Taipei helps foreign caretakers by offering onsite training sessions

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/07/24
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–The Foreign and Disabled Labor Office (FDLO) of Taipei City Government is now offering on site trainings to help caretakers provide better care, according to a FDLO news release on July 20.

The agency said that families who employ foreign caretakers are welcome to apply for the program.

The program will be carried out by professional teams consisting of home care nurses, care instructors, and bilingual interpreters. After making an assessment of the needs of the subject of care, a team will visit the workplace of the foreign caretaker to give one-on-one instruction sessions.

The FDLO said that lessons will include patient care skills such as oral hygiene and cleaning; turning and back tapping; shifting patient’s lying positions, and simple mobility exercise.    [FULL  STORY]

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