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

5 years 9 months in Taiwan caring for an 80-year-old lady with heart disease and dementia. The elderly could walk with assistance for the first 4 years, and was wheelchair-bound for the final 2 years. She weighed 60kg.

• Suctioning (oral).
• NG tube feeding.
• Oxygen therapy, nebulizer.
• Suppository (bullet), manual evacuation.
• Basic wound care for pressure injury.
• Prepared and administered medication.
• Due to dementia, the elderly would forget that she had taken her meals. She would also always think that she had money in her pocket.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging, dressing, toileting, changing diapers, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, and turning & positioning.
  
• Woke up 3 times each night for suctioning of phlegm, check and change diapers, and turn & position the elderly.
• Range-of-motion exercises.
  
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Brought the elderly to the park on the wheelchair.
  

3 months in Taiwan caring for for an 83-year-old man who was terminally ill. He could sit on the wheelchair for 10 minutes at a time, but was mostly on the bed.

• NG tube feeding.
• Suctioning (nasal).
• Oxygen therapy, nebulizer.
• Basic wound care for pressure injury.
• Administered medication.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including sponging, dressing, changing diapers, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, and turning & positioning.
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night for suctioning of phlegm, check and change diapers, and turn & position the elderly.
• Range-of-motion exercises.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

She is able to care for bedbound or wheelchair-bound elderly weighing up to 60kg.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 3 years 8 months of caregiving experience in the Philippines.

3 years 8 months as a Nurse Attendant in St Paul’s Hospital of Iloilo, Philippines.

Worked in a 265-bed General Hospital as a full-time nursing aide.

• 4 to 5 days. 8 hours, on a rotating basis. Worked in Medical Surgical, Medical ICU, Neonatal ICU and Paediatric wards.
• 9 patients in ICU wards, 23 patients in medical surgical wards.
• NGT feeding, PEG Tube feeding, Suctioning (oral), Suctioning (tracheal), Nebulizer.
• Monitored vital signs and blood glucose levels.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted nurses in doing wound dressing for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, bedbath, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Changing linens and bed sheets.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• See Employment Certification in her biodata.

While she was on her full-time job as a nursing aide, she also worked as a private duty home caregiver on her rest days. She was hired by the family of her patient who was discharged from her hospital that she worked in.

• On her rest days, she performed 12-hour shifts, rotating day and night. It is either 1 to 2 days or 24 hours on her rest day.
• Cared for a wheelchair-bound 87-year-old lady with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The elderly weighed 45kg.
• NGT feeding, Trachea care and suctioning, Nebulizer.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.

She speaks English.

She holds a Diploma in Midwifery.

She is able to handle wheeichair-bound and bedbound elderly weighing up to 60kg.

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

6 years in Taiwan caring for for an 86-year-old lady with dementia.

• Due to dementia, the elderly had day-night reversal. She would wake up at night, thinking it was in the morning, and would want Kamirih to go out for a morning walk with her. Kamirih would tell her gently that it was still at night, and would turn on the TV to show her the time indicated on the TV. The elderly would then go back to sleep.
  
• The elderly would also wake up in the middle of the night saying that she was hungry. Kamirih would bring her some bread.
  
• When the elderly had insomnia at night, Kamirih would be up and would chit chat with her for a while, before asking her to go back to sleep.
  
• The elderly would forget who her children were when they visited her. She would scold Kamirih for opening the door for them as she thought they were strangers.
  
• The elderly would also lose her temper when she thought her things were misplaced. Kamirih would look for them for her, but ah ma would insist that Kamirih did not try hard enough. After looking for some time, Kamirih would try to tell the elderly to wait for a while before they try again. The elderly would then forget about it.
  
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night to assist with toileting.
  
• Served medication.
• Accompanied for monthly medical appointments with her employer.
  
• Brought the elderly to the park every morning for morning walks.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 90-year-old man with diabetes. He walked with a walking stick and assistance at home, and used a wheelchair outside of home.

• Blood glucose monitoring.
• Fleet enema.
• Prepared and served medication.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, toileting and walking.
  
• Woke up 1 to 2 times each night to assist with toileting.
  
• Accompanied elderly for monthly doctor's appointment with her employer.
  
• Brought the elderly to the park every morning for 1 hour.
  

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 2 years 9 months of experience as a private home caregiver in the Philippines.

May 2018 - May 2019 in the Philippines caring for an 82-year-old Chinese lady with congenital heart failure, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. The elderly weighed 70+kg.

