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She has 6 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

4 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 68-year-old man with stroke. The elderly weighed 70kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Brought elderly to the park for exercises. Massaged the elderly frequently as he enjoyed it.
• Accompanied elderly to the hospital for rehabilitation 2 times a week via the hospital’s transportation.
• Brought elderly to the hospital once a month for medical appointments by the hospital transportation.
• Monitored blood pressure. Prepared and served medications.
• Performed housework. Prepared breakfast porridge, egg and pork floss for elderly. Lunch and dinner were takeaway from nearby stalls. Cooked simple dishes like steamed fish, vegetables when children come back during the festive seasons.
• Elderly stayed alone.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
  

2 years in Taiwan caring for patients with various medical conditions in a nursing home in Tainan.

• Worked Night Shifts, 7PM – 8AM. Each shift there is a nurse, Ana and another nurse aide who took care of 45 elderly in the nursing home.
• Cared for ambulant, chair-bound and bedbound patients, both male and female.
• NGT feeding, Suctioning (oral and tracheal).
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, administered suppository (bullet), enema and performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for pressure injuries (bedsore).
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Served medications.

She speaks Mandarin, Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia.

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She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 90-year-old lady with dementia and heart disease. The elderly weighed 68kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 4 to 10 times each night
• Due to dementia,
• The elderly would forget that she had already taken her meals and medication. Nurul would explain to her nicely that she had already taken her meals.
• When Nurul could not understand what the elderly wanted, she would get angry and scold Nurul. Nurul would explain to her that not to be anxious, they could wait for her son to come home and she can tell her son what she wanted Nurul to do, and her son could then let Nurul know.
• Served medications. Assisted with ROM exercises
• Accompanied for the elderly's medical appointments with her employer.
• Elderly stayed with her son and daughter-in-law.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 85-year-old lady who had undergone knee surgeries on both her knees.

• She was wheelchair-bound in her first year. In her second year, she walked with assistance and a walking frame. In her third year, she was able to walk with the walking frame without assistance.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• In her first year, woke up 3 to 5 times each night to change diapers and to turn and position the elderly to prevent pressure injury. In her second year, woke up 3 to 4 times each night to assist with toileting. In her third year, woke up once or twice each night during the 3rd year to assist with toileting.
• Brought the elderly independently to day rehabilitation 6 days a week. Assisted the elderly with a standing frame exercise initially when the elderly could not stand. After the elderly could stand, Nurul assisted with the treadmill and parallel bar. Assisted with the exercise ball, squeezing balls, moving small objects around, cup stack pyramid. Assisted with the exercise of core muscles, leg muscles, heat therapy, exercise bicycle, pull down resistor band.
• Assisted in ROM exercises, rehabilitation exercises, physiotherapy.
• Administered enema. Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for the elderly's medical appointments with her employer.
• Successfully rehabilitated the elderly after 3 years. The elderly no longer required a caregiver.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.
She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has 8 years of caregiving experience in Singapore and Taiwan.

6 years in Taiwan caring for a 58-year-old lady with stroke, dementia and diabetes.

• She was unable to walk or talk.
• She was also unable to recognise her husband and children.
• As she was not able to talk, Muji slowly learned what the patient wanted and attended to her needs accordingly.
• Due to dementia, the patient would have mood swings and lose her temper twice a day. She would scream and try to hit Muji. When this happened, Muji would sit with her and wait for her to calm down.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Administered enema 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, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• The House-call doctor visited once a month. The doctor would ask Muji to update him on the patient’s diet, frequency and type of stool, if she had slept well at night, if she had taken her medication on time and her records of blood glucose levels.

2 years in Singapore a wheelchair-bound 70-year-old lady with diabetes and stroke. The elderly weighed 80kg.

• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Intermittent urinary catheterisation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning. Prepared and served medications.
• Woke up every 2 hours at night to assist with intermittent catherization, change diapers and turning & positioning.
• Brought elderly independently for monthly medical appointments taking the taxi.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has undergone training in caregiving

She has 9 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

7 years in Taiwan caring for a 78-year-old man with dementia and renal failure. The elderly weighed 68kg.

