Newbie in the house yo! Anyway, 12th November comprised of visits to Mdm Tan and Mdm Cheong.

Mdm Tan seemed like a really cheerful lady. Bright smile and all. The first thing we did at Mdm Tan’s place was to do the routine clean up- sweeping and mopping of the floor, and cleaning of the windows. Next up, we helped check the bag of canned foods at her place; whether they were expired etc. In addition, we had a difficult and somewhat hilarious attempt to explain the different canned foods to her in dialect e.g. instant or required cooking, and what they were. After which, we sat around and had a little chat with her. Being terrible in dialect, I just sat in the circle and listened. I understood (partially) but I could not participate in any way. Language barrier; I need to work on my dialect and overcome that. First up on my to-do list after exams! We had also found expired medication on her shelf, to which one of the eye drops had an expiry date in 2009. Therefore, I personally feel that the checking of medication expiration should be a key agenda when doing house visits. We definitely do not want medication which was intended to improve their conditions to turn around and end up aggravating their conditions, do we?

Next up, we made our way to Mdm Cheong’s place. She seemed like quite an energetic lady, given that she was active in helping out in the housework which we were performing for her. Apart from the usual clean up, Mdm Cheong requested that we cleaned the back of her television which was somewhat her mini storage area and it was collecting dust. After the clean-up of her place, Mdm Cheong was so kind to offer us drinks! While sitting around chatting, she showed us photos of the chalet she had recently attended which was a 2 day stay as she explained. She seemed quite excited when she took out the programme booklet and showed it to us, and in her attempt to introduce some of the people in the pictures to us. Seeing that such events bring so much joy to individuals like Mdm Cheong, I believe that the upcoming visit to Botanic Gardens for Christmas would be a visit that many of the elderly would look forward to. However, we should consider factors like walking durations for future outings as Mdm Tan from our first visit of the day had raised this concern because she said that her legs were weak and feared that the outing would be too physically strenuous.

Anyway, exams are coming! Good luck and mug hard to all! Till we meet again for the next visit.

Regards,
Kelly