Nanny Profiles

Address: Hong Kong
Age: 48
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Citizenship: Filipino

Education
Post-secondary education: Post Secondary Agricultural Technician
Location: Isabela State University Date completed: 1978
Secondary school: Cabatuan High School
Location: Cabatuan, Isabela Date completed: 1975

Additional Training
Course of studies: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business
Name of institution: Isabela State University
Date completed: 1980

Employment History
Position: Caregiver/Domestic Helper
Address: Hong Kong
Start date: 1985 until 1991, then 1995 until the present.
Description of duties: Taking care of an elderly person with Alzheimer's disease, bringing him to the hospital when ill, giving him medicine, helping him to walk in the park, feeding, bathing, changing him and doing all of the household chores.
Reason for leaving: Still working there.

Other Childcare/Eldercare Experience
Paid or unpaid experience: I worked with a family with young children when I first arrived in Hong Kong.
Experience caring for the following ages:

• Elderly: I have been working with the same elderly person with Alzheimer's disease for many years. I had to take care of this man when he was quite sick. He is now over 100 years old. I must feed and bathe him, give him his medicine, bring him to the hospital, and take him outside to the park. Because of his disease I must watch him 24 hours per day, and sometimes must struggle with him to take his medicine, but I always listen attentively to him and get him to teach me things (he taught me kung fu) so he feels good about himself. I also had to take care of his sickly son one time (he had to rest in bed) and at the same time take care of the older man and do all of the household chores.

Special Skills
Include knowledge of a second language, musical training, athletic ability, medical/health care knowledge, etc.: I have taken a course as a Nurse's Aide which covered taking care of elderly people, sick people and people of different ages.

Driving Skills
Do you drive? No

Housekeeping
Housekeeping duties the nanny is able to perform:

• Cooking
• Vacuuming
• Dusting
• Cleaning bathrooms
• Washing floors
• Laundry
• Ironing

Pets
Comfortable in a home with dogs and cats? Yes
Willing to take care of them, i.e. take them for walks, feed them, etc.: Yes

Additional information

1. First Aid or CPR training?  Nursing Aide
2. Hobbies: I like to read the Bible.
3. Why does she want to work as a nanny? I love to work with elderly people.
4. Strengths the nanny brings to her role as a nanny that are unique? I am compassionate to the elderly because I treat them as my own relatives. I do my best to make them comfortable, to ease their pain and to understand them. I adjust easily to each situation.