Seniors' Community Services
THK
Home Care ServicesTHK Home Care Services provide specialised and compassionate home healthcare through various services. Home Health Service encompasses Home Medical (HM) and Home Nursing (HN), addressing specific medical needs. We also offer Home Personal Care (HPC) and Interim Caregiver Service (ICS) for a comprehensive approach. Our dedicated professionals focus on enhancing clients’ quality of life, independence, and dignity at home.
Core Programmes
THK Home Care Services provide a comprehensive range of services designed to meet various healthcare needs, ensuring personalised care and support, including:
1. Home Health – Home Medical (HM)
Regular follow-up on client’s health status and chronic medical conditions
Health education/monitoring of vital signs
Order and review needful diagnostic tests
Medications prescriptions
Support clients and next of kin with informed health care decisions
Refer clients to other team members e.g. to nursing team for nursing procedures, therapists for rehabilitation care
- Regular follow-up on client's health status and the chronic medical conditions
- Health education/monitoring of vital signs
- Order and review needful diagnostic tests
- Medical prescriptions
- Support clients and next of kin with informed health care decisions
- Refer clients to other team members e.g. to nursing team for nursing procedures, therapists for rehabilitation care
2. Home Health – Home Nursing (HN)
- Health assessment including monitoring vital signs
- Health education on chronic illness management and client care management for caregivers
- Medication management
- Administration of injections/ pre-loading of insulin
- Nasogastric tube care management
- Urinary catheters care management (female and male)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube care management
- Wound, exit site and stoma care dressing
- Negative Pressure Dressing
- Removal of stitches
Health assessment including monitoring vital signs
Health education on chronic illness management and client care management for caregivers
Medication management
Administration of injections/ pre-loading of insulin
Nasogastric tube care management
Urinary catheters care management (female and male)
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube care management
Wound, exit site and stoma care dressing
Negative Pressure Dressing
Removal of stitches
3. Home Personal Care
- Instrumental Activities of Daily Living e.g. Housekeeping
- Activities of Daily Living e.g. Personal Hygiene, body sponging
- Mind-stimulating Activities e.g. games, colouring
- Simple Maintenance Exercises - prescribed by a registered physiotherapist
- Medication reminders
- Eldercare sitting and helping with personal errands
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living e.g. Housekeeping
Activities of Daily Living e.g. Personal, body sponging
Mind-stimulating Activities e.g. games, colouring
Simple Maintenance Exercises – prescribed by a registered physiotherapist
Medication reminders
Eldercare sitting and helping with personal errands
4. Interim Caregiver Service
- Suitable for seniors who lack caregiving support / caregiver unable to manage care of senior at home post-discharge
- Interim period of support: Up to 2 weeks, 12-hour shifts
- Common Scenarios: While awaiting more permanent care arrangements for seniors, such as the arrival of a foreign domestic worker, placement in center-based services, or activation of home-based services.
- Service can only be referred by Medical Social Worker from the hospital only, when the senior is still warded.
Suitable for seniors who lack caregiving support / caregiver unable to manage care of senior at home post-discharge
Interim period of support: Up to 2 weeks, 12-hour shifts
Common Scenarios: While awaiting more permanent care arrangements for seniors, such as the arrival of a foreign domestic worker, placement in center-based services, or activation of home-based services.
Service can only be referred by Medical Social Worker from the hospital only, when the senior is still warded.
*Service admissions for Home Health and Home Personal Care services will be assessed based on eligibility criteria.
Location Map
THK Interim Caregiver Services
Operating hours:
Monday to Saturday: 8:00am to 8:00pm (day shift) or 10:00pm to 8:00am (night shift)
*Excluding Sundays and Public Holidays
Email: scs-services@thkmc.org.sg
Tel: 6690 0110
THK Home Personal Care Services
Operating hours:
Monday to Thursday: 8:30am to 6:00pm
Friday: 8:30am to 5:30pm
Saturday: 8:30am to 1:00pm
*Excluding Sundays and Public Holidays
Email: scs-services@thkmc.org.sg
Tel: 6690 0110
THK Home Health Services
Operating hours:
Monday to Thursday: 8:30am to 6:00pm
Friday: 8:30am to 5:30pm
*Excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
Email: scs-services@thkmc.org.sg
Tel: 6690 0110