• Monitored vital signs and blood glucose levels.
• In her first few months of employment, the old lady was still able to walk with assistance and using a walking stick.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding, walking. Assisted in walking exercises.
• Later in Aug 2018, the old lady underwent an operation to put in a pacemaker. After her operation, she became bedridden.
• After the pacemaker was placed, the elderly was on NGT feeding.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, sponge-bathing, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Brought her out for walks on a wheelchair.
• Due to dementia:

• Sometimes when she was assisting the elderly in activities like bedbath, the old lady would say everything was finished although Merlina had not finished cleaning her yet. Merlina would wait a while, the elderly would have forgotten and Merlina would continue with where she had stopped.
• The old lady experienced mood swings. She would get angry suddenly and throw things at Merlina.

• Prepared, served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her son.
• Cooked and cleaned the elderly’s room.
• Cared for the old lady until her passing.
• See biodata for employment certificate.

Jan 2020 - May 2021 and Sep 2021 to present caring for an 84-year-old man with oesophageal cancer.

• He is still able to walk with assistance and a walking stick.
• PEG Tube feeding
• Trachestomy care and suctioning.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, walking, dressing, walking.
• Assisted in exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments.
• Cleaned the elderly’s room.
  
• See biodata for employment certificate.

Certification and Training

• She has completed NCII Caregiving training programme and undergone the national assessment to attain the TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving.
• 40-hour On-the-Job Training (OJT) Dr Ignacio M. Cortes General Hospital
• 40-hour OJT on Disability and Special Needs at Victor Braun Training Centre (for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities)
• 40-hour related learning experience of various cases of the elderly women at the Seven Sisters Servants of Mary Elderly Home Inc.
• OJT for Home Management Food and Nutrition

CAREGIVING NC II Qualification consists of competencies that a person must achieve to provide care and support to elderly and people with special needs including:

• HCS323201 Implement and monitor infection control policies and procedures
• HCS323202 Respond effectively to difficult/challenging behavior
• HCS323203 Apply basic first aid
• HCS323204 Maintain high standard of patient services
• HCS323305 Provide care and support to elderly
• HCS323306 Provide care and support to people with special needs
• HCS323307 Maintain healthy and safe environment
• HCS323308 Respond to emergency
• HCS323311 Prepare hot and cold meals

She speaks English.

She is able to handle disabled elderly weighing up to 60+kg.

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

3 years in Hong Kong caring for a 5-year-old boy who was mentally disabled.

• As much as possible, Sutik would tell the boy what each thing or action was, to try to keep his mind more active. When the boy ate or drank, Sutik would tell him what he was eating or drinking. When they saw different objects, she would also tell him what each object was. Sutik would also try to teach him how to count.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing and toileting.
  
• Brought the child to and back from school daily.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 60-year-old lady with liver disease (2 years) and an 80-year-old man with dementia (1 year).

• For the 60-year-old lady,

• Sutik provided companionship; They would cycle together every day to different places every morning before going home and have breakfast together. In the afternoon, they would watch television together and would discuss the storyline and characters. They would also talk about Sutik’s husband and children, and life back in Indonesia. They would also go for walks together.
• After 2 years, the patient fainted one day after cycling, and passed away in the hospital after 15 days. Sutik transferred to another employer for the remaining 1 year of her work permit.

• For the 80-year-old man,

• Due to dementia, the elderly would have mood swings. He would slap Sutik, as well as scold her.
• The elderly would forget that he had already taken his meals and medication. Sutik would talk nicely to him to let him know that he had already taken his medication, and could not take too much of it.
• Prepared and served medication.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing and walking.
• Brought the elderly independently to the hospital for day rehabilitation daily.
• Assisted with range-of-motion exercises.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 100-year-old lady with dementia. She weighed 60kg.

• The elderly would sleep a lot for 2 days and not sleep for 2 days, for the whole 3 years. When the elderly was awake, Sutik would also be awake, regardless of day or night, to take care of her and make sure that she did not fall. When the elderly did not sleep at night, she would keep talking to herself. Sutik would be beside her.
• The elderly would forget that she had taken her meals.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, changing diapers and transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Woke up twice each night to check and change diapers.
• Massaged the elderly every morning.
• Brought the elderly on the wheelchair to the park daily.
  
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

She is able to handle wheelchair bound, bedbound elderly weighing up to 60kg.

She has worked in Singapore with a good history, having completed 1 contract with 1 employer.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She is a certified caregiver with a TESDA National Certificate (NC2) in Health Care. She has completed 10 months of caregiver training and passed through the assessment under TESDA to obtain the certification. See biodata for certificate.

• She received a Leadership Award and 10th Achiever Award for recognition of her performance during her NC II Health Care Services course.
• Since her graduation, she has worked as a medical clinic assistant. Recently, she had started working as a stay-in caregiver.

Oct - Nov 2021 (2 weeks) in the Philippines caring for a 90-year-old Chinese lady with diabetes. She had a fracture on her right leg. She was able to walk a little with a walking frame and Mylene’s assistance.

