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

5 years In Taiwan caring for wheelchair-bound 80-year-old lady with stroke and diabetes. The elderly weighed 71kg (at the start) and 87 kg (at the end).

• Initially, in the first 1+year, the elderly was bedridden. Subsequently, the elderly was able to use the wheelchair.
• NGT feeding (first 1.5 years), Suctioning (tracheal).
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels. Monitored blood glucose.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy (first year).
• Basic wound care for bedsore.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath (first year), showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 3 to 4 times at night to suction, change diapers and turning and positioning.
• Accompanied for rehabilitation in the hospital from Monday – Fridays via the hospital bus.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
• Brought the elderly out every day to meet her friends, to go to the market.
  

Mesini has worked as a Domestic Worker in Singapore for about 12 years with one family.

• Performed household chores and cooking for a family of 6 comprising of an elderly lady, mdm, sir, 3 young children including a newborn. *Mesini said that her work permit was applied under different members of the same family but she worked for the same family when she was in Singapore.
• Periods with the family. 22 Jan 1998 - 24 Mar 2004, 21 Apr 2004 - 24 Jul 2004, 25 Sep 2004 - 15 Oct 2007, 11 Jan 2008 - 27 Aug 2010.
• See her biodata for her employment history in Singapore from MOM portal.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

Mary has 4 years of experience caring for elderly at home in the Philippines.

5 Month in the Philippines caring for a wheelchair-bound 72-year-old lady with cervical cancer. The elderly weighed 42kg.

• Injection 3 times a week.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (using a urinal), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Shared a bedroom with her. Woke up 6 times at night to prepare food and assisted in toileting.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged her.
• Prepared and served medications. Administer pain medications.
• Updated her daughter (a doctor) and her family about her medication schedule and patient’s condition.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

3 years in the Philippines. Worked in a team 1 head nurse, 6 caregivers who worked together to care for 3 patients

• Her main patient was a 53-year-old lady with diabetes, renal failure and dialysis 3 times a week. She weighed about 50kg.
• Rotating 12-hour shifts with another caregiver. Alternate weekly between day and night.
• Assisted her in walking with a walker.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged the patients.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Took instructions from the head nurse.
• She also worked as a relief caregiver for another patient when other caregivers were absent. She cared for a wheelchair-bound 73-year-old lady (mother of her main patient) with diabetes, left leg amputated from knee down. The elderly weighed 90kg.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting using a commode, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• She cared for her main patient until she passed away from cardiac arrest in Aug 2021 and she was assigned to care for the brother of her main patient, a 45-year-old man with diabetes, renal failure and dialysis 3 times a week.
• He was able to walk and by himself.
• Assisted in showering, walking, taking the stairs.

7 month in the Philippines caring for an 87-year-old man with Parkinson’s Disease. The elderly weighed 87kg.

• Monitored his blood pressure.
• Rotating 12-hour shifts with another caregiver. Alternate weekly between day and night.
• Assisted to walk with a walker at home.
• Performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Assisted in simple exercises in the morning. He did not like to exercise and needed coaxing.
• Brought him to the playground every day in the afternoon for walking and simple exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with his son. Updated his doctors on how he was responding to medication.
  

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) Caregiving
• “First Aid” & Basic Life Support Training
  

She speaks English and Tagalog.

Ririn 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 2010 – 2016.

From 2018 - 2020, she took care of her own 76-year-old grandfather with typhus. He frequently experienced shortness of breath and was often hospitalized.

• Used a walking stick to walk and her assistance.
• Assisted with showering, toileting, dressing and walking.
• Also took care of her 65-year-old grandmother who was frail. Assisted in showering, toileting, feeding and walking.
• She cared for both of them in the day. Her sister-in-law would take over to care for them after that.
• Cared for them until they passed away at home. Her grandfather passed away 1 month after her grandmother passed away.

She speaks Indonesian and basic English

She is able to handle wheelchair-bound, bedbound seniors weighing up to 60+kg.

She has 1 year 5 months of experience a nursing aide in medical ICU in a hospital in the Philippines.

• 4 shifts of 8 hours in a week. 2 nursing aides for 1 shift in a ward of 5 beds.
• Patients are usually bedridden including patients on ventilator, intubated.
• NGT feeding
• Suctioning (oral and tracheal).
• Monitored vital signs and charted intake/output.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, and turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Change the bedsheet and linens.
  

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) Caregiving
• Home Aide Care Attendant (Caregiving) 160 hours
  
• Home Care Attendant Training by Alternative Learning System Pagbilao District 1
  

She speaks English.

Suyanti has 9 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan.

