医疗服务

慈光居家护理服务 (慈光居家护理服务) started in April 2015 as a pilot programme with Eastern Health Alliance to support the medical and nursing component of care in the community. It is a home-based service that provides a holistic approach of managing patients with chronic illnesses and organ failure.

慈光居家护理服务 provides a holistic approach to managing patients with chronic illnesses and organ failure. Our goal is to render early intervention and medical assistance with an individualised care plan to reduce the frequency of re-admission into the hospital. This allows our elderly to age in the comfort of their homes, regardless of race and religion.

After receiving the subvention grant from the Ministry of Health (MOH) in December 2016, 慈光居家护理服务 started receiving referrals from hospitals as of 1 March 2017 and reached out to more beneficiaries in the eastern part of Singapore regardless of race or religion.

慈光居家护理服务 is committed to render free services to care recipients whose National Means Test is 60% and above to defray their expenses of aging in place.

Apart from medical consultations and nursing procedures, we also equip caregivers with basic nursing care skills to empower them to care for their loved ones. Medical equipment such as hospital beds, oxygen concentrators, wheelchairs, walking aids and commodes are given or loaned to our needy beneficiaries free of charge as it boosts the caregivers’ confidence in caring for their loved ones at home.

慈光居家护理服务 encompasses 2 key services – Metta Home Medical and Metta Home Nursing. Home Nursing visits are done by our trained nurses, registered with Singapore Nursing Board, to provide basic wound care, change of nasogastric tube, change of urinary catheters, medication packing, and regular nursing assessment.

Home Medical visits are done by doctors, registered with Singapore Medical Council, once a month or as and when necessary depending on their medical needs, in the comfort of their home.