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She has 9 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 7 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

5 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 85-year-old lady who had a stroke. The elderly weighed 80kg.

• NGT feeding, Suctioning (oral).
• Indwelling urinary catheter care, performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (2 times a week), sponging, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
  

2 years in Hong Kong caring for a 75-year-old lady. She was frail and needed assistance in walking.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding and walking.
• Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.

She is trained in caregiving.

She has worked in Singapore previously.

She speaks Mandarin, some English 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.

She has 7 years 9 months of caregiving experience in Taiwan and Singapore.

2 years 5 months in Singapore caring for an 85-year-old lady with dementia and diabetes. The elderly weighed 68kg.

• Due to dementia:

• The elderly would forget if she had taken her meal after 1 hour.
• The elderly would forget if she had taken her medication. Ruswati took a few different photos of the elderly with her medication in her hands, and would show the elderly a photo of medication in her (elderly’s) hands each time she forgot, to assure her that she had already taken her medication.
• If Ruswati was not immediately beside her when she called for Ruswati, elderly would lose her temper and scold Ruswati. Ruswati would explain nicely that she was doing the chores around the house.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing and walking. Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Brought the elderly downstairs every morning to exercise.

About 5 months in Singapore caring for an elderly lady with stomach cancer.

• Elderly was ambulant and took care of her at home in her first 2 months. In the last 3 months, elderly was hospitalised and had become bedbound.
• In the hospital, she took care of her 8am to 5pm daily. Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including sponging, changing diapers (including at night), and dressing. Engaged her in conversation and companionship.
• Elderly stayed with 1 daughter. Performed housework and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away and transferred to another employer.

5 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 90-year-old lady who had a stroke. The elderly weighed about 80kg.

• Suctioning (oral and nasal) for 6 months. NG Tube Feeding for 1.5 years.
• Administered suppository (bullet).
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring* from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night). *Elderly still had some strength to help in the transferring.
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the elderly.
• Prepared and served medications. Performed housework and cooking.
• Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

She has good employment history in Singapore.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

5 years in Taiwan caring for a 53-year-old lady who had a stroke. The lady weighed 65kg.

• In her first year caring for her, it was in the hospital and she was wheelchair-bound. Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including sponging, showering, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning. Woke up every 2 hours during the first year to check and change diapers and turn & position her to prevent pressure injury (bedsore).
• NGT feeding in the first 6 months. Subsequently, she was able to eat orally.
• In the next 4 years, she was able to walk with a quadstick. Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding and walking. Woke up at night to assist with toileting.
• Assisted with physiotherapy in the hospital (practise how to stand with a machine, exercise bicycle, parallel bar, treadmill, walking up steps, move small objects around, cup stack pyramid, squeezing balls, throw little sand bags, pull down resistor band, heat therapy).
• Assisted with speech therapy (saying letters at first, then to reading, engage patient in conversation).
• Served medications.
• Accompanied for monthly medical appointments with her employer.

2 years in Taiwan caring for a 73-year-old lady who had a prior fall and was hospitalised when Ayu started working. She was able to walk with assistance.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, (including at night) dressing, walking.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She is trained in caregiving

She has 6 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin, Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia.

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She has 9 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin, basic English and Indonesian.

She is trained in caregiving.

She has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 82-year-old man with stroke. The elderly weighed 65kg.

• NGT feeding, Oral Suctioning, Nebulizer.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Basic wound care for pressure injuries (bedsores).
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including daily sponging, weekly showering, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Woke up around 5 times each night to suction, check and change diapers, turn and position the elderly.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

She had recently completed 1 contract of 2 years in Singapore with 1 employer as a domestic helper.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She is trained in caregiving.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 3 years of 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.

She has 3 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has 9 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

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

She has 6.5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

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

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

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

She has 9 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 90-year-old lady. In her last year, she experienced a stroke and was also diagnosed with dementia.

• In her first 2 years, she was able to walk with assistance. Mana assisted in her Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (including at night), dressing, feeding and walking.
• In the last year, she had become wheelchair-bound. She weighed about 57kg. Mana assisted in her 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. Served medications.

6 years 3 months in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 55-year-old lady who was a traffic accident victim. The lady was about 1.67m, 58kg.

• ‍Indwelling urinary catheter care. Performed manual evacuation.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Prepared and served medications.
• Brought the patient for her monthly medical appointments independently.
• Brought the patient independently 6 days a week to the hospital for day rehabilitation (standing aid [board and strap] to practise staying in upright position, hand pedal exercise, shoulder pulley).
• Cared for the patient until she passed away.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

She has 6.5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

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

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

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

She has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has also undergone further training in overseas training centre.

She has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has 5 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

She has 6 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

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

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has 9 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

She has undergone training in caregiving.

She has 5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

2 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 93-year-old lady with stroke, diabetes and heart disease.

• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Woke up 4 to 5 times each night to check and change diapers, serve medication, give elderly water and for turning & positioning.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments with her employer.
  

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 75-year-old lady with diabetes and dementia.

• Elderly walked with assistance at home and used a wheelchair outside of home. She also wore a back brace due to a previous fall.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Due to dementia, the elderly would forget where she had kept her money and valuables. When she could not find them, she would shout at Heni and look angrily at her. Heni would explain nicely to the elderly that she would help to look for her money and ask the elderly to enjoy her TV show while she looked for it. The elderly would then cool down slowly. After Heni had found her money, the elderly would become very happy, thanking Heni.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, and walking. Woke up 3 times each night to give medication, serve water and assist with toileting.
• Assisted with 15-minute exercises 3 times a day.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointments twice a month with her employer.
  

She speaks Mandarin, some English and Indonesian.

She has undergone caregiving training in overseas training centre.