6 years in Taiwan caring for a 91-year-old man with bone cancer and dementia. He had a stroke (right-side weakness) after 1 year. The elderly weighed 65kg.

• He was able to walk with assistance with a walking stick. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• He had a wound from his cancer. The nurse would perform wound care for him.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking, getting into and out of bed, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged him.
• Shared a bedroom with him. Woke up 3 to 4 times at night to change diapers and turn & position him.
• Due to dementia,

• He could not recognise his children.
• He would forget if he just had his meal, and asked to eat again. She would give him something small to eat.
• He would refuse to take medications. She would explain to him if he didn’t take his medication, he would need to see the doctor. He did not like to see a doctor and thus he would comply.
• He would forget where he put his money or wallet and asked her.
• Sometimes he was confused between night and day and asked to go out at night. She would explain that it was dark outside.

• Accompanied for rehabilitation at the hospital twice a week.
• Brought him out for fresh air in the park in the afternoons.
• Prepared and served medications. Served pain medications as needed.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 89-year-old man. He was hospitalised frequently as he had difficulty urinating. She would stay in the hospital to take care of him each time he was hospitalised. The elderly weighed 63kg.

• Assisted to walking with a walking stick to walk.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, and walking. Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged him.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has more than 5 years of caregiving experience in Saudi Arabia and the Philippines.

4 years in Saudi Arabia caring for a 72-year-old lady with stroke (left-side weakness) and diabetes. The elderly weighed 75kg.

• In the first 2 years, she was wheelchair-bound. After doing exercises, she was able to start walking again.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Basic wound care for the wound on her right foot.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Shared a bedroom with the elderly. Woke up 3 times at night to give medication, check and change diapers or give water.
• Charted her medication, blood pressure and blood glucose levels and showed them to the doctor.
• Sometimes the elderly forgot her own age, her own children. Maricar would always to talk to her to ask her who her children were, showed the photo. Sometimes she forgot how to use the phone and Maricar would show her how to use it.
• Sometimes the elderly would forget if she had eaten her meals. She would get angry sometimes. Maricar would comfort her, to calm down so she doesn’t have high blood pressure.
• Maricar would note down everything that she did at certain hour and showed the elderly to explain to her when she forgot.
• Accompanied for medical appointments every 3 months with her driver.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

2015 - 2017 in the Philippines as an on-call caregiver caring for various patients.

• 3- 4 times, Day / Night shifts.
• Cared for various patients including stroke, diabetes.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Brought her outside the house for sunlight.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels..

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving.
  

She speaks English.

Zulkoidah is a trained, certified maid for elderly care.

She has undergone caregiver training at the overseas training centre. She holds a certificate in caregiving.

2 years in Singapore as an elderly helper for an 89-year-old lady 

• ‍Cared for an 89-year-old lady and performed housework.
• Assisted her in dressing. The elderly was able to shower and go toilet by herself.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied the elderly to the market.
• Accompanied the elderly for walks in the park in the afternoons.
• Brought her to the hospital for medical appointments.
• At home there was the elderly with her 2 sons (Chinese family).
• Shared a bedroom with the elderly. Woke up at night to accompany her to the toilet 3 times. The elderly usually did not call for her. Zulkoidah slept by her bed and woke up whenever the elderly woke up and assisted her to prevent falls.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.

She speaks Indonesian and little English.

She has almost 2 years of caregiving experience in the Saudi Arabia

Almost 2 years in Saudi Arabia caring for a wheelchair-bound 92-year-old lady with Alzheimer’s Disease and hypertension.

• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels and blood pressure.
• Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (with her daughter), turning & positioning.
• Her daughter would assist with Roben in caring for the elderly.
• Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up 1 to 2 times at night to give her food, chit chat with her, change her diapers and turn and positioning her.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for her monthly medical appointments with her son.
• Due to Alzheimer’s Disease,

• Sometimes the elderly was moody, she would hit or beat Roben. Roben would sing with her and talk to her nicely to soothe her.
• Sometimes she did not remember her son or daughter. Sometimes she did not remember Roben, she would think that Roben was her daughter.
• Sometimes the elderly talked to herself or to imaginary people.‍
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.

2 years in Kuwait caring for a 67-year-old lady with operation for gallstones.

• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
• Accompanied the senior outside.
• Stayed with 2 daughters.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.

She speaks English.

Purmianti has 11.5 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan and Singapore.

2.5 years to present in Singapore for a wheelchair-bound 73-year-old lady with cancer and asthma. The elderly weighed about 66kg.