• In the first 3 years, he was able to walk with a walking stick and Dian’s assistance. In the following 4 years, he was wheelchair-bound.
• Due to dementia, he would forget if he had taken his meals. Elderly was also very impatient and would lose his temper. For example, he had always wanted to go to the hospital much earlier than his appointment timings. His son, the employer, had instructed Dian not to bring him there earlier as he did not want him to spend too much time waiting in the hospital and increase the likelihood of him catching an infection. Elderly would lose his temper and shout at Dian when Dian did not allow him to go earlier as he had wanted. He would raise his hand but did not hit her.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (including at night), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought elderly to the hospital three times a week by herself via a taxi for haemodialysis.
• Brought the elderly to the park on other days when he did not need to go for dialysis. Assisted with walking and exercises at the park.
• Soaked his feet at home.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with the employer.
• Elderly stayed alone. Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
  

2 years in Taiwan caring for an 85-year-old lady who was frail and needed assistance in walking.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking.
• Served medications.
• Performed housework and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

She speaks Mandarin, basic English and Indonesian.

She is trained in caregiving.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

6 years in Taiwan with 1 employer.

• In her last 2 years, she cared for a wheelchair-bound 68-year-old lady with stroke. The elderly weighed 70kg.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including 2 – 3 times at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including 2- 3 times at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied elderly for medical appointment with her employer.
• Accompanied elderly for twice a month rehabilitation at the hospital with her employer. Rehabilitation included squeezing the ball, moving objects around, using rehabilitation machines, parallel bars).
• Brought elderly to the park on a wheelchair.
• Elderly had mood swings and would vent her frustration by scolding Sri vulgarities.
• Throughout her 6 years, she also cared for a child with intellectual disability from when he was 6 years old till when he was 12.
• The boy had behavioural issues. He would pass motion and urine everywhere, including in public places. He would spit at people and get into fights. He also had a tendency to touch people inappropriately.
• Sri brought the child to and from school on motorcycle every day.
• Assisted in the child’s Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing and toileting.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 60-year-old man with dementia and stroke. He had also met in a motorcycle accident previously. He was able to walk with Sri’s assistance.  

• Due to dementia:‍
• The senior experienced sundowning, being disoriented between day and night. He would wake up at night, thinking it was morning and insist on walking around. When this happened, Sri woke up to hold him when he walked to prevent falls. If Sri did not let the senior get up to walk, he would get very agitated and want to hit out at Sri. After he had walked around for a while, he would then be able to go back to sleep.
• The senior would refuse to take his medication, swinging his hand to try to hit Sri and the medication. When this happened, Sri would wait for a while for him to calm down before coaxing him slowly to take his medication.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including 2 times at night), dressing, feeding, walking.
• Administered enema and performed manual evacuation.
• Prepared and served medications. Assisted in ROM exercises at home.
• Brought the elderly to and from the hospital once a week for day rehabilitation by herself via a taxi. Rehabilitation included walking with the walking frame, using a squeeze ball.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 65-year-old man who had a stroke.

• He walked with a walking frame and Sri’s assistance at home and used a wheelchair when outside of home.  
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including once at night), dressing, feeding, walking.
• Administered enema and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the senior.
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Accompanied for weekly day rehabilitation which included hanging rings and ROM exercises.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 3 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 67-year-old lady with dementia and Parkinson’s Disease. The elderly weighed 65kg.

• Enema.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding (elderly’s hands shook due to Parkinson’s. was unable to feed herself and needed Ratna to feed her), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up once to twice each night to change diapers and pat her back.
• Assisted in ROM exercises, rehabilitation exercises, physiotherapy.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment once a month together with her employer.
• Walked and push the lady on a wheelchair to the hospital every day for physiotherapy. Each trip took about 30 minutes. The lady did not want to take taxi to save money, hence, Ratna pushed her on the wheelchair back and forth, each trip 30-minutes. Assisted with physiotherapy (helped the lady to stand for 15 minutes holding on to a table with her back tied to the table. Exercised on a bicycle. ROM exercises. Threw balls. Moved plastic cups around).

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has 9 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for patients with various medical conditions in a nursing home in Taipei.

• Took care of 13 to 14 patients per day shift and 19 patients per night shift. Patients included those who are bedbound, wheelchair-bound and those who were able to walk with assistance.
• Suctioning (trachea, oral, nasal).
• NG Tube feeding. PEG Tube feeding.
• Injections. Blood glucose monitoring.
• Administered suppository (bullet) and enema. Performed manual evacuation.
• Stoma care.
• Oxygen therapy, nebulizer.
• Basic wound care for pressure injury.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging, bed bath, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning
  
• Assisted with ROM exercises, rehabilitation exercises, physiotherapy
  
• Administered medication.