• Assisted in showering, toileting (in the toilet or the commode including 4 – 5 times at night), dressing, standing and transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice versa (when the elderly was tired and did not want to walk).
• Assisted in walking and physiotherapy exercises. Sometimes when the elderly was tired, she would not want to exercise. Mylene encouraged her, reminding her that to keep trying so that she can return to doing things she loved like cooking, marketing.
• Chatted with the old lady. The elderly had tried to teach her how to count in simple Mandarin. She asked Mylene about her children and asked to look at their photos. She shared with Mylene about her life in the past.
• Elderly stayed temporarily at her son’s place with him, daughter-in-law and their helper. Shared the room with the elderly, cleaned the elderly’s room.
• Provided short-term care until the elderly was better.

Aug 2021 (1 month) in the Philippines caring for a 69-year-old Chinese lady. She had low potassium and sodium chloride. She had a fall and had a wound in the back of her head but could not remember how she had ended lying on the floor. She was found on the floor by security guards.

• The senior was frail but able to walk and needed constant monitoring to prevent falls.
• Basic wound care for the wound on her head.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (including 4 times at night). Monitored her when the elderly dressing. Prepared and served medication.
• Assisted in walking, breathing exercises and physiotherapy exercises. Sometimes, the senior would not want to exercise, Mylene exercised with her to encourage her.
• Conversed with her about her teenage life, her relationship with her sisters.
• Sometimes, the senior did not sleep well at night, Mylene would stay up to keep her company. The senior had stayed by herself. Shared in the same room with her.
• Provided short term care until she had recovered.

Prior to being a caregiver, she had worked in the following jobs:

• ‍Jun 2019 – Apr 2021, Medical Assistant, Ferrer Obgyn Clinic, Philippines. Assisted the doctor with the pregnant mothers in the consulting room. Cleaned the clinic, changed linens and pillows, greeted the patients. Took vital signs (bp, pulse rate, oxygen, temperature, height, weight). Assisted with data inputs as needed.‍
• 2017 (6 months), Housekeeping Staff, Puregold Bacoor Panapaan, Supermarket.‍
• Jun 2013 – Feb 2014, Stay-in Nanny, Philippines. Took care of 3-month-old baby. Family of 4. Performed household chores, cooking when the baby was resting.
  

‍Caregiving Certification and Training

• Completed a 10-month caregiver training, undergone national competency assessment and achieved TESDA National Certificate II in Health Care Services.
• Received Leadership Award and 10th Achiever Award for recognition of her performance during her NC II Health Care Services course.

HEALTH CARE SERVICES NC II Qualification consists of competencies that a person must achieve to assist with patient care including:

• HCS323201 Implement and monitor infection control policies and procedures
• HCS323202 Respond effectively to difficult/challenging behavior
• HCS323203 Apply basic first aid
• HCS323204 Maintain high standard of patient services
• HCS323316 Assist in patient mobility
• HCS323317 Assist in transporting patients
• HCS323318 Assist in bio-psychosocial support care of patients
• HCS323319 Handle waste in a health care environment

She speaks English and Tagalog.

She is able to handle disabled elderly weighing up to 75kg.

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

4 years in Hong Kong caring for a 95-year-old lady with dementia.

• Used a walking stick at home, used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Due to dementia:

• The elderly would forget if she had taken her medication. She scolded Susiana when she forgot that she had taken her medication and Susiana would not let her take it again. The elderly would also complain to her son that Susiana did not give her medication.
• She would forget If she had taken her meals. Susiana would giver her some biscuits and fruits when she forgot and asked to eat again after a meal.
• She did not want her soiled diapers changed. Susiana would coax the elderly slowly into letting her change her diapers.
• The elderly woke up frequently every 1 to 2 hours every night. She would walk around the house, water her plants, watch TV and keep talking. Susiana followed the elderly around to prevent falls, watched TV with her and chit chat with her until the elderly fell asleep.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding and walking.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged her every night before sleep.
• Brought the elderly on the wheelchair for day rehabilitation every morning by herself.
• Brought the elderly to medical appointments by herself via a taxi once every fortnight.
• Prepared and served medications.
  

2 years g Hong Kong caring for a 59-year-old lady who was frail.

• Assisted in walking with a walking frame at home, used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (in the day), changing diapers (at night), dressing, walking.
• Woke up 2 times each night to check and change diapers and to give the elderly water when she was thirsty.
• Brought the lady for day rehabilitation once every fortnight by herself via the taxi.
• Assisted with physiotherapy at home daily using the pedal cycle and parallel bars to practise walking
• Prepared and served medications.
• She stayed with her 68-year-old husband.
  

2 years in Taiwan caring for an 85-year-old man who had a previous fall.