• Alternate day and night shifts with another caregiver. The elderly did not sleep well, she would wake up every 1 hour, and asked the caregiver to change her diapers, turn & position or give her water.
• Assisted her with using the breathing exerciser every morning.
• Administered enema.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in pedal cycle exercises. Assisted the elderly with heat therapy and exercises every morning to help to loosen her muscles.
• Accompanied her outside for sunlight.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment once every 2 months with her employer.
• The family is making alternative care arrangements for the elderly and does not require a caregiver, hence, they are allowing her to transfer.
  

3 years 2 months in Singapore caring for a wheelchair-bound 86-year-old lady with heart disease, diabetes and had liver operation previously. She also had dementia.

• Used a walking stick to walk and Purmianti’s assistance.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (using a commode), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed (at night).
• Woke up 1-2 times at night to assist her to the toilet.
• Massaged her.
• Due to dementia,

• Sometimes the elderly would forget and ask to eat again. Purmianti would show her the left-over bones
• Sometimes the elderly would forget and ask to take her medication. Purmianti would note down when she had given her medication and showed her. If she still did not believe, she would show her the remaining tablets and explain to her

• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied her for walks in the park.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 90-year-old man with heart disease and stroke (unable to move). The elderly weighed 67kg.

• He was not able to talk anymore. Used hand sign and gestures to communicate with him.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• Administered enema and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to
  wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• The elderly did not sleep at night. He also did not sleep in the day as well. He would keep making a lot
  noises to make her attend to him.
• The elderly did not want to wear diapers. He would urinate and poop on the bed. Purmianti let him use a
  bed pad and she would often clean up after him.
• Assisted in exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought him out on a wheelchair every day.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring an 80+-year-old man with heart disease and cancer. The elderly weighed 50+kg.

• Used a walking stick to walk
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including dressing, assisting to go to the toilet, walking.
• Assisted in simple exercises in the park.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.

She speaks Mandarin, English and Indonesian.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in the Saudi Arabia.  

6 years in the Saudi Arabia caring for a wheelchair-bound 60-year-old lady who had a car accident and was paralysed from the waist down. She could not move her legs. She weighed about 80kg.

• Monitored her blood pressure and charted it.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (2-person), turning & positioning (including at night).
• Shared a bedroom with her. Woke up 2 times to change diapers and turn and position her.
• Assisted in therapy exercises. Massaged her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought her out to the park via a wheelchair.
• Accompanied for monthly medical appointments. Updated the doctor on her condition such as her blood pressure, diet and passing motion regularly.
• Worked with another housemaid at home. Shared the housework.
• Her kidneys deteriorated and she did not want to do any operation. Cared for the senior until she passed away.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

Certification and Training

• Finishing 6-month training course for TESDA National Certificate (NCII) in Caregiving.
  

She speaks English.

Siti 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 in Indonesia for about 2 years as a domestic helper, assisting a 65-year-old senior lady.

• Assisted her in walking with a walking frame.
• Assisted in her Activities of Daily Living including dressing, toileting and walking.
• Woke up 4 times each night to assist with toileting and give her food and water
• Assisted with daily morning exercises
• Performed housework, cooking and grocery shopping.
  

She is able to handle wheelchair-bound, bedbound elderly weighing up to 70+kg.

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

7 years in Malaysia caring for an 83-year-old lady with diabetes, asthma, knee problems and hard of hearing.

• Used a walking frame at home, used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Monitored blood glucose levels and blood pressure.
• Inhaler.
• Administered eye drops for her.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night to assist her as needed.
• Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged her.
• Prepared and served medications 2 times a day.
• Brought outside for sunlight for about 30 minutes every day.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Accompanied the elderly to the temples.
• Performed housework and cooking.
• She was hospitalised for 2 weeks until she passed away. Cristine stayed in the hospital at night from 7pm to 7am to take care of her. Assisted the nurses in sponging, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, turning and positioning. Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away in 2021.
• Continued working until her contract finished and returned to the Philippines.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps in her current passport.

She speaks English.

Maslacha has 6 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 92-year-old lady with osteoporosis. She was frail, had a fall previously and undergone knee surgery before Malascha arrived. She weighed about 60kg.

• Used a walking frame and walked with assistance at home. Used a wheelchair when going outside of home.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding and walking.
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night to give water and assist with toileting.
• Assisted in ROM exercises, rehabilitation exercises, physiotherapy.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Assisted with range-of-motion arm exercises and walking.

3 years in Taiwan:.

• Looked after an elderly couple, an 86-year-old man and his 92-year-old wife. They were still independent in their activities of daily living.

