This refers to home and personal services support your loved one in his/her private space, familiar surroundings and comfortable environment or at home. This can include:
Meals on Wheels
The service provides meal deliveries to homebound clients who are unable to buy and prepare their own meals and do not have a caregiver to help them to do so.
Home Medical
For those who are frail and homebound, and require help with medical needs at home.
Home Therapy
Home Therapy provides home-based rehabilitation services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy that support clients in recovering their functional abilities.
Hospice Home Care
Patients with life-limiting illnesses, such as advanced dementia or cancer, and whose conditions are expected to get worse in weeks or months may choose to spend their days at home instead. In such cases, caregivers need help coping with the patient’s needs.
Medical Escort and Transport
The service provides transportation and/or someone to accompany clients to travel to and from their homes for medical appointments and treatments (for example, at hospitals, specialist outpatient clinics, or polyclinics).
Home Nursing
For homebound clients and their caregivers who need assistance on nursing care at home.
Home Personal Care
For those who require personal services to continue living well at home or to help support their caregivers in caregiving duties.
Befriending Service
Volunteers from befriending services can help to take care of the emotional and psychological wellbeing of these old folks by helping them or listening to their problems.