambi Home for the Aged Inc.
• See her biodata for her certificates.
  

She speaks English.

She has 12 years of caregiving experience in Malaysia.

12 years in Malaysia caring an 80+-year-old lady with dementia, asthma and diabetes.

• Assisted to walk with a walking stick at home. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Monitored her blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding (in the last 3 to 4 years until she passed), walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Checked on her diapers before she slept and also woke up once at night to check on her as well as her diapers.

Due to dementia,

• Sometimes the elderly would forget if she had gone to the toilet and kept going back to the toilet. Sometimes she would forget and urinate on her bed.
• Sometimes the elderly would refuse to take her meals. She would say that she was full although she had not eaten anything yet. Nemalyn talked to her slowly to coax her, feed her and get her to eat.
• Sometimes she had hallucinations, saying that there was a man standing at the door. She would take the broomstick into her room to protect herself. As the elderly was a Christian, Nemalyn comforted her, saying that God would protect her to calm her down.
• Sometimes she also could not recognise her children and grandchildren. She would call them her brother and sister-in-law.
• Massaged her.
• The elderly liked to dress up. Nemalyn would put her in nice clothes, make her hair, give her manicure and pedicure for her to make her happy.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her children. Updated the doctor on her blood pressure, sleeping patterns and asthma attacks.
• The elderly stayed with her son, daughter in law and 2 grandchildren.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

She speaks English.

Romdonnah 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 2018 - 2022.

From 2018 - 2022, she took care of an 80-year-old lady with stroke (right side weakness). The elderly weighed 36kg.

• She was able to walk with walking frame.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, changing diapers (including at night), feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Woke up 2 times each night to help the elderly with changing diapers and giving water or milk.
• Assisted in ROM exercises daily.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with the employers.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking for family of 3.
  

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

She has 4 years 9 months of caregiving experience in the Philippines.

Jun 2018 - present. She has cared the patient for about 3 years and continuing with the same family to care for her patient’s wife.

• Cared for a wheelchair-bound 94-year-old man with stroke (left-side weakness), Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease. The elderly weighed 75kg.
• Worked with 1 other caregiver to care for him together.
• Monitored vital signs.‍
• Administered suppository (bullet).
• Basic wound care for bedsore. Applied cream.‍
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, bed bath, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Woke up 2 – 3 times at night to change his diapers and turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Assisted in foot bike exercises and dumbbell exercises.
• Prepared and served medications. He had difficulties swallowing – grinded the medications to mix with the liquid.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
• Assisted in physical therapy. Walked for up to 20 steps only.

Due to his Alzheimer’s Disease,‍

• Sometimes he would punch or spit at his caregivers. He would spit out his dentures and throw it at his caregivers.
• He did not recognise his caregiver and, sometimes, also his wife.
• He slept in the day and stayed awake at night, murmuring to himself.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away in May 2021.

Continued to care for his 84-year-old wife with dementia until present.

• She is able to walk by herself. She did not want to use a cane. Her caregivers needed to assist her when the floor is not flat and prevent falls.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, brushing her teeth, cleaned her dentures, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed (sometimes).
• Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up 2 to 3 times to change her diapers.
• Danced and sang with the elderly. Assisted with stretching exercises.

Due to her dementia,

• Sometimes she does not the hour, day and night. Sometimes in the morning, she had just woken up and she would think she has not slept yet.
• Sometimes she forgot that she had eaten, she would ask to eat again. She would explain and she would angry and insists on eating. She would give some fruits.
• Sometimes she did not want to brush her teeth. She would explain and assist her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments and lab tests via their driver.

She has also worked abroad previously for more than 2 years in Kuwait as a domestic helper.

See her biodata for her OFW info sheet, travel document and other employment document.

She speaks English.