• The old lady had a fall when Maslacha was doing household chores. The old lady then passed away.
• She continued to care for the elderly man. He was able to walk with assistance and using a walking stick.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing and walking.
• After 1.5 years, the elderly man had difficulties swallowing. He was subsequently hospitalised. Took care of him until his passing.
  

• Transferred to another employer for the remaining 1.5 years of her work permit. She took care of a wheelchair-bound 92-year-old lady with dementia. She weighed about 50kg.

• Performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, changing diapers, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa and turning & positioning. Woke up twice each night to check and change diapers and to turn & position. Massaged the elderly
• Due to dementia, the elderly would talk to herself, saying that no one visited her, that she wanted to go home, that there was no one to take care of her. Maslacha would comfort the elderly, telling her that she was there to take care of her, that she was around, and that the elderly did not need to worry.

She speaks Mandarin, basic English and Indonesian.

She has almost 5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

4 years 4 months in Taiwan caring for a 75-year-old lady with stroke (left-side weakness), dementia and diabetes. The elderly weighed 85kg

• Assisted in walking. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• NGT feeding. Monitored blood pressure.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding (every evening she would feed some soft food as advised by her doctor), walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Shared a bedroom with the elderly. Woke up 2 times to change her diapers.
• Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged her.
• Brought her outside for fresh air every morning.
• Prepared and served medications via NGT.
• Accompanied for medical appointments via the hospital bus.
• Accompanied for therapy at the hospital via the hospital bus.
• Due to dementia,

• She forgot how to brush her teeth and how to eat and swallow.
• She forgot that she has already been fed and would ask to eat again. Emelyn would give her a little jelly and soup.
• Sometimes the elderly would have mood swings and would cry to herself. Emelyn would talk to her to calm her down or get her to watch TV. Emelyn would said “我爱你”and she would smile.
• She would often pull out her NG tube.

1 years 7 months in the Philippines caring for a wheelchair-bound 87-year-old lady with stroke and Parkinson’s Disease. The elderly weighed 90kg.

• Monitored blood pressure.
• Nebulizer, NGT feeding (last 5 months), Suctioning (oral - mainly in the mouth)
• Basic wound care for bedsore following her hospital admission in ICU.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (using a commode), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

She speaks English and basic Mandarin phrases.

Iisi 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 abroad 3 times as a domestic helper:

• Feb 2015 - Mar 2016 -  Performed housework and cooking for a family of 7. See her biodata for visa and arrival / departure stamps.
• 2011 - 2013 - Took care of child, age 1. Performed housework and cooking
• 2002 - 2004 - Took care of children, ages 5, 7 and 9. Performed housework and cooking.
  

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

Peni 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 2018 – 2021 in Jakarta. She took care of a child, age 3, performed housework and cooking.

Sep 2021 to present, she has been caring for her own 65-year-old mother-in-law with asthma.

• Walks with Peni’s assistance.
• Assists in Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging, dressing, feeding, changing diapers and walking.
• Wakes up 3 times at night to check and change diapers and give her water.
• Prepared and served medications.

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

Ani Supriyatin has 8 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan.

4 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 67-year-old lady with breast cancer and stroke. The elderly weighed 84kg.

• NGT feeding, Suctioning (oral).
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 3 to 4 times each night to check and change diapers, suction if necessary, and to turn & position the elderly to prevent pressure injury.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment. When her employer was busy, Ani would bring the elderly independently to the hospital for medical appointments. The doctor would ask Ani, and Ani would update him on the elderly's stool, how frequently she required suctioning, and how the elderly generally was.
• Brought the elderly independently, using the wheelchair, for day physiotherapy three times a week.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

4 years in Taiwan caring for an 80-year-old lady with dementia and knee surgery due to a fall. The elderly weighed 75kg.

• Used a walking frame to walk.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing and walking.
• Due to dementia, the elderly would tell Ani that she could see her late husband or mother and she was afraid. Ani would tell her that as they love her, they would be sad if she did not have enough rest. The elderly would then go back to sleep.
• The elderly would wake up 5 to 6 times each and would wake Ani up as she wanted Ani to talk to her. Ani would then wake up and listen to her talk, and would assist with toileting.
• Prepared and served medications.

25 Sep 2020 - 07 Sep 2022, Singapore, Domestic Worker. Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking for a family of 8. Finished contract.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a bedbound 97-year-old lady who had a stroke. The elderly weighed 50kg.

