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She has 9 years of experience in caregiving in Taiwan.

6 years in Taiwan caring for an elderly couple.

2005 – 2007: Cared for a 94-year-old man (85kg) who had suffered from stroke for 2 years until he passed away. He was wheelchair-bound for 2 months before becoming bedbound for the next 1 year 10 months

• Suctioning (tracheal), NG tube feeding, trachea care and oxygen therapy.
• Basic wound care for leg wound and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Indwelling urinary catheter care and administered suppository (bullet).
• ‍Prepared and administered medication.
• Assisted with daily ROM exercises.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, bed bath, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Woke up every 2 hours each night to turn & position and change diapers.

2007 – 2011: Took care of his 85-year-old wife for the next 4 years after his death, who had diabetes and suffered from dementia after his death.

• Due to dementia, the elderly lady would accuse Hanny of stealing her money and would scold her.
• Suctioning (tracheal), NG tube feeding, trachea care and oxygen therapy.
• ‍Administered fleet enema.
• ‍Prepared and administered medication.
• Monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted with daily range-of-motion exercises.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, bed bath, changing diapers, dressing, walking (6 months), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Woke up every 2 hours each night to turn & position and change diapers.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 80-year-old lady who weighed 50kg and had suffered from a stroke.

• NG tube feeding.
• ‍Administered suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation.
• Wound care for pressure injury at sacral area.
• ‍Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Woke up at night when required to tend to the elderly’s needs.
• Assisted with range-of-motion exercises.

She speaks Mandarin and Indonesian.

Endang has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for wheelchair-bound 84-year-old lady with stroke and dementia. The elderly weighed about 65kg.

• 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).
• Monitored blood pressure.
• Assisted in 30-minute exercises and massaging. Brought elderly out for fresh air.
• Prepared and served medications. Accompanied for medical appointment.
• Due to dementia, elderly would forget if she had eaten. Elderly was also not talking.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

She has 6.5 years of experience in caregiving in Hong Kong and Macau.

2 years in Macau caring for a 55-year-old lady with stroke.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (including 3 times at night), dressing, feeding, walking (with walking stick).
• Assisted in exercises including using a pedal cycle.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Brought care recipient for medical appointment independently.

2 years in Macau caring for a wheelchair-bound 88-year-old man with stroke and dementia in the hospital. Stayed in the hospital. The elderly weighed 45kg.

• PEG Tube feeding.
• Suctioning (oral).
• Oxygen therapy.
• ‍Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diaper, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
• Assisted in exercises. Wheeled elderly to the garden.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away after 1 year. Continued helping with the family with housework in her second year.

1 year in Hong Kong caring for an 80-year-old man with heart and lung problems.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, dressing, feeding, walking (with walking frame), massaging.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Cared for elderly for 1 year until he passed away.  

2 years in Hong Kong caring for a 17-year-old boy with special needs.

• Accompanied the boy everywhere to make sure he was well.
• He was often fearful of many things like being alone at home or seeing insects, would react by screaming and needed her to be beside him and calm him down.

She speaks Cantonese, some English and Bahasa Indonesia.

Yuyun has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 75-year-old man who had a stroke and had right-side weakness. He needed assistance in walking and used wheelchair when going out. The elderly weighed 58kg.

• ‍NG Tube feeding
• Suctioning (oral)
• ‍Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing.
• Assisted in 10-minute exercises, pedal-cycle.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Accompanied for medical appointment.
• Measured blood pressure.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

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

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 90-year-old gentleman with diabetes and his 80-year-old wife with dementia.

• ‍Wound care and wound dressing (daily) for diabetic wound on right ankle.
• Blood Glucose Monitoring.
• ‍Administered medication. Massaged the elderly.
• Assisted with showering, feeding and diaper change.
• Woke up at night to change diapers.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

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Maria has almost 6 years of caregiving experience in Singapore.

Almost 6 years in Singapore caring for a wheelchair-bound 80-year-old man with stroke and Parkinson’s Disease. The elderly weighed 60kg.

