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| − | For the White Paper, please click [[White Paper|here]].
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| − | For the Needs Assessment, please click [[Needs Assessment of End of Life Care|here]].
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| − | ==Resource Directory==
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| − | ===Government Policy and Organisations===
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| − | |Agency for Care Effectiveness (ACE)[https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/dam/moh_web/ACE-HTA/index.html]
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| − | *National health technology assessment agency in Singapore, established by MOH in 2015
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| − | *Publishes guides that outline recommendations on the appropriate use of health technologies
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| − | *Publishes 'Appropriate Care Guides' that detail recommended care practices and pathways to improve selected areas of therapy
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| − | |Agency for Integrated Care (AIC)[https://www.aic.sg/]
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| − | *Coordinates and facilitates effort among care providers for care integration
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| − | *Developed Living Matters in 2011 - a national Advance Care Planning programme[https://www.livingmatters.sg/]
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| − | ====End-of-Life Planning====
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| − | |Advanced Medical Directive (AMD)
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| − | *Legal document
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| − | *Oral and/or written instructions that convey treatment preferences in the event of a loss of decision-making capacity
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| − | *Includes '''living wills''', which are written, legal documents that spell out the preferred types of medical treatments and life-sustaining measures under specific circumstances
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| − | *Allows patients to indicate their wish not to have any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to be administered should they become unconscious or incapable of decision-making and are suffering from terminally illness
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| − | |Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)
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| − | *Legal document
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| − | *Legally designates a healthcare proxy who would make decisions on the healthcare of the individual in the event the individual is unable to do so
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| − | |Advance Care Planning (ACP)
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| − | *Not limited to end-of-life scenarios, but extends to long-term care situations as well
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| − | *ACP is a process of assisting the individual to :
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| − | **understand their medical condition and potential future complications;
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| − | **understand the options for future medical care as it relates to their current health condition;
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| − | **reflect upon their goals, values and personal beliefs;
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| − | **consider the benefits and burdens of current and future treatments;
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| − | **discuss choices with family/important others and health providers, and document these choices.
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| − | |Syariah Court Singapore (for Muslims)
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| − | *Facilitates the distribution of the deceased’s estate through the Inheritance Certificate according to Muslim law
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| − | ====Palliative Care====
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| − | |National Cancer Centre Singapore, Department of Palliative Medicine (NCCS)[https://www.nccs.com.sg/PatientCare/ClinicalSpecialties/PalliativeMedicine/Pages/Home.aspx]
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| − | *First institution to establish a stand-alone Division of Palliative Medicine in Southeast Asia
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| − | |National University Hospital (NUH)
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| − | *As more elderly have died in the Emergency Department (ED) in recent years, NUH started a dedicated palliative care service in its emergency department to relieve patients' suffering<ref>Cheong, 2014. National University Hospital starts palliative care service in emergency department. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/national-university-hospital-starts-palliative-care-service-in-emergency-department</ref>
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| − | |Palliative Care @ TTSH[https://www.ttsh.com.sg/palliativemedicine/]
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| − | *Care Continuity - by collaborating with Hospice partners to ensure seamless care transition for patients who want to transit to home or to inpatient hospices to receive palliative care. Partner Hospices include Dover Park Hospice, Assisi Hospice and HCA Hospice Care.
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| − | ===Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)===
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| − | ====Hospice Care====
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| − | |Singapore Hospice Council[http://singaporehospice.org.sg/]
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| − | *Umbrella body representing all organisations actively providing hospice and palliative care in Singapore
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| − | |Assisi Hospice[http://www.assisihospice.org.sg/]
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| − | *Founded by the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM) Sisters in 1969
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| − | |Dover Park Hospice [http://www.doverpark.org/]
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| − | *Founded in 1992, Dover Park Hospice has served as a tranquil sanctuary for over 10,000 patients and families over the years, meeting their unique physical, emotional, psycho-social and spiritual needs through holistic palliative care.
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| − | |HCA Hospice Care [https://www.hca.org.sg/]
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| − | *Singapore's largest home hospice care provider and is a registered charity since 1989
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| − | *Conducts palliative care training for its patients' caregivers, as well as other services such as day hospice care, paediatric palliative care, bereavement support and outreach programmes
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| − | |Hua Mei Centre for Successful Ageing (HMCSA) [https://tsaofoundation.org/]
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| − | *Integrated collective of various community aged care service models that have been pioneered by the organisation since 1993. They offer services ranging from care management, to traditional chinese medicine and dementia care systems
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| − | ====Nursing Homes====
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| − | *New private nursing home along Venus Drive
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| − | *Proposed 4-storey, 129-bed facility
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| − | *Designed to be a premium product, to meet the demand from the middle- to upper-income group
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| − | *Of the 129 beds, 51 are single-occupancy care suits of 225 sq ft each, while 16 are companion suites of 327 sq ft each with en-suite bathroom, and executive suites start from 409 sq ft.