• Monitored blood pressure.
• NGT feeding, Tracheal care. Performed chest percussions to remove phlegm. Family did not want to suction her as they felt that it would hurt the elderly.
• Administered suppository (bullet). Massaged her abdomen.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (every 3 days), sponging, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• The elderly did not sleep at night. She slept in the day.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged her.
• Woke up 4 to 5 times to clean her trachea, removed the phlegm, change diapers and turn and position the elderly.
• Prepared and served Chinese medicine according the family’s instructions.
• Brought the elderly into the living room to sit in the afternoons.
• Once a month, there is a housecall doctor / nurses who visit to change NG Tube, monitor her health. Katherine would update the healthcare personnel on the elderly’s condition (bp, intake/output etc.).
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 96-year-old man who had a stroke (left-side weakness).

• Used a walking stick. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Monitored his blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Woke up 2 – 3 times at night to assist him to the elderly.
• Brought him out for walks and exercises. Massaged his feet.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
• Accompanied for physical therapy every Tuesday and Friday.
• Stayed in the hospital to take care of him for 2 – 3 months in the hospital when he was hospitalised. Assisted in sponging, changing diapers, NG Tube feeding. Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

She speaks English.

Rina 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 2016 to 2018, taking care of children, performing housework and cooking.

From 2020 - 2021 (6 months), she took care of her own 50-year-old mother who had a fall and had a stroke (right-sided weakness). The elderly weighed about 60 kg.

• Assisted in walking slowly. The elderly did want to use a walking stick. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Assisted in showering, toileting, feeding and dressing.
• Accompanied outside in the mornings and afternoons using a wheelchair. When outside, Rina assisted her to walk a little outside.
• Assisted with simple exercises for her arms.
• Took care of her mother in the day while her father took over at night. When her father was not available, she took care of her mother at night as well, waking up 3 times at night to assist to go to the toilet and drink water.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Took care of her until she passed away.
  

She speaks Indonesian and some English.

She has 5 years of caregiving experience in Malaysia.  

3 years in Malaysia as a live-in caregiver for an 80-year-old Chinese lady with dementia and hypertension.

• Assisted in walking slowly. Followed behind her to prevent falls. Used a wheelchair for long distances.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (depending on the elderly’s mood), toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Assisted in walking exercises.
• Slept in an adjacent room. Woke up at night to assist her in drinking water, assisting to the toilet for passing motion.
• Due to dementia,

• Sometimes the elderly could not recognise her and thought that Mary Ann was her daughter. It would take her some time to recall who Mary was.
• She would forget if she had just done something. She would forget if she had showered. Sometimes she was still wet from the shower, she forgot that she had showered and asked to do so. Sometimes she had not showered but she thought that she had already showered.
• She mixed up day and night time. When she woke up in the day, she would say it was night time, and asked Mary Ann why she woke her up. Mary would then bring her outside to show her that it was morning.

• Chatted with the elderly about each of their families and her pastimes.
• Prepared and served medications.  
• Monitored her blood pressure.
• Brought her outside 3 times a week for walks.
• Brought her to the church.
• Accompanied for medical appointments once a month via taxi.
• Elderly stayed alone.
• She moved with her son’s family to another place. Mary Ann then changed employer.

2 years in Malaysia as a live-in caregiver for a wheelchair-bound 76-year-old lady who had a stroke (right-sided weakness). She was not able to talk and used sign language to communicate with her. The elderly weighed 68kg.

• Monitored blood pressure.
• Administered suppository (bullet).
• Applied cream for her when she had rashes.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (for passing motion), changing diapers, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Stayed in a separate room. The elderly had a bell that she could use to ring her. Woke up 2 to 3 times at night to turn and position her, drink water, and change diapers.
• Brought her outside for fresh air.
• Used a walking frame and Mary Ann’s full assistance to stand up for walking exercises for 20 steps daily. Assisted exercises with grip balls. Massaged her.  
• Sometimes the elderly could not sleep at night and asked Mary Ann to stay with her together with her granddaughter. They would keep her company and talked until the next morning.
• Sometimes the elderly had mood swings and bit Mary when she was angry.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for weekly medical appointments with her employer’s son.
• Took care of his 7-year-old granddaughter.
  

She speaks English and Bahasa Melayu.

Lilik has 9 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan and Singapore.

[Verified Placement through Anglo] 3 years in Singapore caring for a 92-year-old man with heart disease. For the first 2 years, he could walk with a walking frame and assistance, but became wheelchair-bound in the third year. He weighed 82kg.

• Prepared and served medication.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, toileting, changing diapers (at night), walking and transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up 3 to 5 times each night to change diapers, when the elderly coughs, and to keep him company when he could not sleep and to massage the elderly to let him feel more comfortable.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Brought the elderly independently for day rehabilitation taking GRAB.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 75-year-old elderly lady with dementia. She had a fall previously and was unable to walk.