3 years in Taiwan caring for patients with various medical conditions in a nursing home in Kaohsiung.  

• Took care of 11 patients per shift.
• Suctioning (oral, nasal).
• NG Tube feeding.
• Nebulizer, oxygen therapy.
• Injections. Blood glucose monitoring.
• Administered suppository (bullet) and enema. Performed manual evacuation.‍
• Stoma care.‍
• Indwelling catheter care.‍
• Basic wound care for pressure injury.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging, bed bath, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Administered medication.
• Cooked for patients.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 83-year-old lady with dementia.

• Elderly work up very frequently every night and slept only 3 to 4 hours each night for the first 2 years. Winarti would wake up together with her to take care of her and prevent falls.
  
• Due to dementia, elderly would often forget where she had placed her belongings and money. She would then accuse Winarti of stealing her money. Winarti would help to look for them and they are usually found in the elderly’s pocket.
  
• At times, when Winarti was busy cooking or doing housework, the elderly would sneak out of the house and forget how to come home. Winarti would look for her in the neighbourhood and most of the time, finding her in the temple.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 86-year-old man with dementia. The elderly weighed 65kg. He had also undergone a spinal surgery prior to her employment.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Administered suppository (bullet). Performed manual evacuation.
• Due to dementia:‍
• The elderly could not recognise his own son. He would forget if he had taken his meals, medications and if he had showered.
• He would say that he used to be very healthy and lamented that he had become very weak and did not know why he had to fall sick. Tini would explain to him that he did not need to be afraid as she would be there to help him in whenever he needed it.
• Elderly would wake up 3 times a night to complain about his backaches and pain in his legs. Tini would then wake up and help to massage his back and legs to make him feel more comfortable to help him go back to sleep.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Brought the elderly on the wheelchair to the hospital 2 times a week for day rehabilitation. During the rehabilitation sessions, she assisted with physiotherapy, parallel bar, squeeze balls, throw balls to exercise his back, resistance bands.
• Brought the elderly independently for medical appointments and updated the doctor on the elderly's mood, how his sleep had been, how much he had urinated, how his stool was and if he had taken his medication on time.
• Prepared and served medications.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 75-year-old lady with stroke.

• She was able to walk with a walking frame and Tini’s assistance.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Administered enema. Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the elderly independently for medical appointments and updated the doctor on the elderly's mobility, strength in her arms, if she did her exercises regularly, toileting.
• Brought the elderly on the wheelchair to the hospital 2 times a week for day rehabilitation which included moving small objects around, squeezing balls and doing exercises. Assisted in ROM exercises.

She speaks Mandarin, simple English and Indonesian.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She had previously worked in Singapore, having finished 2 contracts under 2 employers.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

6 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 83-year-old lady with stroke. The elderly weighed about 60kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (once every 2 days), sponging, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment with employer.
• Elderly stayed with son and daughter-in-law. Performed housework and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.
She has undergone training in caregiving.
She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 9.5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

4 years in Taiwan caring for an 87-year-old lady with heart disease, diabetes and womb cancer. The elderly weighed 60kg.

• In the first 3 years, she was ambulant. In her final year, she needed to use a walking stick and Wiyarsi’s assistance.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Monitored blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting and dressing. Assisted with exercises.
• Woke up 2 – 3 times at night to help with toileting, drain the urine bag and give her water.
• Brought her out for walks in the park. Assisted with exercises. Massaged her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Accompanied the elderly for chemotherapy once every 2 weeks with her employer.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

5.5 years in Taiwan caring for an 89-year-old man with heart disease and stroke (left-sided weakness). The elderly weighed 67kg.

• In the first 2+years, he walked with a walking stick. Subsequently he needed assistance in walking. In the last 1+year, he had become wheelchair-bound.
• NGT feeding.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking (in first few years), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (in his final year), turning & positioning (including at night).
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the elderly to the hospital for medical appointments by taxi by herself. Her employer would meet them at the hospital.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.
She has undergone training in caregiving. She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 8 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

2 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 102-year-old lady with diabetes, heart disease and renal failure. The elderly weighed 55kg.

• Suctioning (oral) - last 3 months.
• NG Tube feeding.
• Injection.
• Blood glucose monitoring.
• Administered suppository (bullet).
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging (5 months), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
  
• Brought elderly for haemodialysis 2 times per week by herself via a taxi when the employer was not available to bring them.
  
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Prepared and served medications.
  
• Accompanied for medical appointment with employer.
  