• Assisted in walking with a walking stick at home, used a wheelchair when going outside.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including toileting in the day, changing diapers at night, walking.
• Woke up 2 times each night to check and change diapers, and to give the elderly water when he was thirsty
• Served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Accompanied for day rehabilitation weekly
  

She is able to handle wheelchair bound, bedbound patients weighing up to 65kg.

She speaks Mandarin, some Cantonese, basic English and Indonesian.

She has 2 years of experience as a nursing assistant and in-home caregiver in the Philippines.

Jul 2018 to present (1 year 19 months) in the Philippines working as a nursing assistant in a primary hospital, Holy Rosary of Cabuyao Hospital Inc., with 43 bed capacity.

1 year 9 months in the General wards. Caring for 25 patients per shift.

• Monitored vital signs, monitored patients’ intake/output.
• Taught and assisted patient’s family members in caring for the patients including feeding, transferring from wheelchair and vice versa, giving oxygen.
• During this period, she was also assigned to the ICU for 3 months.
• Monitored vital signs. Monitored patients’ intake/output.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, turning & positioning.

10 months in the Emergency Room

• Monitored vital signs
• Relayed doctor instructions. Assisted doctors and nurses.
• Performed basic wound dressing.‍
• See biodata for employment certificate.

Mar 2017 – May 2017. Cared for a wheelchair-bound 70-year-old man with stroke and diabetes. The elderly weighed 50kg.

• 5 days, 12-hour, 8am to 8pm.
• NGT feeding. Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• 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, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises in the morning and afternoon.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
• Stayed with his son.
• Helped clean his room and laundry.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017. Cared for a bedbound 75-year-old man with COPD and Chronic Kidney Disease. The elderly weighed 55kg.

• 12-hour, 5 to 6 days a week. Rotating shift.
• NGT feeding, PEG Tube feeding, Suctioning (tracheal).
• Assisted with oxygen therapy. Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath (every other day), changing diapers, dressing, turning & positioning.
• Massaged.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.
  

Certification and Training

• She has completed NCII Caregiving training programme and undergone the national assessment to attain the TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving (786 hours).
• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) in Health Care Services
• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) in Housekeeping
• 72-hour On-the-Job Training at Mother Ignacia Home for the Elderly

She speaks English.

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

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 90-year-old man who had renal failure and dementia. He walked with a walking frame + assistance at home, and used a wheelchair outside of home.

• Brought the elderly independently for hemodialysis 3 times a week, taking the taxi.
  
• Fleet enema.
• Manual evacuation.
  
• Prepared and served medication.
  
• Due to dementia, the elderly would refuse to shower. Heni would wait for a while, and ask the elderly again, until he agreed to shower.
  
• The elderly had day-night reversal, and would be awake at night and would sleep in the day. Heni would be awake and beside the elderly to make sure that he did not fall down. She would watch him cut up books and paper with a pair of scissors, and watch him shave his moustache and beard at night.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, toileting, changing diapers, walking and transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Range-of-motion exercises.
  
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She is a certified caregiver with a TESDA National Certificate (NC2) in Caregiving. She has completed 6 months of caregiver training and passed through the assessment under TESDA to obtain the certification. See biodata for certificate.

She is also trained in Basic Life Support, First Aid and Elderly Care.

She has worked for 6 months as a live-in elderly helper / companion for a 69-year-old senior with diabetes. The senior was still healthy and mobile.

• Prepared and served medications.
• Monitored her blood pressure.
• Accompanied her for walks and jogging.
• Grocery shopping together with her employer.
• Performed housework and cooking.
• The senior lived alone in a 2-bedroom apartment.
  

She speaks English.

Certification

Completed 6-month caregiver training programme, undergone the national competency assessment and achieved the TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving.
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CAREGIVING NC II Qualification consists of competencies that a person must achieve to provide care and support to elderly and people with special needs including:

• HCS323201 Implement and monitor infection control policies and procedures
• HCS323202 Respond effectively to difficult/challenging behavior
• HCS323203 Apply basic first aid
• HCS323204 Maintain high standard of patient services
• HCS323305 Provide care and support to elderly
• HCS323306 Provide care and support to people with special needs
• HCS323307 Maintain healthy and safe environment
• HCS323308 Respond to emergency
• HCS323311 Prepare hot and cold meals

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

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 78-year-old man who had stroke, heart disease and dementia. He weighed 60kg.

• Prepared and served medication.
  
• Due to dementia, the elderly had day-night reversal. The elderly would wake up at night and would want to go out for a walk. Pipin would explain that it was at night, that they could go out in the morning.
  
• When the elderly did not want to wash his hair while showering but PIpin still helped him to, he would lose his temper and would pinch Pipin.
  
• When the elderly woke up in the middle of the night and could not sleep, Pipin would wake up to watch TV with him and to give him food when he was hungry. Pipin would also massage the elderly so that he could get back to sleep.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) including sponging (every morning), showering (every afternoon), dressing, feeding, changing diapers and transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
  
• Woke up 2 to 3 times each night to check and change diapers.
  
