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Housemaids Taking Care of the Elderly – Six Major Crises (Part 5)
2011-10-18

Many people, having emigrated overseas, have to employ domestic helpers to look after their elderly parents. More affluent families even hire two to three house maids to take up different responsibilities of caring for the elderly. Is it true that the more maids a family has, the better care the elderly can receive ? In fact, without suitable supervision from employers who live overseas, crisis does occur when the elderly are left to the care of domestic helpers.

I have heard of a story about a woman’s visit to her father-in-law. When she reached the doorstep of the house, she heard cheers and clamour inside. Door opened, she saw two maids chasing happily after one another and a third one was enjoying her music with ears muffled up by earphones. And the father-in-law ? The barely-clothed poor old man was sitting alone in his wheel-chair, muttering to himself. Viewing such outrageous behaviour, the daughter-in-law stood there, aghast and infuriated
 
Besides, I have also heard of situations when people have to leave Hong Kong for a short period and turn to relatives for help to look after their elderly. Relatives feel obliged to offer help and half-willingly promise to do so, and thus cannot whole-heartedly serve the elderly well. I believe that people underestimate the responsibilities of caring for the elderly, which is a commitment not everybody is prepared to engage for thoroughly.
 
In Hong Kong, we now have home medicinal services with professional carers paying regular visits to the elderly to observe their situations and explaining some caring techniques to the maids. Not only can these professionals educate and monitor how the maids are caring for the elderly, they can also report regularly to the family members.  

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