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 98-year-old lady with dementia, diabetes and heart disease. Walked with assistance and walking stick at home, used a wheelchair outside of home.

• Due to dementia, elderly would forget that she had taken her meals, showered or where she had placed her things and would ask Lilik. Lilik would then explain slowly to her.
  
• Prepared and served medications. Brought the elderly to the park to walk.
  
• Accompanied for medical appointment with employer.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 100-year-old man with stroke, diabetes and heart disease. Walked with a walking frame and Lilik’s assistance at home, used a wheelchair outside of home.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including toileting (including at night).
  
• Brought the elderly independently to the hospital 3x per week for day rehabilitation. Assisted with parallel bars, move small objects around, assisted with rehabilitation equipment for the arms, assisted to walk on 指压板, squeeze balls.
  
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment with employer.
• Cared for the patient until he passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has 9 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

9 years in Taiwan caring for an 86-year-old lady with shortness of breath and dementia.

• Elderly walked with a walking frame and Tutik’s assistance, used a wheelchair outside of home.
• Assisted elderly with use of an inhaler every morning and night.
• In the last 3 years of her employment, the elderly developed dementia.
• Due to her dementia condition, the elderly would:
• Forget if she had taken her meals or if she had already showered.
• Forget where she had placed her items, such as clothes, and scold Tutik. Tutik talked to the elderly nicely and told her that she would look for the items When Tutik found her belongings, the elderly lady became happy again.
• Forget that she had already given Tutik money for grocery shopping and wanted to give her money again. Tutik would inform her that she had already bought the grocery and did not need to take the money again.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, and walking.
• Woke up every 2 to 3 hours every night to assist with toileting.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.
She has undergone training in caregiving. She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 6.5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 87-year-old man with diabetes and renal failure. The elderly weighed 60kg.

• Elderly’s left big toe was amputated.
• Performed wound care for diabetic wound including cleansing, disinfecting and applying medication.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (diapers were used when he was unwell), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up at night to check on the elderly if she felt that the elderly was moving more than usual, or if he had made some sounds.
• Brought the elderly independently to the hospital 3 times per week for haemodialysis.
• Brought elderly independently pushing the wheelchair for day rehabilitation daily (exercise machines, move objects around, parallel bars).
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.

2 years 2 months in China caring for an 80-year-old lady with a stroke. She has left side weakness.

• She was able to walk with a walking stick and Luluk’s assistance at home and used a wheelchair outside of home.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (when elderly did not want to go to the toilet or when she went out), dressing, feeding, walking.
• Woke up 3 to 4 times each night to assist with toileting. Elderly had to go to the toilet frequently as she liked to drink a lot of water.
• Brought the elderly to the hospital independently taking the taxi. Updated the doctor on elderly’s condition such as insomnia, diet, intake and output.
• Brought the elderly independently for day rehabilitation 5 times a week taking the taxi.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• As her son-in-law is a Swedish national, they migrated to Sweden.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has undergone training in caregiving. She has also undergone further training in an overseas training centre.

She has 8 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

8 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 80-year-old man with diabetes and stroke. The elderly weighed 80kg.

• Suctioning (oral).
• NG Tube feeding.
• Indwelling catheter care.
• Suppository (bullet).
• Basic wound care for pressure injury. The elderly had 2 sacral sores when Sukarti first arrived. She recovered from both pressure injuries under Sukarti’s care.
• Prepared and administered medication.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, changing diapers, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Woke up 2-hourly through the night to check on and change diapers, empty the urine bag and turn & position the elderly to prevent pressure injury.
• Assisted with ROM exercises and massaged the elderly.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
  
• Cared for the patient until he passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

She has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 80-year-old lady with diabetes. The elderly weighed 60kg.

• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• 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 to 3 times each night to change diapers, give water, turn & position and massage her until the elderly fell asleep.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
• Brought elderly out on the wheelchair for the sun and fresh air
  

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has undergone training in caregiving,

She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 6.5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

4.5 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 88-year-old man with heart disease and renal failure. The elderly weighed 55kg.

• Accompanied the elderly to the hospital 3 times each week for hemodialysis.
  
• Prepared and administered medication.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, showering, dressing, feeding, and changing diapers.
  
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night to check on and change diapers and to give the elderly water.
• Assisted with ROM exercises and massaged the elderly.
  
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

2 years in Taiwan caring for an 87-year-old lady with dementia and diabetes. The elderly walked with a walking stick and assistance at home, and used a wheelchair outside of home.

