Community Care Excellence Awards

“To​ me, being a palliative nurse, ​excellence means advocating for the patient to have a good death, and the family to have a good closure for them to move on.”

- Ms Lydia Quah Mei Hwei, Senior Staff Nurse, Dover Park Hospice​

“Treat them (the residents) as your family members, and provide them a home away from home for them to feel safe and happy.”

- Ms Mary Leen Castaneda Abadiano, ​Senior Staff Nurse, Econ Healthcare​​

“I have been in community nursing for about 13 years. You must have the passion to do your best for others.”

- Mdm Susan Seah Ah Moy, Senior Staff Nurse, Home Nursing Foundation​​

“To make a difference to every patient that we touch is never a solo affair. It involves the whole multi-disciplinary team effort to make an impact on​ the patient while they are with us.”​

- Dr Alvin Ong Cong Wei, Consultant, Jurong Community Hospital​​

“One of the important values that my parents have taught me since I was ​young is to do unto others as how you would like other people to do to you.”​

- Dr Azri Bin Bohari, Resident Physician, Jurong Community Hospital​

“As a community physiotherapists, we work with the social worker and case managers to support the patient and family members with their care needs. Other than looking after the physical wellbeing of our patient, we also provide patient​ education and social support to improve their quality of life."​

- Mr Kyaw Swar Winn (Joshua), Physiotherapist, Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital​

“When my colleagues and I​ bring fun to the elderly to make them laugh and when the seniors say “Thank You”, it warms my heart.” ​

- Mdm Tiong Hoong Yin, Senior Therapy Assistant, Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital​​

“Excellence and care means to be able to ignite the spirit of our patients and residents,​ which is often seen through the light in their eyes.”

- Ms Nur Sahara B Kamsani, Medical Social Worker, Ren Ci Hospital

“The most important thing is about journeying with the patient and the caregiver, to let them feel like they have been supported throughout this whole journey because it is a difficult time fo​r everyone.”

- Dr Teoh Ren Shang, Senior Resident Physician, Singapore Cancer Society​

“Seeing my residents recover and seeing them get what they want, and at the end of the day being independent to a certain extent makes me feel like this is my calling, and what I should be doing.”

- Ms Punitha D/O Ram Keelavan, Nurse Manager, Thye Hua Kwan Nursing Home​​

“I always treat my patients as my friends and journey together with them. What satisfies me the most is to see the patient recover well and to go home to be with their loved ones.”

- Ms Tan Swee Kim, Senior Nurse Manager, Yishun Community Hospital​

Apex Harmony Lodge - Therapy through Work for Young Onset and Early Stage Dementia​

Ren Ci Hospital - Streamlining Financial Assistance​

SPD - Peek-A-Boo: I Know What My Child Does In The Classroom​

NTUC Health Co-operative Ltd - NTUC Health Nursing Home Return to Continence Programme ​

St Luke’s ElderCare Ltd - Implementing Exercise for Strength (EFS) Group Exercise Class in Day Rehabilitation Centres for Frail Elders​

Yishun Community Hospital - Opportunistic Screening of Cognitive Impairment of the Elderly by Cognitive Spark Team​

SPD - Satellite Assistive Technology Loan Libraries Implementing a Hub and Spoke Model​

The Salvation Army, Peacehaven Nursing Home - Benefits of Using a Gravity Feeding Set for Bolus Tube Feeding in a Nursing Home​

Yishun Community Hospital - 30% Man-hours Saved Using Ultrasonic Assisted Wound Debridement​​