• Elderly had become bedridden in his last 6 months. Maria performed NGT feeding, Suctioning (oral) and cared for his Indwelling Urinary Catheter. She was taught by NUH nurses on these.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering (and bedbath when elderly became bedridden), changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Prepared and served medications. Accompanied to medical appointments with his wife.
• Assisted in ROM exercises, massaging, especially for his leg cramps caused by his PD condition.
• Cared for the elderly until his passing and returned to the Philippines.

She has a good employment history in Singapore of having completed almost 6 years with 1 employer, caring for the elderly until his passing.

She speaks English.

Yuli has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 86-year-old man with stroke and dementia. The elderly weighed 60kg. He was ambulant with assistance and used a walking stick.

A year later, elderly had a fall when caregiver was doing the housework. He undergone an operation in the neck and stayed in hospital for treatment for a month. Elderly suffered a stroke while he was hospitalised and became wheelchair-bound.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including sponging, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• NG Tube feeding for 5 months. Subsequently, caregiver would feed him.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Due to dementia, elderly would scold and hit caregiver with walking stick or hand when he was angry or was not allowed to leave home at night to visit his children.
• He would forget where he had put his money or if his late wife had passed on.
• Elderly was unable to sleep at night and caregiver would walk with him.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

Lugebel has 5 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan and Saudi Arabia.

2 years in Saudi Arabia caring for a wheelchair-bound 36-year-old lady who had multiple sclerosis and was only able to move her right hand. She had weighed about 56kg.

• 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).
• Prepared and service medications. Accompanied to medical appointments.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 93-year-old lady with small intestines damage due to ulcers. She walked with assistance and walking aid at home and used wheelchair when out.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (including at night), dressing, feeding, walking. Prepared and served medications. Measured blood pressure. Woke up at night to attend to her.
• Accompanied to medical appointments with her employer.
• Assisted in exercises including pedal exerciser and massaged the elderly.

She speaks English.

She holds a Certificate for Caretaker.

Lilis has 3 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for an 89-year-old man with dementia. Needed assistance in walking, also used a walking

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking, massaging.
• Prepared and served medications.
• Due to dementia, elderly was disoriented with time, day and night and was also not able to find his way back home. He would sleep in the day and wake up at night. She would follow his sleep patterns to care for him. Elderly would ask to go out at night and get upset when he was not allowed to go out. He would get upset, start scolding and using his walking stick to hit FDW.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia.

Jenievy has over 5 years of caregiving experience in Israel.

Over 5 years in Kuwait caring for a 68-year-old lady with heart problem, rheumatism and sleep disorder.

• When she first started caring for her, the elderly had just undergone a heart operation and was unable to walk for the first 3 months.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including sponge-bathing, toileting, dressing, moving her from bed to her chair and vice versa.
• Assisted in basic cleaning of the wound 3 times a day as instructed by the hospital.
• After she recovered, she was able to walk with assistance and used the walking stick.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, walking. Prepared and service medications. Assisted in simple exercises. Massaged the elderly’s feet.
• Elderly had sleep disorder and would keep waking up at night. Sometimes it could be 3am-5am. Caregiver would wake up to accompany and assist her accordingly at night.

She speaks English.

Jovy has over 2 years of caregiving experience in Saudi Arabia.

2 years in Saudi Arabia caring for a wheelchair-bound 56-year-old lady with breast cancer. She weighed about 60kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including a night), transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice versa, turning and positioning (including at night), feeding, gave oral medications.
• Oxygen therapy taught by a nurse.
• Patient had developed a pressure injury on her back when she was on leave. She was taught by nurses on how to care for the wound and performed wound care for the patient.
• Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Prepared and cooked for patient according to her special diet as prescribed by her dietitian.
• ‍Cared for the patient for 2 years until she passed on. Patient’s sister continued to employ her for another two years to look after her own 18-year-old daughter, bring her to school, housework and cooking until she completed 4 years for the family and returned to the Philippines.
• *Provided entry and exit stamps in passport for during of employment.‍

Certification for On-The-Job training as caregiver (elderly care) with Abelardo’s Community Center Inc.

Basic Life Support Cardio Resuscitation Training for Healthcare Providers.

She speaks English.

Nurhidayah has 9 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

6 years caring for wheelchair-bound 90-year-old lady with brain injury and diabetes. The elderly weighed 68kg. Cared for the elderly until she passed away.