• Due to dementia, she would not recognise her husband and children. She would forget if she had taken medicine or taken her meals. She would also have mood swings and would throw her food on the ground.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, changing diapers and transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Assisted with ROM exercises.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 75-year-old elderly lady who had a prior fall before she started caring for her.

• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, changing diapers and transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Assisted with exercises at home.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has over 2 years of caregiving experience in Singapore and the Philippines.  

2 years in Singapore caring for an 80-year-old lady with stroke, dementia, arthritis and multiple surgeries (hip, brain and feet).

• The elderly was able to walk but she was at a high fall risk. She did not use a walking aide as she could not remember how to use any walking aide.
• Used a wheelchair when going outside for long distances. Monitored her vital signs.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing and walking. While assisting her, Derfene would let the elderly do as many activities as possible so that she would be engaged in the activities and retain her memory. For example, for brushing her teeth, some times the elderly forgot and would want to put the toothpaste on her other part of her body, Derfene would then guide her how to do it.
• Woke up 2 times to assist her to go to the toilet.
• Brought the elderly to the day care and back to the day care 5 times a week by pushing her on a wheelchair, 15 minutes each journey. 9am to about 5pm. Accompanied the elderly with day care activities including Bingo, drawing, writing and exercises her speech.
• Assisted in exercises using the youtube videos such as Rasa Sayang and Teresa Teng songs. The elderly sang along to the songs while doing simple exercises.
• On days when they did not go to the day care, she engaged the elderly in activities such as drawing and writing at home.
• The elderly had an obsession about washing and would wash herself many times up to 20 minutes. Derfene would stop her.
• Due to dementia,
• Sometimes the elderly would refuse to do exercises or take her medications. Derfene would tell the elderly if she took her medications, she would give her a longan which the elderly loved. For the exercises, Derfene would explain that it only takes a minute to exercise and if she did it, she would give her an ice cream. After the exercise, the elderly would have forgotten about the ice cream.
• Sometimes the elderly would get confused, she would think that she had 9 children. She only had 3 children. Derfene explained to her and showed photos of her children to help her understand.
• Sometimes the elderly would look for her late husband, Derfene would explain that he was outside and would be back in later.
• Sometimes she would remember that her husband had passed away and cry. Derfene would show her some videos of babies to distract her as the elderly loved babies and would smile again after watching them.
• The elderly spoke only Hokkien and Malay. She picked up some basic phrases in Malay (“mandi”, “makan”) to communicate with her.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her daughter.‍
• See her biodata for her Singapore Employment History retrieved from the MOM website.

From Jun 2022 to present, she has been working as a caregiver reliever in the Philippines.

• Caregiver reliever for various patients in the Philippines.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy. Nebulizer.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, administered suppository (bullet).
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in exercises. Prepared and served medications.
  

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate II in Health Care Services.
• See her biodata for her training certificate.
  

She speaks English.

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

2 years in Taiwan caring for  an 85-year-old man with colon cancer. The elderly weighed 60kg.

• Stoma care.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (using a urinal at night), dressing, feeding and walking.
• Woke up twice each night to assist with the urinal and when the elderly woke Rosy up while he was dreaming.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the elderly independently taking the taxi, for day physiotherapy twice a week. Assisted with the parallel bar and exercise bicycle
• Accompanied for monthly medical appointments with her employer.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 89-year-old man who had a previous fall and had to undergo a knee surgery on his right leg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (urinal at night), dressing, feeding and walking.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Woke up 3 times each night to assist with the urinal
• Brought the elderly independently for medical appointments. Rosy would walk and the elderly would be in a wheelchair.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

Siska 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 2017 – 2019 in Jakarta. She took care of children, ages 5, 9 and 12. Brought the children to and back from the school. She also performed housework and cooking for an Indonesian Chinese family of 4.

In 2019 (2 months), she cared for her own 89-year-old grandfather who had a stroke (left-side weakness). She took care of him in the day while her mother took care of him at night.

• Assisted in walking with a walking stick initially until his final week when he became fully bedridden.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including sponging daily, showering (once a week), changing diapers, feeding, dressing, turning and positioning. Brought him out to get some sun every day.
• Prepared and served Indonesian herbal medications.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Her grandfather’s appetite deteriorated until he stopped eating and passed away.

She speaks Indonesian and some English.

Gini has 3 years of nursing aide experience in a nursing home Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan working as a nursing aide in a nursing home in Taiwan ( 新中兴医院附设护理之家 ) , rotating between day and night shifts.

