3. TransitionalCare
andHomeCare
Transiting from hospital
wards to home settings -
home visits made by
healthcare professionals after
the patient discharged from
the acute hospital or
community hospital setting
Usually reserved for the
sicker and ADL dependent
patients, or those with
recurrent admission from
flares of their chronic
diseases
Long Term Home Care
Services - involving
healthcare professionals e.g.
doctors, nurses, therapists,
social services visiting
patients at home for all kinds
of health related services.
Usually reserved for chronic
dependent sick patients or
medical palliative care
patients.
4. Ageing-in-
Place
Ageing in place means ageing in your favorite place,
perhaps your own home for 80 years, perhaps a fun filled
activity filled retirement village, perhaps a place back to
the roots from the village you came originally from –
Possible?
Definitely NOT in a ward with another 6 to 8 ward mates
in nursing home uniforms having no choices on your
meals, bathing timings or privacy.
14. IndustryEffort
Needed
Must be a Community driven initiative in Singapore
with the aim to mobilizes a coalition of stakeholders to
realize the full potential of Home care connected health
and wellness in Singapore.
To establish an eco-system of interoperable personal
and home health systems that empower patients and
elderlies to better manage their health and wellness