From Pandemic to Endemic: Navigating The Uncertainties As Parents

Companionship: Engaging in meaningful conversations and activities to reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness for the elderly by providing emotional support and being a good listener.
Transportation: Assisting with transportation to doctor&#8217;s appointments, social outings, grocery shopping, or any other errands.
Safety Supervision: Ensuring that the living environment is safe and free from hazards. Implementing safety measures, especially if the elderly person has mobility or memory issues.
Exercise and Mobility: Encouraging physical activity and assisting with exercises to maintain strength and mobility.
Monitoring Health: Keeping an eye on any changes in the elderly person&#8217;s health condition and reporting any concerns to family members or healthcare professionals.
Communication with Family: Keeping family members informed about the elderly person&#8217;s well-being and any notable changes in their health or behavior.

While the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly being managed and kept in hand, as government and society slowly comes to terms with the fact that it may be endemic, there are still many uncertainties that we will face, especially for parents in terms of childcare.

The recent news by PM Ismail Sabri that childcare centres will soon be allowed to open with full vaccination of staff and strict SOPs for example, showcased this, for many centres still are waiting for their staff to be vaccinated and some centres who have been open to support frontliners still have unvaccinated staff.

Do the centres have to wait for full vaccination? And how long? Should those centres opened for frontliners now close? To wait for vaccination of its staff?

These are the uncertainties that remain unsolved and may impact the availability of childcare for many parents who are now preparing to go to work with Phases 2 and 3 of the Pelan Pemulihan Negara slowly rolling out to more areas.

This highlights the need for backup childcare for companies for childcare is an essential benefit for their employees, and on-demand childcare to support working parents and care for their children during these uncertain times. As a working mother myself, I feel for the parents as I too had experience such uncertainties in taking care of my seven children while being an entrepreneur at the same time. And that was during the ‘old normal’, things are more uncertain now in the ‘new normal’.

This situation is exactly why I founded my on-demand childcare startup Kiddocare, so that I can help women and parents like myself get peace of mind and care for their loved ones. Pray for Malaysia and lets work together until things get better.