• Assisted with range-of-motion exercises.
  
• Brought the elderly to the park on the wheelchair twice each day for fresh air and sunlight.
  
• Accompanied for monthly medical appointments with her employer.
• Accompanied the elderly for day rehabilitation twice a month.
  

She is able to handle bedbound and wheelchair-bound elderly weighing up to 80kg.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She is a certified caregiver with a TESDA National Certificate (NC2) in Caregiving. She has completed 3 month of caregiver training and passed through the assessment under TESDA to obtain the certification. See biodata for certificate.

She is also trained in emergency first aid and basic nursing skills.

She has worked abroad in Tainan, Taiwan for 2 years as a factory worker. See her biodata for permit and training certificate.

She speaks English and Tagalog.

She is of strong build, able to care for chair-bound elderly about 70 kg.

Certification

Completed 3-month caregiver training programme, undergone the national competency assessment and achieved the TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving.
CAREGIVING NC II Qualification consists of competencies that a person must achieve to provide care and support to elderly and people with special needs including:

• HCS323201 Implement and monitor infection control policies and procedures
• HCS323202 Respond effectively to difficult/challenging behavior
• HCS323203 Apply basic first aid
• HCS323204 Maintain high standard of patient services
• HCS323305 Provide care and support to elderly
• HCS323306 Provide care and support to people with special needs
• HCS323307 Maintain healthy and safe environment
• HCS323308 Respond to emergency
• HCS323311 Prepare hot and cold meals

Further Training

• Emergency Care (First Aid) Training Program
• Caregiver Training Program – Elderly & Disability
• Caregiver Training Program – Infant & Early Child
• Basic Nursing Skills Training
• Safety Use of Assistive Devices and Technologies

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

5 years in Taiwan caring for an 83-year-old man who had suffered from a stroke. He walked with a walking frame + assistance at home, and used a wheelchair outside of home.

• Used a walking frame at home, used a wheelchair when going out.
• Prepared and served medication.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, toileting, changing diapers and walking.
  
• Woke up 1 to 2 times each night to check and change diapers, as well as to give the elderly water.
  
• Massaged the elderly.
  
• Brought the elderly to the park on the wheelchair daily for fresh air and sunlight.
  
• Measured blood pressure daily.
  
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
  
• Assisted with range-of-motion exercises daily.
  

She is able to handle bedbound or wheelchair-bound elderly weighing up to about 60kg.

She has about 10 years of experience as a Patient Attendant Technician in a Social Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center for Physically and Mentally Handicapped, Ministry of Social Affairs, Saudi Arabia.

• 6 days a week, 12 hours. Rotating shifts. 1 room per shift caring for 8 to 9 patients. 260 to 360 beds during her employment.
• She was assigned to Psychiatry, Neurology, Orthopedics, Surgery and Medical areas.
• Care recipients had physical and mental disabilities. They were ambulant with assistant, wheelchair bound or bedbound. They were usually aged 2 to 45 years old and there were a few older patients.
• Performed NGT feeding, PEG Tube feeding.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care (drain or change urine bag).
• Basic wound care for bedsores.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, bedbath, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (2-man transfer), turning & positioning.
• Cleaned the rooms.
• Brought patients to the gardens and to visit physiotherapists.
• See employment certificates, visa and arrival/departure stamps in her biodata.

She speaks English.

She is able to care for wheelchair-bound and bedbound patients weighing up to 60kg.

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

6 years in Taiwan caring for a 73-year-old lady with stroke (no strength in legs), dementia and Parkinson’s disease. The elderly weighed 45kg.

• Used a walking frame at home, used a wheelchair when going out.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (when going out, did not want to wear diapers at home), dressing, feeding (sometimes when she did not want to eat and needed to feed her), walking, assisted to stand, get in and out of bed.
• Woke up at night to go to the toilet 3 times.
• Massaged the elderly.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought her out for walks in the morning.
• First 5 years she did not have dementia. In her last year with her, she started developing dementia.
• Due dementia:

• She would accuse Hanik of taking her make-up items. She would explain to her patiently and show her.
• She would forget if she has eaten. She would ask to eat again. Hanik would explain that she had eaten, they needed to go out and asked if she wanted to eat again. She would give her some biscuits or desserts like green bean or red bean soup.
• Sometimes she would refuse to shower, she would talk to her slowly like if she doesn’t shower, she would be smelly and coax her into it.
• She would throw away her medications when Hanik went to take water for her. Subsequently, Hanik would always look at her when she took medications.