• For day shifts, there were 3 nursing aides take care of 15 to 20 patients. For night shifts, there were 2 nursing aides take care of 15 to 20 patients.
• Some patients were bedbound, wheelchair-bound and others were able to walk with assistance
• NGT feeding, Suctioning (oral and tracheal), Nebulizer.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, administered suppository (bullet), enema and performed manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Served medications.
• See her biodata for her Taiwan work permit.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 5 years of caregiving experience in Singapore and the Philippines.

4 years in Singapore as a nursing aide in a Singapore Nursing Home.

• Morning shift – 8 hours: 1 nursing aide to 6 patients, Afternoon and night shift – 8 hours: 1 nursing aide to 25 – 30 patients. 3 rotating shifts, 6 days a week.
• Mainly elderly and severely disabled patients. They have medical conditions such as diabetes, stroke, hypertension. Assigned to female section.
• NGT feeding.
• Reported to the nurse on the intake (food and water) and output (toileting).
• Monitored vital signs (temperature, pulse rate and blood pressure).
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, Intermittent urinary catheter, administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering in the commode, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (used a hoist for heavy patients), turning & positioning.
• Applied cream for the skin. Basic wound dressing for bedsores.
• Served medications.
• Changed the bedsheets and linens. Housekeeping for the rooms.
• See her biodata for her Employment Record from MOM website and her Certificate of Employment.
  

1 year in the Philippines as a live-in caregiver caring for a wheelchair-bound 60+-year-old lady with stroke (left-side weakness). The elderly weighed 40+kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including toileting, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Slept outside the elderly’s room. Woke up 2 to 3 times at night to assist her to go to the toilet. Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Performed housework and cooking.
• See her biodata for her Certificate of Employment.

Certification and Training

• Diploma in Midwifery.
• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) Caregiving and Health Care Services.
• SCDF Training in First Aid, CPR & AED and Fire Safety
• See her biodata for her training certificates.

She speaks English.

Dewi 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 experience working as a live-in helper in Jakarta from 2015 - 2016 and 2017 - 2018.‍
• Took care of 1 child, aged 8.
• Performed housework.

She speaks Indonesian and basic English.

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

2 years 2 months in Malaysia caring for a wheelchair-bound 88-year-old Malaysian Chinese lady with Alzheimer’s Disease. Her right leg is shorter than left leg. The elderly weighed 60kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (2 times), toileting, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Assisted in simple exercises.
• Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up at night 2 to 3 times to change diapers.
• Brought the elderly outside the house for fresh air.
• Due to Alzheimer’s Disease,
• Sometimes she forgot if she had eaten and she wanted to eat again. Julieta explained to her that she had already eaten. If the elderly was insistent and asked 3 times in a row to eat, Julieta would give her coffee to drink.
• Sometimes the elderly would not be able to sleep the whole night, a few nights in a row, and would keep chatting with Julieta. Usually about her husband and her family. Sometimes she would shout at night.
• The elderly confused day and night. She would ask to go out and Julieta would push her around on a wheelchair at home.
• The elderly had mood swings and would get in a bad mood. Sometimes she would scold Julieta. Sometimes she would call for Julieta to sit with her and chit chat with her. The elderly would be happy after chatting.
• The elderly had hallucinations and would tell Julieta that she saw someone beside Julieta when there was no one.
• Her son was a doctor. The elderly was taken care of at home when she contracted COVID-19. The elderly experienced seizures. Cared for the elderly until she passed away in December after she contracted COVID-19.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.

She speaks English.

She has almost 4 years of nurse aide experience in Adventist Medical Centre Bacolod, Philippines.

Dec 2018 to present in Adventist Medical Centre Bacolod, Philippines as a nurse aide caring for patients in medical & surgical wards.

• 15 patients in 1 ward to 1 nurse assistant.
• Patients were hospitalised for various conditions including stroke, diabetes, difficulties breathing, slurring of speech.
• Monitored vital signs.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• NGT feeding.
• PEG Tube feeding.
• Nebulizer.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Stoma care.
• Administered enema.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponge-bathing, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Changed linens and bedsheets.
• Sometimes the patients are uncooperative and refuse to let Rovelyn to change the diapers, take a bath, eat or change the linens, Rovelyn would wait for a while and before she asks again.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving.
• Basic Life Support (CPR and AED)
  

She speaks English.

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

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 80-year-old lady with dementia and stroke. The elderly could walk with a quadstick and weighed 80kg.

