Period: 29 Aug 2014 to 27 Jun 2019, 27 Jun 2019 to 12 Mar 2022 & 08 Oct 2022 to 02 July 2025
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for an 80+-year-old lady with dementia, fall and fracture and hip surgery. The elderly weighed 60+kg.
- She took care of the the elderly for 10 years until her passing. Initially, she was hired under the daughter's name and, in 2019, her daughter passed away and the old lady moved in with the son's family. After returning home in Mar 2022, the family hired another helper to look after the old lady but the helper was not able to handle the old lady and quit after 4 months. The family then rehired Siti to come back to look after the old lady until she passed away.
- Initially, assisted in walking with walking frame. In 2016, the elderly had a fall as she tried to stand up and walk by herself although Siti had sat her down and told her to wait there while Siti went to the kitchen to take their water before heading out together.
- After the fall, the elderly undergone a hip surgery and became wheelchair-bound. Siti took care of the elderly in the hospital for 1 week until she was discharged home.
- Indwelling urinary catheter care (first year only).
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, walking and getting into and out of bed. From 2016 when the elderly became wheelchair-bound, she started assisting with transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (including at night).
- Shared a room with the elderly.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would forget her own children, Siti would re-introduce her children to the elderly by showing their old photos. Sometimes, the elderly was able to recall. But other times Siti needed to explain patiently to the elderly many times as she kept forgetting.
- The elderly would always ask to go back to her old house. Siti would explain to there that this was her house. The elderly would be ok. After a while, the elderly would forget and start asking to go back to her old house again. Siti would then try to distract her by chatting with her about other things or telling her what was on the TV. After a while, the elderly would forget and be fine.
- The elderly would forget if she had eaten or drank water and would ask to eat or drink again. Siti would give her something small to eat like milo and the elderly would be fine. For water, her employer instructed her to keep giving her water as long as she asked for it, Siti would follow accordingly.
- Sometimes the elderly would not want her help to shower as she felt that she could still do it herself although she could not do so without help. Siti would wait a while. After a while, Siti would ask her again and the elderly would follow accordingly.
- The elderly would want to go back to her old house in the middle of the night. Siti would talk to her that they would go back tomorrow morning and coaxed her to go back to sleep as it was night time.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework and cooking.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away. Hence, she was transferred to a new employer.
Period: 31 May 2022 to 08 Oct 2022
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a married couple.
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 90-year-old man with frailty. The elderly weighed 70+kg.
- Indwelling urinary catheter care.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (for passing motion), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa.
- Slept in a separate room.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- Cared for the old man's 88-year-old wife with dementia.
- Assisted in walking with walking frame. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, toileting (for passing motion), changing diapers (for passing urine, including at night), dressing, feeding, walking, getting into and out of bed.
- Slept in a separate room.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would forget her own children and only remembered her husband. Siti would re-introduce her children to the elderly. After that, the elderly would be fine.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- When she was interviewed for the job, her employer had shared that both elderly are quite healthy and did not require care. However, when she started working, both elderly turned out to be quite sick and require full time round the clock care. The employer also did not provide for her breakfast and lunch. As a result, she did not get enough food or rest, she could not continue working there and as her previous employer also needed her help, she returned to work for her previous employer.
Period: 29 Jan 2013 to 27 Feb 2014
Country: Singapore
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a 90-year-old lady with dementia and diabetes.
- Assisted in walking with walking frame. Used a wheelchair when going outside.
- Gave injections and monitored blood glucose levels.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering and toileting (the elderly preferred to go toilet, waited outside), changing diapers (including at night), walking, getting into and out of bed.
- Shared a room with the elderly.
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Accompanied for medical appointments with employer.
- Performed housework and cooking.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away. Hence, she was transferred to a new employer.
Other
Period: 02 July 2025 to 21 Aug 2025
Country: Singapore
Title: Domestic Helper
Setting: In-Home
- Performed housework and grocery shopping.
- Initially, Siti was told her job was to perform housework, but later she started helping the employer with their own business which was against the regulations. Hence, she decided to return home.
Period: 27 Feb 2014 to 27 Jun 2014
Country: Singapore
Title: Domestic Helper
Setting: In-Home
- Took care of a new born baby.
- Performed housework, grocery shopping and cooking.
- The employer had very high expectations for how the housework should be done and was dissatisfied with Siti’s way of completing the chores. For example, the employer would scold her even after she had cleaned the toilet, her employer would still ask her to reclean it at least another two or three times within the same day. Hence, she did not continue working there.
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