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The question was submitted 19 November 2009

Subject: Help needed

I have a maid already, yet still find very inadequate because my dad is big, tall and heavy, he now need assistance to bathe and feed him, this we can managed. But we find it very difficult to move him especially from the wheelchair to bed, and sometime he forgotten how to walk or to move his legs, because we can't borrow from his strength, and now I am going for my physiotherapy for injury in trying to move him from one place to another, I don't want to get my maid hurt. Is there a place where there is a course in Bahasa Indonesia for handling inmobile demented patient. Or what is your advice for this situation?

Answer from DementiaNet

I agree that the domestic helper should go through some training.

The Singapore Alzheimer's Disease Association is offering a training workshop for the domestic helper caring for the person with dementia and it is conducted in Malay. The workshop covers the basica knowledge aspects and care elements for person with dementia. The upcoming workshop will be on 5th and 19th Dec.

The closing date for registration is 30th Nov. Please call Singapore Alzheimer's Disease Association (67375667) or log on http://www.alzheimers.org.sg/ for details.

The answer was published on DementiaNet 23 November 2009