• Accompanied for medical appointments with the elderly’s husband via taxi.
• For the first 2 years, they stayed in elderly’s home. She performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
• After 4 years, they sold their house and moved to stay in a monastery. She did housekeeping for the elderly’s room. Meals were provided by the monastery.
• Stayed with her elderly husband.
  

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

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She is a graduate from Professional Caregiving Course from the St. Augustine School of Nursing.

She has undergone Basic Life Support and First Aid Training.

She has undergone 80-hour On-the-Job-Training at the psychiatric institution for the Adult and Elderly at Halfway House Clinic.

She has extensive experience working abroad in Taiwan:

• Oct 2011 - Oct 2014, Chipbond Technology Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan. Machine operator & Product Inspector.
• Mar 2015 - Jun 2016, Harvatek, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Factory Worker.
• See biodata for employment certificates from the two companies she worked for in Taiwan.

She has participated in Outreach program and Medical Missions for blood pressure taking and feeding of children.

She speaks English.

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

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 80-year-old lady with dementia, stroke and diabetes. She was wheelchair-bound and weighed 50kg.

• Blood glucose monitoring.
  
• Prepared and served medication, assisted with range-of-motion exercises.
  
• Due to dementia, the elderly would forget that she had already taken her meals and medication, and that she had already showered.
  
• When the elderly forgot that she had already taken her meals and asked for food again, Eka would give her a little bit of fruits.
  
• When the elderly forgot that she had already taken her medication and asked for it again, Eka would explain that she had already taken them, and she only needed to take them again the next day.
  
• When the elderly could not sleep at night, she would get frustrated and would scold Eka. She would ask Eka to leave her alone, and asked Eka who she was. Eka would explain slowly that she was her caregiver from Indonesia, and was there to take care of her and keep her company.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, toileting (day), changing diapers (night), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
  
• Woke up twice each night to give water and change diapers.
  
• The elderly would have insomnia 2 to 3 nights a week. Eka would stay up to massage the elderly and to chit chat with the elderly. When the elderly slept in the day, Eka would also sleep together.
  
• Brought the elderly out on the wheelchair daily for sunlight and fresh air.
• Brought the elderly independently for monthly doctor's appointment. Eka walked and the elderly was on the wheelchair. The doctor informed Eka on the elderly's condition upon each check-up, and Eka would update her employer at home.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 85-year-old elderly man with dementia and diabetes. The elderly walked with a walking stick and assistance at home, and used a wheelchair outside of home. He weighed 70kg.

• Blood glucose monitoring.
  
• Prepared and served medication.
  
• The elderly loved to eat. When the elderly wanted to eat more, but his wife did not allow too much food, he would lose his temper and would punch and hit Eka when she was feeding him. Eka would jokingly ask the elderly if he was doing exercise with her, to try to calm him down.
  
• When Eka followed her employer's instruction to not give the elderly too much rice, the elderly would get upset and would scold Eka. Eka would talk nicely to him to calm him down.
  
• Assisted with showering, dressing, feeding, toileting (day), changing diapers (night), and walking. Assisted with range-of-motion exercises for the elderly’s hands.
  
• Accompanied elderly for monthly doctor's appointment with her employer.
  
• Brought the elderly to the park every morning for short walks.
  

She is of medium build, able to care for chair-bound / bedbound elderly weighing up to about 70+kg.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has over 13 years of experience as a Nurse Attendant in a hospital in the Philippines.

• Assigned to surgical wards caring for patients of various medical conditions.
• NGT feeding, PEG Tube feeding,
• Suctioning (oral and trachea), Nebulizer.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Oxygen therapy.
• Stoma care.
• Basic wound dressing.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, administered enema.
• Basic wound care for bedsores, Stoma care.
• Assisted patients in their bedside care including showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Administered oral medications. See Employment Certification in her biodata.

She speaks English.

She has 2-year nursing aide diploma. She is certified with a TESDA National Certificate in Caregiving.

She has undergone 392 hours of training at the Davao Medical Centre, the Paciano Bangoy Health Center and the DCSP Clinic and Basic ECG Reading and Interpretation training.

Nita has 4 years 9 months of experience caring for elderly at home in the Taiwan and Singapore.

[Verified Placement through Anglo] About 1 year in Singapore caring for an 83-year-old man with dementia. He was ambulant with assistance and used a walking stick.

• Suctioning (oral), taught by a nurse in St Luke’s Hospital.
  
• Engaged elderly in daily activities such as simple mathematical sums, writing in English, using an iPad to show him Liang Popo shows, and engaged him in conversations to stimulate his brain.
  
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, turning & positioning (including at night), measured blood pressure and massaging.
  
• Assisted in exercises.
  
• Prepared and served medications.
  
• Performed housework and cooking.
  
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away and returned to Indonesia.
• See her employer's letter with review in biodata.

[Verified Placement through Anglo] 10 months in Singapore caring for an 88-year-old elderly lady with back and leg pains due to nerves being compressed.