• Suctioning (oral) and NG Tube feeding.
  
• Indwelling urinary catheter care and blood glucose monitoring.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa and turning & positioning.
  

3 years caring for a wheelchair-bound 86-year-old lady with stroke and her 95-year-old husband with dementia.

• Indwelling urinary catheter care.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa and turning & positioning.
  
• Prepared and administered medication.
  
• Took the elderly lady independently to the hospital every 2 weeks to change the indwelling catheter.
• Assisted the elderly man with showering.
• The elderly man slept very little at night. Nurhidayah would stay up at night to walk around the house with him to prevent fall.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

Mary Grace has over 2.5 years of caregiving experience in Saudi Arabia.

2.5 years in Saudi Arabia caring for a wheelchair-bound 60-year-old man who had Alzheimer's Disease. The patient weighed 45kg.

• 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).
• Due to Alzheimer’s, elderly would refuse to take medicine or did not want to eat. She would talk to him or joke with him to guide him into taking his medicine or food.
• Elderly would often forget how to eat. He would hold on to the food and needed caregiver to guide him on how to eat. He would also forget the names of his family members, occasionally when he remembered he would shout out their names.
• Elderly would always want to go down to the first level of his house and go outside in his wheelchair in the afternoons. Caregiver would bring him out.

She speaks English.

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Defriana has 6 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 87-year-old man who had suffered from a stroke. The elderly weighed 73kg.

• Suctioning (oral and nasal), NG Tube feeding. Administered medication through the NG Tube.
• Administered suppository (bullet) when the elderly had constipation.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, sponging, dressing, changing diapers, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa and turning & positioning.
• Assisted with Range-of-Motion exercises and massaged the elderly.
• Woke up 3 times each night to change diapers and to turn & position the elderly to prevent pressure injury

3 years in Taiwan caring for 82-year-old lady who was frail due to old age.

• Assisted with showering

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia

Lanielyn has 4 years of caregiving experience in Saudi Arabia.

4 years in Saudi Arabia caring for a 65-year-old lady with diabetes, asthma and was frail. The elderly weighed 100kg. She needed assistance when walking at home and used a wheelchair when going out.

• Use of Nebulizer (as needed).
• Blood Glucose Monitoring.
• ‍Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, walking. Monitored vital signs.
• Prepared and served medications. Accompanied to medical appointments with 1 family member and driver.
• Assisted in exercises and massaging the elderly. Brought elderly out in the garden and the park. Talked to her to engage her in conversations in the day and keep her mind active.

She speaks English.

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

3 years in Taiwan caring for a wheelchair-bound 73-year-old man who had a stroke. The elderly weighed 65kg.

• Suctioning (oral) including multiple times at night.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including sponging daily, showering twice a week, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night), served medications.
• Assisted in rehabilitation 3 times a week in the first 6 months.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

Maureen has 2 years of caregiving experience in Singapore.

2 years in Singapore caring for a wheelchair-bound 70-year-old man with diabetes, prior heart operation. He had chest pains, shortness of breath and water in his lungs. The elderly weighed 80kg.

• He had 8 toes amputated. Maureen helped to clean and care for the wound following discharge from hospital.
• Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, transferring, turning & positioning, Brought elderly for medical appointments by herself.

She holds a Certificate of Completion of Higher Certificate in Healthcare Support Assistant Upgrade Program (The Master’s Training International, Singapore).

She speaks English.

Lilik has 8 years of caregiving experience in Taiwan.

6 years in a nursing home in Taiwan caring for male and female elderly with various medical conditions.

• Performed suctioning (oral), PEG Tube feeding and NG Tube feeding.
• Blood Glucose Monitoring.
• Assisted in oxygen therapy.
• Administered enema, suppository (bullet) and performed manual evacuation for elderly with constipation.
• Assisted with physiotherapy.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, walking, showering, sponging, dressing, feeding, toileting, diaper change and turning & positioning.

