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Nursing homes I have two purposes in term of change going forward.
One is the location.
Nursing homes tend to be located very far away.
Very away very inconvenient for the family to visit.
And nursing homes, the patients stay for weeks, sometimes for months.
And without visitation by family members, it can be very depressing.
So what we are doing now, is to locate new nursing homes inside HDB towns.
So that, for example the daughter or the son can visit the mother before going to work.
And after work or dinner, they pop in.
Two visits a day, and I think the old folks want nothing but visitations by family members.
I’m quite sure that will help them in their recovery and their bond with the family.
So that’s one change.
The other change is capabilities.
I think previously nursing homes used to be more like “babysitting”.
But nursing homes should not be “babysitting” but try to help patients recover.
And if they are severely disabled, they should become less disabled.
And hopefully, eventually recover all their functionalities so that they can get out of
bed,
bathe themselves so that they feel well again.
That to me is a task of a nursing home; of a well run nursing home.
We are not quite there but we should try to be there.