• Fall prevention; assisted in walking.
• Performed household chores and cooking.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 87-year-old elderly man.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting and changing diapers.
• Assisted in walking, and using the wheelchair. Fall prevention.

She speaks Mandarin, some English and Indonesian.

She has 3 years 5 months of experience as a live-in caregiver in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Oct 2018 – Feb 2020 in Qatar for an ambulant 74-year-old man with Alzheimer’s Disease, diabetes, kidney disease. He had a pacemaker.

• He was very active and did not like to stay inside his house. He walked outside his house and she had to follow him around everywhere. Sometimes he could not remember the way back. As his house is near the road, Anna had to follow him around and ensure his safety.
• Due to Alzheimer's, he behaved like a child and could not remember many things. There were times where he did not remember that he has a wife and asked Anna to marry him. He also could not remember his children. He was able to remember Anna as the “girl who followed him around” but cannot remember her name.
• Sometimes at night, he would want to head to the toilet but after making his way there, he would forget where he was headed and went back to bed for about 3 to 5 times. He would walk back and forth many times. If Anna had stopped him from doing so, he would get upset, hence, she would follow him around.
• When he was in a bad mood, he would also walk around. Instead of stopping him from doing so which would make him angry, Anna would follow him around to make sure he was okay.
• Assisted in taking a bath when his wife was on vacation. Monitored blood pressure.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for his medical appointments with his eldest son.
• Stayed with his wife. Shared room with the elderly.
• See visa and arrival/departure stamps in biodata.

Aug 2016 - Aug 2018 caring for a 74-year-old lady with diabetes and obesity. Her legs were swollen from water retention. The elderly weighed 120kg. Assisted in walking with a walking frame.

• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels and blood pressure.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (including 5 times at night), dressing, getting into and out of bed and walking.
• Massaged her legs. Assisted with simple exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for her medical appointments with her daughter.
• Brought her out for walks in her front yard.
• Shared room with the elderly. Stayed at home with 2 daughters.
• Cooked and prepared diabetic diet for the elderly.
• See visa and arrival/departure stamps in biodata.

Certification and Training

• TESDA National Certificate (NCII) Caregiving
• Standard First Aid CPR AED
• 44-hours On the Job Training as a Caregiver in Surgical Ward, Quezon Medical Center
• Therapeutic Body Massage
• See training certificates in biodata.

She speaks English.

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

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 77-year-old man who had suffered from a stroke. He weighed 54kg. Siska stayed with the elderly in the nursing home.

• Suctioning (oral).
• NG tube feeding.
• Oxygen therapy and nebulizer.
  
• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
  
• Fleet enema and manual evacuation.
  
• Administered medication.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering (on days when the elderly was in a better condition), sponging, dressing, changing diapers, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa and turning & positioning.
  
• Woke up a few times each night to suction the phlegm, check and change diapers, and turn & position the elderly to prevent pressure injury.
  
• Assisted with range-of-motion exercises.
  
• Cleaned the elderly’s room in the nursing home.
  

3 years in a nursing home in Taiwan (福全医院) caring for patients with various medical conditions. There were patients who were bedbound or wheelchair-bound, as well as patients who could walk with assistance.

• Suctioning (trachea and oral), tracheostomy care.
  
• NG tube feeding.
  
• Oxygen therapy, nebulizer.
  
• Basic wound care for pressure injury at sacral area, heels, elbow, back of ear, shoulder and other pressure points.
  
• Stoma care, indwelling urinary catheter care.
  
• Suppository (bullet), fleet enema, manual evacuation.
  
• Administered medication.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including sponging, showering, dressing, feeding, toileting, changing diapers, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
  
• Assisted with the exercise bicycle for rehabilitation.
  
• Engaged in conversations with the patients.

She is able to handle wheelchair-bound elderly weighing up to 60kg.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

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• She is a certified caregiver with a TESDA National Certificate (NC2) in Caregiving and a TESDA National Certificate (NC2) in Health Care Services. She has completed two 6-month of caregiver training courses and passed through the assessment under TESDA to obtain the certification.
• She has worked abroad in Saudi Arabia for 2 years as a domestic worker. See her biodata for job document and immigration arrival/departure stamps.
  
• She speaks English and Tagalog.

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 is a certified caregiver with a TESDA National Certificate (NC2) in Caregiving from the St. Augustine School of Nursing.

She has 1 year of caregiving experience in the Philippines. She had cared for an 85-year-old lady with COPD.

• The elderly weighed 81kg. She was able to walk with assistance, used a wheelchair at times.
• 2 hours per shift, alternating between day and night, 3 to 5 shifts per week.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding (sometimes), walking.
• Nebulizer.
• Monitoring vital signs.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Massaged the elderly.
• Accompanied for her medical appointments.
• Brought her out for walks.
  