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| − | *6 care suits and 2 companion suites will be set aside for residents with dementia, and 15 companion suites for subsidised residents
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| − | *10 to 12 residents will share a living and dining area and a kitchen, as well as an area for rehabilitation and exercise facilities, in a "household"<ref>GK Goh to launch purpose-built nursing home. Retrieved from https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/gk-goh-launch-purpose-built-003000526.html</ref>
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| − | *Co-funded by Lien Foundation and Khoo Chwee Neo Foundation, in partnership with Peacehaven nursing home
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| − | *Following the "Silver Hope" Model <ref>Yong, 2016. Singapore nursing homes need new model of care: Lien Foundation CEO. Retrieved from https://sg.news.yahoo.com/depersonalised-and-dehumanising-singapore-113454493.html </ref>
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| − | *In 2015, Jade Circle was proposed as a 60-bed nursing home with single and twin-bedded rooms for subsidised patients, not just private patients
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| − | *However, this was aborted because MOH considered that the conversion of all nursing homes to single and double-bedded rooms would hurt the affordability of care, if this model were to be scaled up
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| − | *Lien Foundation commissioned 3 studies<ref>Nursing Homes Singapore. Retrieved from http://nursinghomes.sg/</ref>:
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| − | **"The Economics of Singapore Nursing Home Care" by consulting firm Oliver Wyman concluded that if the next 5000 nursing home beds (MOH to increase number of nursing home beds from 12000 to 17000 in 2020) follow the Silver hope model it would cost an additional $19 million annually – or an additional $8 to 13 per resident per day. However, cost savings would be generated through lower hospitalisation rates as these proposed living arrangements would ensure that elderly have the opportunities to be more mobile<ref>Chan, 2016. Nursing home patients could benefit from fewer beds in wards: Study. Retrieved from https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nursing-home-patients-could-benefit-from-fewer-beds-in-wards-stu-7919038</ref>
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| − | **"Safe but Soulless" by Radha Basu provided an overview of nursing homes today and suggested possible ways to overcome challenges.
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| − | **"Supporting Singaporeans’ Aspirations for Aged Care" by The Nielsen Company showed that Singaporeans are most concerned about being able to care for oneself and ageing in place, 60% of respondents thought that residents in nursing homes should stay in single or twin-bedded rooms
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| − | *90% of current nursing home beds are in 6- or 8-bedder dorms. The other 5% to 10% are single or twins, but more for infection control purposes. Japan had already phased out 6-bedder wards 40 years ago, and single beds has been the norm for almost a decade.
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| − | *Revived in 2017 after the revision of plans, and to be completed in 2019<ref>Phua, 2017. Jade Circle nursing home project revived, to be ready end-2019. Retrieved from https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/jade-circle-nursing-home-project-revived-to-be-ready-end-2019-9008096 </ref><ref>Boh, 2017. Plans revived for nursing home with single, twin rooms. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/plans-revived-for-nursing-home-with-single-twin-rooms </ref>:
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| − | **Extension to the north of the current Peacehaven Nursing Home in Changi
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| − | **First in Singapore to adopt an ‘anti-diaper, restraint-free’ policy, made possible with specially imported beds that can be lowered to prevent falls, and which have sensors that can detect movement.
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| − | **Reduction from original 60 beds to 22 beds (8 single rooms and 7 twin-sharing rooms)
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| − | **Non-nurses to be trained as senior care associates, to give the caregiving manpower at the nursing home a boost. 22 residents in Jade Circle will be divided into two “households”, each cared for by a senior care associate, who will be assisted by a nursing aide.