• Gave injections.
• Blood glucose monitoring.
• Due to dementia, the elderly would either forget things that she had already done (such as she had already taken her meals or had already showered), or think that she had done certain things when she had not (would think that she had already eaten or showered when she had not).
  
• The elderly would at times refuse to eat or shower. Riyani would talk to her and coax her into taking her meals and to shower.
  
• Prepared and served medications.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, walking, toileting, changing diapers.
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night to check on the elderly and to change diapers, and also to tend to the elderly as the elderly would wake up at night due to dementia.
  
• Assisted with ROM exercises and massaged the elderly.
  
• Accompanied the elderly for weekly medical appointments.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has undergone training in caregiving. She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

5 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 92-year-old man with stroke and dementia. The elderly weighed 65kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night to check on the elderly, change diapers and give water to him.
• Due to dementia, the elderly exhibited the following behavioural symptoms:
• The elderly would forget where he had kept his money. Riyani would help to look for his money. They would normally be found in his pocket or the pillow cover. After Riyani had found his money, the elderly would become very happy.
• The elderly would often forget that he had taken his meals. When this happened, Riyani would show him the empty plates and explained nicely to him that he had already eaten.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has undergone training in caregiving. She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 80-year-old lady with dementia and diabetes.

• She was able to walk with a walking stick as well as Rakhel’s assistance.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• Due to dementia, the elderly has the following behavioural symptoms:‍
• The elderly would hide her money in the pillow cover, pocket and card compartment of her wallet. She would forget where she had hid the money and accuse Rakhel of stealing her money. Whenever this happened, Rakhel spoke nicely to her to explain that she did not steal her money and coaxed her to look for the money together. By looking for the elderly look for the money together, the elderly was convinced that Rakhel did not steal or keep her money.
• The elderly would also often forget if she had taken her meals or if she had showered.
• The elderly would have problems sleeping on an average of one to two times a week. She would wake up 3 to 4 times on these nights. Rakhel stayed up with her to assist her in her toileting needs, giving her water, keeping her company and watching over her to prevent falls. Rakhel would pat her back and massage her to make her more comfortable and relaxed to help her get back into sleep.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, feeding, walking.
• Brought the elderly to the park every morning for exercises.
• Served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 57-year-old man with brain damage due to alcoholism. The patient weighed 60kg.

• Stayed with the patient, alternating between the patient’s home and the nursing home for patients with psychiatric illnesses (3 months each time).
• Prepared and served medication.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, changing diapers, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night to assist with using the urinal and to check on and change diapers.
  
• Assisted with ROM exercises.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 92-year-old man who was wheelchair-bound for 3 months due to a motorcycle accident. The elderly weighed 62kg.

• NG Tube feeding (1 month) in the hospital.
  
• Successfully rehabilitated the elderly from being wheelchair-bound to being able to walk with a walking frame in 3 months.
• Assisted with physiotherapy in hospital (pedal cycle, parallel bars, stack small objects, squeeze balls).
• Brought the elderly independently to the hospital 3x per week for physiotherapy.
  
• Prepared and served medications.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, changing diapers, toileting, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
  
• Woke up 2 times each night in the hospital to check and change diapers.
  
• Woke up 2 times each night at home to assist with toileting.
  
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has 5 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

2 years in Taiwan caring for a 91-year-old man with dementia and lung disease.  

• He walked with a walking stick and Endah’s assistance at home. He used a wheelchair when outside.
• Due to dementia, elderly often forgot that he had already eaten or where he had placed his things. He would ask for his meals again and Endah would give him a little bit more to eat. Elderly would also forget if he had showered and asked to shower again. Endah explained slowly to him that he had already showered and that he should not shower more than what was needed to prevent him from catching a cold.
• On average, about once a week, elderly would have insomnia. Endah stayed up at night to tend to his needs, massaging him to help him sleep.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (day time), changing diapers (at night), dressing, feeding, walking.
• Woke up 3 times at night to check and change diapers and give milk or water.
• Brought elderly out on a wheelchair for fresh air. Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications. Accompanied for medical appointments.
• In the last 2 weeks before elderly passed away, he was hospitalised. He had become bedbound. Endah turned and positioned to prevent pressure injuries (bedsores) and sponged him as taught by the hospital nurse. Elderly had weighed about 75kg.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away and returned to Indonesia.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 78-year-old lady who was frail.