2 years in Taiwan caring for wheelchair-bound 89-year-old with dementia, lung disease, heart disease and stroke. Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

• Performed suctioning (oral) and PEG Tube feeding.
• Assisted with oxygen therapy.
• Woke up frequently every night to change diapers and to check on the elderly. Administered oxygen and performed suctioning when necessary.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa and turning & positioning.
• Due to dementia, the elderly would forget that he had eaten and where he was. He would argue with his wife every day, and would vent his frustration by scolding and hitting Lilik.
• Brought the elderly out on the wheelchair for walks.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia

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Yvonne has over 2 years of caregiving experience in Philippines.

2 years in Philippines caring for a bedridden 37-year-old man who had a stroke and was not able to communicate. The elderly weighed 45kg. 10-hour shift, 7 days a week.

• NGT feeding, Tracheostomy care and suctioning, Oxygen therapy.
• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath with his wife, changing diapers, dressing, turning & positioning.
• Prepared and administered medications. Assisted in ROM exercises. Monitored vital signs.
• See certificate of employment in biodata

Jan 2020 to present for an 80-year-old lady with dementia and diabetes.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, dressing, feeding.
• Blood Glucose Monitoring, Giving injections.‍
• Monitored vital signs. Prepared and served medications. Accompanied to medical appointments with her daughter
• Due to dementia, elderly would have mood swings, would get upset and hit out at caregiver if elderly did not have the things she wanted like cakes or chocolates. As elderly had diabetes, elderly is not allowed to have these. Caregiver would distract her by giving her bread or offering her milk.
• Elderly was forgetful and would forget that her husband had passed away or if she had taken her meal.

She has a TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving

She speaks English.

Nur Sholikah has 9 years of experience caring for the elderly at home in Taiwan.‍

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

• Fall prevention; the elderly walked with assistance at home and used a wheelchair outside of home.
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing and turning & positioning.
• Due to dementia, the elderly was disorientated to date and time, and would forget where she placed her things and that she had already showered. The elderly would throw tantrums when she did not want to eat or take her medication, or when Nur could not bring her out when she wanted to. The elderly would shout at, pinch and hit Nur.

3 years in Taiwan caring for a 75-year-old lady who had suffered from a stroke.

• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including walking (walking frame), showering and to change diapers, assisted with the pedal cycle and range-of-motion exercises.

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

• Fall prevention; the elderly walked with assistance at home and used a wheelchair outside of home.
  
• Assisted with Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting and dressing. Massaged the elderly. Assisted with the pedal cycle and range-of-motion exercises.

She speaks Mandarin and Bahasa.

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Anabelle has 6 years of caregiving experience in Philippines and Lebanon.

Nov 2018 to present in Philippines caring for a bedbound 66-year-old lady with Locked in Syndrome. The elderly weighed 74kg.

• PEG Tube feeding.
• Tracheal care and suctioning, nebulizer.
• ‍Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bedbath, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa (2-person), turning & positioning.
• Administered medications.
• Assisted in ROM exercises, massages and use of electrical stimulator.

2.5 years in Philippines for wheelchair-bound 75-year-old man with stroke.

• PEG Tube feeding.
• Tracheal care and suctioning.
• ‍Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers, dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
• Administered medications.
• Assisted in exercises and massaging.
• Cared for the elderly until he passed away.

2 years in Lebanon for a 7-year-old girl with ADHD and slight mental problem.

• ‍‍Assisted in showering, giving her meals, bringing her to school and bringing her to psychiatrist sessions.

She has a Diploma (Nurse Aid).

She is of medium build at 158cm and 53kg.

She speaks English.

Annaliza has over 4 years of caregiving experience in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

2 years in Malaysia caring for a wheelchair-bound 64-year-old lady who had a stroke. The elderly weighed 58kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting, changing diapers (at night), dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Prepared and service medications. Accompanied to medical appointments. Assisted in ROM exercises.
• Gave injections for vitamins sometimes, according to doctor’s instructions.

2 years in Saudi Arabia caring for a 57-year-old lady who was paralysed due to a car accident when she was 5. The patient weighed 42kg.

• Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including daily sponging, showering once a week, toileting, dressing, feeding, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
• Assisted in ROM exercises. Massaged the patient.
  
• Patient slept in the day, waking up at night to do her activities. Followed the sleeping arrangement for the patient, to assist her.

She speaks English.