The Home has a dedicated, trained and experienced team of more than 80 Care Staff comprising Nurse Manager, Staff Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Nursing Aides and Health Care Assistants to provide quality nursing care. They are responsible for identifying, planning, developing, implementing and evaluating professional standards of holistic nursing care practice in the Home.

Infection Control is a key factor to reduce morbidity and mortality among the residents and staff. Education and strict compliance to infection control guidelines and practices through in-house regular audits are a regular feature under the direct supervision of the Director of Nursing.

Services provided by our Nurses:

• Monitoring of general health
• Monitoring of vital signs (Blood Pressure, Temperature, Pulse Rate etc), Blood Sugar etc
• Assistance with Activities of Daily Living – Feeding, Bathing, Toileting, Dressing, Transferring and Mobility
• Supervision of oral medication
• Administration of intramuscular injections
• Wound dressing
• Insertion of nasogastric tube and nasogastric tube feeding
• Change of urinary catheter
• Stoma / Colostomy Care
• Health education for the residents & caregivers

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Residental Care

Rehabilitation

Our team of physiotherapists and occupational therapists target to maintain and/or improve the quality of life of the elderly through restoration of strength, mobility, and independence in the activities of daily living.

Enjoyable activities are also provided in a group context to reduce the effects of institutionalisation and prevent the elderly from the effects of “learned helplessness”.

Physiotherapy

Our physiotherapists use physical therapeutic means and exercises, working towards maximum recovery of the residents, encouraging them to be independent as much as possible.

The treatment of the residents is usually prescribed to maintain and/or improve the functional status of the elderly through restoration of strength, mobility, and regaining independence in the activities of daily living.

Services provided by our therapists include :

Occupational Therapy

Our occupational therapists apply a holistic approach and use purposeful activities with a variety of treatment methods with the aim of obtaining a desired level of functioning in work, self-care, play and leisure for the residents.

Services provided by our therapists include :

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Medical Social Service

Medical Social Services (MSS) Department in Man Fut Tong Nursing Home plays an integral part in the Home’s effort in providing holistic care to our residents for quality of life. As part of the Multidisciplinary Team (doctors, nurses, and rehabilitation team), we attend to the psychological, emotional, physical, and financial needs of the residents and their families.

We work with the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), hospitals, voluntary welfare organisations (VWO) and community organisations:

They attend to the social, environmental, financial and emotional needs of patients and families across the continuum of care offered by the various programmes and services eg.

Referral

• Assessment of all Referrals to ensure that our Home’s care facility is able to support a patient’s care needs.
• Pre-admission counselling to assist both resident and family to have a better understanding of our Home, its facilities and services, care practices, and rules and regulations.

Discharge and Transfer

• Arrange Discharge Care Plan for residents to their own homes or other suitable care facility.
• Coordination of care plan after discharge to enable resident to adapt to the place of discharge.
• Bereavement support for families.

Crisis Intervention

We provide counselling support for residents under crisis, which includes situations of self-harm, suicide attempts, abuse and/or neglects.

Financial Assistance

• Provide information on the available financial assistance schemes.
• Work on the application with other organisations so that residents and/or families can afford the nursing home fees.

Community Resource Education and Referral

• Provide information & education on community resources & options available to meet identified needs of residents and families.
• Facilitate referrals to community agencies to ensure access to appropriate resources & continuity of care.

Psychosocial

• Provide psychosocial interventions to enhance the cognitive, emotional, interpersonal and/or social functioning of the residents.
• Help the residents and their families to better understand the nature of an illness, its treatment plan, managing grief and provide support to help them cope with the impact of their medical condition and life changes.
• Follow-up on psychosocial adjustment of residents upon discharge.

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Professional Medical Services

The Medical team comprises our Visiting Medical Officer, Visiting Consultant Geriatrician and Psycho-Geriatrician.

The services provided include:

• Provide comprehensive medical care for the residents
• Medical examination on admission
• Follow up at regular intervals
• Adhoc consultation
• Fortnightly Specialist consultations for selected residents and on an ad hoc basis
• Regular review and prescription of medications for all residents
• Identification of risk factors & formulation of appropriate treatment plans

• Liaison with the respective medical specialists when residents are hospitalized
• Ordering of necessary lab & other investigations
• Staff Training
• Health education for families
• Maximize rehabilitation potential of residents and facilitate transition from nursing home to community through teamwork and close liaison with all other Care Staff

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Admission Criteria

We are dedicated and committed to providing care to the frail and sick, regardless of race or religion.

For subsidised admission, applicants must meet the following admission criteria:

• Require medical and nursing care.
• Have tried all other care options, such as hiring a domestic worker, or using day care, home care and other services.
• No available family members/caregivers to provide the level of care required at home.
• Referred by Agency for Integrated Care (AIC).
• Meet Means Test Criteria.
• Non-alcoholic or drug addict and dialysis cases.

Non-subsidised admission

For non-subsidised admission for patient needing nursing care, kindly contact us for more information.

Application Process

Before making an application for subsidised admission to a nursing home, speak to a Medical Social Worker at any of the Public Healthcare Institutions to explore the various care options available. If the applicant is eligible for subsidies at a nursing home, the Medical Social Worker will assist to submit an admission application to Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), which is the central agency that processes all subsidised admission applications. Once the application is processed by AIC, it will be routed to nursing homes for consideration.

You can also visit the Singapore Silver Pages to find out more about the various types of eldercare services available.