She speaks English and Tagalog.

Certification

Completed caregiver training programme, undergone the national competency assessment and achieved the TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving.

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CAREGIVING NC II Qualification consists of competencies that a person must achieve to provide care and support to elderly and people with special needs including:

• HCS323201 Implement and monitor infection control policies and procedures
• HCS323202 Respond effectively to difficult/challenging behavior
• HCS323203 Apply basic first aid
• HCS323204 Maintain high standard of patient services
• HCS323305 Provide care and support to elderly
• HCS323306 Provide care and support to people with special needs
• HCS323307 Maintain healthy and safe environment
• HCS323308 Respond to emergency
• HCS323311 Prepare hot and cold meals

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She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Singapore.

6 years in Singapore caring for a wheelchair-bound 88-year-old lady with stroke, dementia and diabetes. The elderly weighed 66kg.

• Cared for a wheelchair-bound 88-year-old man with stroke, diabetes and dementia. The elderly weighed 60kg.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• Nasal, oral suctioning (in the mouth only) for in the first few months. Taught by the Taiwanese nurse in the hospital.
• 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, massaged.
• Brought him out for walks.
• Due to dementia:

• He would forget and did not recognise his friends and brothers.
• He did not like to eat. She would feed him a few mouths first and he would refuse to continue to eat. After 30 mins, he would forget that he had eaten and she would continue to feed him again.
• He would forget if he had showered. When his wife asked him if he had showered, he would then say that Ani didn’t give him any food and didn’t shower him, although he had already showered.
• He had intermittent sleep at night, waking up every hour or so. Ani would wake up at night to take care of him. He would say he want to go out and get angry and scold her when he was not allowed to as it was late. She would keep quiet and let him vent. After a while, he would calm down. If she had spoken to him when he was agitated, he would get even more agitated. Due to his intermittent sleep, she would rest with the elderly in the day when he was resting.
• He would get angry when someone talked too much, or when he had visitor or when someone talked too loudly. She would reply him that she would check out who it was and to ask the person to quieten down and he would be okay.

• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
• Stayed with his wife.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She is a certified caregiver with a TESDA National Certificate (NC2) in Caregiving. She has completed caregiver training and passed through the assessment under TESDA to obtain the certification. See biodata for certificate.

She is also trained in Housekeeping NC II and Cleaning & Disinfection.

She had extensive experience working abroad and completed contracts as follow:

Feb 2018 - Feb 2020 (2 years), Dr. Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital, Saudi Arabia.

• Worked 48 hours per week in the housekeeping department.
• Cleaned and sanitized hospital rooms (wards, operating theatres) according to the hospital’s standards.
• Assisted other auxiliary staff as needed.

Nov 2012 - Jun 2016 (3 years 9 months), Mohammed Bin Abdullaziz Hospital, Saudi Arabia.

• Cleaning and sanitizing hospital rooms (wards, operating theatres) according to the hospital rooms.
• Assisting in sending laboratory specimen, stock taking of medications.

She has worked abroad in Saudi Arabia for almost 6 years. See biodata for employment certificate.

She speaks English.

She is able to handle disabled elderly weighing up to  60+kg.

Certification

• Completed 8-month caregiver training programme, undergone the national competency assessment and achieved the TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving.

CAREGIVING NC II Qualification consists of competencies that a person must achieve to provide care and support to elderly and people with special needs including:

• HCS323201 Implement and monitor infection control policies and procedures
• HCS323202 Respond effectively to difficult/challenging behavior
• HCS323203 Apply basic first aid
• HCS323204 Maintain high standard of patient services
• HCS323305 Provide care and support to elderly
• HCS323306 Provide care and support to people with special needs
• HCS323307 Maintain healthy and safe environment
• HCS323308 Respond to emergency
• HCS323311 Prepare hot and cold meals

She has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 69-year-old man with heart disease.

In the first 9 months, she assisted in activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing and walking. Woke up 2 – 3 times at night to assist in toileting. Assisted in exercises. Prepared and served medications.

• He was terrified of seeing the doctor and refused to do so. His heart condition deteriorated.
• In his final month, he became wheelchair-bound. He weighed about 83kg.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (he refused diapers), dressing, transferring him from bed to wheelchair and vice versa, turning and positioning (including 2 to 3 times at night).
• Brought in the morning to bring him out in the morning for fresh air.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications. Administered enema.
• Cared for him until he passed away after she had cared for him for 10 months.

After he passed away, she took care of his 80+-year-old mother. She had met in a traffic accident, undergone operation in her right knee and became wheelchair-bound. She weighed about 55kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Brought her out for fresh air and walks in a wheelchair.
• Massaged her leg.
• Prepared and served medications.

The man had stayed with his mother.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.