• Prepared and served medication.
• When the elderly wanted to go out at 11PM but was not allowed to as it was too late, she would lose her temper and would grab and throw things around, such as stools, cups and anything she could reach. Naning would clean up after her.
• Due to dementia, the elderly would at times wake up in the middle of the night and would want to cook, go out of home for a walk, do the dishes or do housework. Naning would wake up and do the activities together with the elderly, except for leaving the house.
• Brought the elderly independently to the hospital for medical appointments. The doctor would ask Naning how the elderly's sleep at night was, if the elderly took her medication regularly and on time, if the elderly exercised, how the elderly's stool was. Naning would update the doctor independently.
• Naning would measure and record the elderly's blood pressure daily, and would bring it to show the doctor during medical appointments.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, toileting, changing diapers (at night) and walking.
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night to assist with toileting.
• Brought the elderly independently for day physiotherapy twice a week, walking there with the elderly on the wheelchair. Assisted with the parallel bar, pull-down exercises and 指压板 (shiatsu board).

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 2 years of caregiving experience in Malaysia.

2 years in Malaysia caring for a 73-year-old lady with diabetes, arthritis and edema (water retention), mainly in her legs. The elderly weighed 130kg.

• Used 2 walking sticks to walk and Ailyn’s assistance. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Gave injections.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (when she was feeling unwell), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Shared a room with the old lady. Woke up at night about 3 times to assist her to the toilet.
• Accompanied for walks in her garden and her pool every day for 1 – 2 hours.
• Accompanied the elderly couple to a trip in Taiwan.
• Prepared and served medications.
• When her edema was bad, the elderly felt the tightness in her legs. Ailyn massaged her legs with hot towels to relieve the tightness in her legs and put her legs on a chair.
• Followed doctor’s instructions to adjust her medications when her edema was bad.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
• At home, the elderly stayed with her 75-year-old husband with Parkinson’s Disease and diabetes. He was able to walk by himself and independent. He mainly needed help with medications and injections.
• See her biodata for her visa, arrival and departure stamps.
  

She speaks English.

She has over 5 years of caregiving experience in the Philippines.  

Over 5 years in Singapore caring for an elderly couple.

Cared for a wheelchair-bound 88-year-old lady with diabetes.

• Trained by Tan Tock Seng Hospital nurses.
• Monitored blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
• Basic wound care for bedsore and 3 wounds on her toes.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (4 times a week), bedbath on the other days, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 4 times to change diapers, turn and position her.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• At night, the elderly woke up almost every hour, asking Renalyn to bring her to the toilet.
• Prepared and served medications.
  
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away after 6 months.
  

Continued to take care of her husband, a 92-year-old man with dementia.

• Used a walking stick and Renalyn’s assistance to walk. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in simple exercises and stretching. Sometimes he would get angry when he felt tired and refused to do the exercises. Renalyn explained that it would take only 15 minutes and encouraged him to do.
• Due to dementia,

• He took out his diapers and throw it on the floor. He did not like to wear diapers, saying it was hot. Sometimes he would urinate on the floor. He would also poop everywhere in the house.
• He threw his food on the floor, refusing to eat, saying he was full. After 5 minutes, he would say he was hungry and asked for food.
• He would not allow Renalyn to leave his side, even going to the supermarket to buy groceries.
• He did not sleep well at night. Shared a room with him. He woke up every 1 hour. He would ask to go to the toilet. She would explain to him that he has diapers and can urinate in the diapers. After 1 hour, he would ask for the same thing.
• He would call for his son every night. He would ask Renalyn to call for his son and she explained that his son needed to sleep as he had work the next day. She said they can go out the next day and asked him to go back to sleep.
• At night, he would think that it was day time and wanted to go outside. She explained to him to it was night time and the shops were closed. After 1 hour, he would shout again saying he wanted to go outside to eat.

• Renalyn would often chit chat with him to keep him engaged.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments. His son would call for ambulance for them.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away and went home.
• See her biodata for her Singapore employment history retrieved from the MOM website.

She speaks English.

Suci has almost 6 years of experience caring for elderly at home in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 86-year-old man who had a fall.

• In the first 6 months, the elderly was wheelchair-bound. He weighed about 50kg.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up at night 1 to 2 times to change diapers and turn and position.
• Gave papaya and banana when the elderly had constipation. Performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• After 6 months, the elderly was able to walk with a walking stick and Suci’s assistance.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, walking and getting into and out of bed.
• Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• Woke up to change diapers.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment with a family member.3 years in Taiwan caring for an 86-year-old lady with diabetes and hypertension.
• Used a walking stick and Suci’s assistance. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Monitored blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, walking, getting into and out of bed.
• Woke up at night 1 to 2 times to change diapers.
• Sometimes the elderly could not sleep at night and would watch TV. Suci would stay up to attend to and care for her.
• Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged her.
• Accompanied for walks in the park.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with a family member.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.