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| − | **Expanded scope to include bigger day activity centre so that elderly can age in community. Two-storey activity centre to include hydrotherapy pool, cafe, hair salon and gym
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| − | **Unlike original concept, includes "full spectrum" of senior services from active ageing and preventive care to rehabilitation and residential care
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| − | **Depending on the level of care needed, the estimated fees range between 1500 and 2500 for day centre care, and 2000 to 3500 for residential care before means testing
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| − | **Overall development cost of Jade Circle has been reduced from the original $15 million to $14 million
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| − | *Jade Circle as important pilot to set people thinking about long term care and the philosophy of dignity and humanity – providing a de-medicalised and more home-like model of care that prioritises resident autonomy beyond safety and risk management
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| − | *An 11-storey Housing Board complex as Singapore's first 'retirement kampung'
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| − | *100 studio flats for the elderly
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| − | *Includes medical and senior-care centres, a food court, shops and community gardens
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| − | *Hopes to empower seniors to function independently in the community for as long as they can <ref>Basu, 2017. Long-term eldercare: More options now, but more data also needed. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/long-term-eldercare-more-options-now-but-more-data-also-needed </ref>
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| − | *Similar to Assisted Living Options, but with no caregiver on standby for residents with dementia<ref>Yuen, 2018. More home-based care options likely for seniors. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/housing/more-home-based-care-options-likely-for-seniors </ref>
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| − | *Runs two facilities in Bishan and Bedok
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| − | *Initiative to let residents wear their own clothes since 2001 so as to make care "less institutional" <ref>Poon, 2017. Lions Home residents get to wear their own clothes. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/lions-home-residents-get-to-wear-their-own-clothes </ref>
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| − | *Rehabilitation programmes include a motion sensing video game system for residents to exercise their range of movement, coordination and other physical functions <ref>Poon, 2017. Bringing quality care up a notch at nursing homes. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/bringing-quality-care-up-a-notch-at-nursing-homes </ref>
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| − | *Largest operator of nursing home facilities in Singapore with more than 1000 beds
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| − | *Cost of staying at the home ranges from $3500 for private patients who opt for the open ward to $9000 for a private one-bedded room a month. Open wards are also available for subsidized patients.<ref>Choo, 2018. Orange Valley opens sixth nursing home. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/orange-valley-opens-sixth-nursing-home </ref>
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| − | *Introduced incentivising model of care: Residents have to “earn” money through exercise sessions and daily chores before they can “spend” it activities they enjoy e.g. massage, instant noodles, biscuits, sweets
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| − | *Giving residents their autonomy and keep their way of life, replicated from outside
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| − | *Giving them choices and a sense of control in how much they exercise and spend their money empowers them with a sense of purpose<ref>Tai, 2017. 20 cents for a massage, 60 cents for instant noodles: Peacehaven nursing home residents 'earn' and 'spend' on activities. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/20-cents-for-a-massage-60-cents-for-instant-noodles</ref>
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| − | *Dementia-friendly 'cluster-living' options for nursing home residents
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| − | *470-bed nursing home is the "biggest departure yet from the medicalised dormitory-style accommodation"
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| − | *16 residents in each four-bedded rooms 'household'<ref>Tai, 2016. Singapore nursing home models ‘need to balance benefits, cost’. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/spore-nursing-home-models-need-to-balance-benefits-cost </ref>
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| − | *Jurong home: Inter-generation playground and childcare within its premises for inter-generational bonding
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| − | *Henderson home: "open concept" to encourage,and allow residents to interact with the community, especially those living in Henderson, Telok Blangah and Bukit Merah)<ref>Chua, 2018. Integrated nursing home and senior care centre opens in Henderson. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/integrated-nursing-home-and-senior-care-centre-opens-at-henderson </ref>
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| − | *Private facility in Bukit Timah that provides 24-hour medical concierge and meals
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| − | *8 residents get help to live independently, including going on shopping trips to shopping malls
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| | *Aims to fulfill the wishes of the elderly folk from hospices, day care centres and poorer neighbourhoods | | *Aims to fulfill the wishes of the elderly folk from hospices, day care centres and poorer neighbourhoods |
| | *Using social media, the group posts these wishes online in order to connect the youth and elderly in the community | | *Using social media, the group posts these wishes online in order to connect the youth and elderly in the community |
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| | + | *Community for caregivers to persons with dementia, especially young caregivers (aged 39 and below), in Singapore |
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| | |Senior Activity Centres[https://www.silverpages.sg/care-services/Senior%20Activity%20Centre] | | |Senior Activity Centres[https://www.silverpages.sg/care-services/Senior%20Activity%20Centre] |
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| | *Community-based voluntary welfare organisation | | *Community-based voluntary welfare organisation |
| | *Does research and advocacy, public education, screening, financial assistance, patient services and support, and rehabilitation | | *Does research and advocacy, public education, screening, financial assistance, patient services and support, and rehabilitation |
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| | + | *A set of services that assist with late life, emergency matters, and legacy preparation. |
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| | + | **An online knowledge base providing information on end-of-life matters |
| | + | **A life-planning account for individuals to plan their end-of-life services |
| | + | **Stories magazine to allow viewers to share about life and legacy |
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