• She walked with a walking stick and Endah’s assistance at home and used a wheelchair when outside.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (day time), changing diapers (at night), dressing. Helped elderly into and out of bed.
• Woke up twice each night to check and change diapers.
• Brought elderly to the park for short walks and exercises.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment with employer.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

She has 6 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 80-year-old lady with stroke, dementia and eczema.

• Assisted elderly in walking at home for short distances with a walking frame, used a wheelchair when outside of home.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking.
• Due to eczema, the elderly would scratch her skin and develop wounds. She applied medication onto her wounds.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• Due to dementia, the elderly would sometimes pass motion or urine in the living room or on her bed. The elderly had difficulties sleeping at night. When she couldn’t sleep, the elderly watched TV with Yatmi staying up to attend to her needs. Elderly would ask to go out for a walk at 1 or 2 AM. When Yatmi explained to her that it was too late to go out, the elderly would lose her temper and scold Yatmi.
• Served medications.
• Brought elderly to hospital for medical appointments independently via taxi once every 2 weeks.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 70-year-old lady with dementia.

• Elderly used a walking stick at home and a wheelchair when outside.
• Due to dementia, the elderly often forgot the activities that she had performed and would scold Yatmi. She frequently forgot if she had eaten and asked for her meals again. She would lose her temper and scold Yatmi when she was told that she had already eaten. After a walk, she would forget about it after coming home and would ask to go for a walk again immediately. When Yatmi explained that they had already gone for a walk, she would scold Yatmi.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (including at night), changing diapers, dressing.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought elderly to hospital once every 2 weeks by herself via taxi.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

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

4 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 65-year-old lady with diabetes. The elderly weighed about 60kg.

• Elderly had undergone intestinal surgery previously and has a stoma bag. Performed stoma care for her daily.
• Intermittent urinary catheter (In-out catheter).
• Basic wound care for pressure injury (bedsore). When she joined, the elderly had a sacral sore of about 5cm in diameter. Cared for it until the wound healed.
• Blood Glucose Monitoring.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up 2 to 3 times every night for intermittent catheterisation and changing the stoma bag.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Massaged the elderly for an hour 3 times a day as the elderly enjoyed massages very much.
• Elderly would have mood swings at times. When the elderly was having her mood swings, she would chide Santi for doing everything wrongly, not assisting her and not giving her food.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment with employer.
• Brough elderly to the park on a wheelchair for sun and fresh air.
• Performed housework.

8 months in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 95-year-old lady with stroke and dementia.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including 3 to 4 times at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Used a warm towel to hear up her legs every day.
• Due to dementia, the elderly would hit Santi at times.  
  
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought her to the park on a wheelchair.
• Performed housework and cooking.
• Elderly stayed with a son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren.
• Elderly’s son had anger management issues and would physically abuse Santi frequently. Hence, Santi changed employer.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has 9 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 45-year-old lady who was bedbound due to an accident. She had diabetes and weighed 60kg.

• Siti stayed with the patient at the hospital (衛生福利部屏東醫院), and was trained by the hospital nurses for the below skills: ‍
• Suctioning (trachea & oral).‍
• NG Tube feeding.
• Assisted with nebulizer and oxygen therapy.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.‍
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, administered suppository (bullet), enema and performed manual evacuation.
• Administered medication.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including bed bath weekly, sponging daily, dressing, changing diapers and turning & positioning.
• Woke up 3 to 4 times each night to suction, change diapers and turn & position the patient to prevent pressure injury.
• Assisted with passive ROM exercises.
• Cared for the patient until she passed away.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 85-year-old lady with dementia and depression.

• Followed the elderly everywhere as she would forget how to go home.
  
• Due to dementia, the elderly forgot people’s names and forgot things she had already done, such as taking her meals.
  
• The elderly would scold Siti for cooking too slowly as she wanted to eat immediately when she was hungry.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, and changing diapers (including 2 to 3 times at night).
  
• Brought elderly independently to day care 5 days a week taking the taxi (9am to 4pm). Did activities with the elderly at the day care centre (colouring, dancing, cooking, singing, walking around the estate, etc).
  
• Prepared and served medications, massaged the elderly.
  
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 84-year-old lady with renal failure and diabetes. The elderly walked with assistance at home and used a wheelchair outside home.

• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Brought the elderly independently to the hospital 3 times per week for hemodialysis.
  
• Prepared and served medication.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, toileting and walking.
  
• Assisted with ROM exercises and massaged the elderly.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

She has undergone training in caregiving.